Casinos looking for a new jackpot, expert says

Gambling on sports is a potentially lucrative market that Canadian casinos haven’t been allowed to fully cash their chips on at least not yet. Once thought of as a shadowy, backroom form of wagering best left to bookies, sports gambling has long been a part of the mainstream in Nevada.

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Thu, July 3rd, 2008

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    1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time.
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