City Council says court has no business putting off Philly slots vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. Lawyers for Philadelphia City Council say a planned vote on where slot-machine casinos can build in the city has no business being challenged in the state’s highest court.
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Gambling casinos history:
- The first World Series of Poker was held in downtown Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Casino back in 1970. Then owner of the Horseshoe Jack Binion, hosted the very first one and has agreed to host upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit. Jack Binion said that is purely honorary and plans on doing other types deals and events in the future.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
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