AP Newsbreak: Indian gambling deal could net $1 b over 5 years
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state and the Seminole Tribe are closing in on a deal that could mean $50 million immediately and at least $100 million a year for the state as they negotiate on what type of gambling the Indians can offer, a tribe lawyer said Friday.
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Do you know that:
- 1994: On New Year's Day Frank Sinatra gives his last Las Vegas performance at the MGM Grand.
1998: Opening of the Bellagio. With 3,026 rooms it is the largest hotel in the world, and also the most expensive - it cost $1.7 billion to build. - U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
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