Tribe targets casino adversaries, legislator says
SACRAMENTO — One of California’s richest Indian tribes has signaled that if legislators fail to pass a sweeping expansion of Indian casino gambling, it will spend millions of dollars to kill a February ballot measure that would extend legislative terms, , a key lawmaker said.
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Gambling casinos history:
- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
- Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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