Regulators approve Rock Island casino’s move
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - Illinois gambling regulators approved plans today to move the Casino Rock Island to a new $$150 million complex with a hotel and more gaming tables.
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Gambling history facts:
- The MGM Grand, situated on the a Las Vegas strip has come up with a brand new slogan to promote the casino, "Think of all the New Year's resolutions you'll break." Some say it might even rival the famous Las Vegas catchphrase, "What happens here, stays here."
- As early as 1420, lotteries were used in Europe for public works. High-value commodities such as land and art were often sold through lotteries.
- 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 current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
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