Cashed-up Packer eyes US casinos
“If this opportunity, and two other opportunities which PBL was also considering, were to proceed, then most of Crown’s cash reserves would be deployed”
JAMES Packer will spend the remaining cash he has from the demerger of his media and gambling assets on as many as three casinos, including at least one in the US. via The Age
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Casino gambling information:
- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
- Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
- Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
- 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.
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