Casino Head: Don’t Talk Economy With Gamblers
Don’t discuss the economy with customers. That’s the recommendation from the head of Atlantic City’s Casino Association, who warns that talking with gamblers about how bad the economy is can be a losing proposition. Joe Corbo says the casinos are being hit hard, just like every other business. In his monthly column in a casino trade publication, Corbo says the last things gamblers need to be …
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Gambling casinos history:
- 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 term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
- Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
- 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.
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