Vegas pitch to NBA won’t restrict betting

LAS VEGAS — Local officials made no offer to restrict betting on NBA teams in a pitch for a franchi…

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Thu, April 5th, 2007

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Gambling history facts:

  • 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
    2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
  • Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
  • As early as 1420, lotteries were used in Europe for public works. High-value commodities such as land and art were often sold through lotteries.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.