Consumer spending at Illinois casinos decline; smoking ban cited
Consumers spent $1.57 billion in Illinois casinos in 2008, a 21 percent drop from 2007 and the steepest decline among 12 U.S. gambling markets due partly to the statewide smoking ban, according to a study released Monday by the American Gaming Association.
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Casino gambling facts:
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
- In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
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