Unions duel for right to organize casinos

Two rival unions are going head to head in a bid to win the right to represent Niagara’s 5,000 casino workers. The Canadian Auto Workers and the Labourers International Union of North America both say recent wage freezes and buyout packages are proof casino workers need union […]

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Fri, May 16th, 2008

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Gambling casinos history:

  • Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
  • Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
  • 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.