Iowa Casino Revenues Inch Up In ‘07
NORTHWOOD, Iowa — State gambling regulators said these are challenging times for the Iowa casino industry. Gaming revenues at Iowa’s casinos were up only slightly in 2007.?Officials said a souring economy, higher gas and food costs and a stretch of bad weather put a damper on the numbers.
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Casino gambling facts:
- 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker. - The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
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