Isle of Capri Casinos edge up following sharp drop

Shares of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. rebounded slightly Thursday following Wednesday’s sharp decline, after the company reported a wider quarterly loss.

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Thu, July 3rd, 2008

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  • Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.