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 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • Bingo as we know it today is a form of lottery and is a direct descendant of Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia - the Italian National Lottery organized in 1530.
  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.