Racing Industry Is Stuck in Perpetual Post Time
An insular industry built on horses and gambling is out of step, out of touch and out of sync with contemporary American culture.
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Gambling history facts:
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- The MGM Grand, situated on the a Las Vegas strip has come up with a brand new slogan to promote the casino, "Think of all the New Year's resolutions you'll break." Some say it might even rival the famous Las Vegas catchphrase, "What happens here, stays here."
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
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