Trump rival in talks to buy his A.C. casinos

Cordish Co., a Baltimore developer in a legal fight with Donald Trump over a casino development in Florida, is in talks to buy Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, according to a Cordish executive who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the talks.

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Sat, October 6th, 2007

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Interesting gambling information:

  • In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
  • 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.