Bally’s Custom Mobile App for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Wins Florida Tourism Award

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, mobile and interactive applications, and networked systems for the global gaming industry, today announced that the mobile application it created for the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., earned a 2011 Flagler Award from VISIT FLORIDA and the Florida Commission on Tourism. The awards recogn
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Thu, November 3rd, 2011

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  • In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
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