Thirty years of gambling in Atlantic City
Associated Press - May 10, 2008 5:53 AM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - It was 30 years ago that legalized casino gambling came to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Gambling casinos info:
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
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