Foxwoods union workers push for casino smoking ban
HARTFORD, Conn. - A new front on the battle to maintain tribal sovereignty has opened up in Connecticut. Flush with energy from a recent successful United Auto Workers union vote, Foxwoods Resort Casino dealers are pushing a state Senate bill to ban smoking at Connecticut’s two tribal casinos.
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- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
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- Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
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