2 casinos bet on expansion
MASHANTUCKET Two of the worlds largest casinos are getting a lot bigger this week, betting that they can draw more visitors by becoming entertainment destinations even as the gaming industry suffers nationally because of high gas prices and the weak economy.
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- Casinos scored expansion win with help of neighbors
- Atlantic City casinos in midst of expansion frenzy
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- Century Casinos Announces Expansion of Caledon Casino
- Committee OKs major gambling expansion in Illinois
- Competition leads Ameristar to cancel casino expansion
- Ill. Senate approves major gambling expansion
- Iowa casinos in expansion boom
Gambling history facts:
- 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.
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
- The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
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