Granholm upheld on casino profit-sharing
Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision to renegotiate a profit-sharing deal with an American Indian tribe and allow another tribal casino to open was legal, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Interesting gambling information:
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
- 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time. - The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
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