Casinos mum on buyout response

Niagara Casinos was not releasing the response to its buyout program Friday, the last day for full-time employees to apply for a voluntary resignation package. Greg Medulun, a spokesman for the company that manages Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara, would not comment on how many of the […]

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Fri, May 16th, 2008

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  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
  • 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.