Casinos hit with fines for underage gamblers
ST. CHARLES — Missouri casinos have seen a rash of underage gamblers since identification requirements changed as part of Proposition A last fall. And on Wednesday, the Missouri Gaming Commission made two of the states biggest casino companies pay for it.
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Gambling casinos info:
- 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time. - The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- The El Rancho Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas was known for a few firsts. It was the first casino/resort on the Strip opening in 1941 with 63 guestrooms. It was also the first to offer a buffet. The cost of the buffet was only $1.00! The El Rancho burned down in 1960 and fortunately no one was hurt.
- Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").
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