Casino aims to change Chinese gambling enclave into resort city
The glitzy casino that opened Tuesday with a bottle of champaign dwarfs anything on the Las Vegas Strip, big enough, its operators say, to shift the magnetic north of the gambling world from Nevada to this small city in southern China.
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Casino gambling facts:
- Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
- Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.
- People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
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