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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Casino gambling information:
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
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