Seminoles renovate casino, plan major development

As the Seminole Tribe prepares to debut a $32 million renovation of its Coconut Creek casino on Tuesday, tribal leaders have an even more lucrative ace in the hole to further expand its South Florida gambling empire.

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Sun, April 8th, 2007

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Interesting gambling information:

  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
  • At land-based casinos, both the player and the boxman need to be on the lookout for crooked dice in the game of craps. Each number when added together with the number on the side opposite it, will add up to 7. For example, 6 is opposite to 1. When the dice are crooked, they do not add up to 7.
  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.