Gambling expansion in Calif. weighed
SACRAMENTO — Caught between the competing demands of politically powerful Indian tribes and labor unions, California lawmakers return from spring recess this week to weigh a major gambling expansion.
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- Huge expansion of Indian gambling fails in California Legislature
- Food bank rejects funds from casino owners
- Vee Quiva Casino starts expansion
- Another call for US regulation
- Gambling policies weighed
- Lawmakers Consider Gambling Expansion to Fund Capital Bill
- Ameristar Casinos proposes $100 million expansion in Iowa
- Iowa Gambling Industry Expansion
- Borgata Opens $200 Million Expansion Project
- Expansion at casino in R.I. is set to open
- N.O. casino expansion planned
Interesting gambling facts:
- 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
- When playing blackjack, always split Aces and never split 4's, 5's or Tens. You would be surprised at how many players split Tens. Why risk getting a lower hand when you already have a twenty value? Also note that at most casinos, you are not allowed to re-split Aces.
- The brand new resort, Wynn Las Vegas recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. At a cost of approximately $2.7 billion, the Wynn Las Vegas features 2,700 guestrooms and suites, casino (table games, over 1900 slots/video poker machines, poker room with race and sports book), several restaurants, a night club, golf, a shopping esplanade and a show called Le Reve.
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