Time for Review: Gambling Parlors

Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper poses logical question: Shouldn’t voters be permitted to determine the fate of neighborhood video gambling parlors? After promoting passage of a local racetrack … via The State Journal

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Fri, September 21st, 2007

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Interesting gambling information:

  • Indian tribes have used their position as sovereign entities to develop a number of gaming establishments. Indian casinos operate in 22 states. This number is expected to grow.
  • Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
  • 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.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.