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casino
casino or cassino . 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. It is a very scientific game, though playing with more than two persons reduces the strategic possibilities. Four cards are dealt... Read more |
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Gaming
Gaming Recent years have indicated a change in the locality of legalized casino gambling across the United States. Until 1978 gaming, as it is commonly called, was available only in Nevada. Today, however, the casino business has expanded to other states. One reason for... Read more |
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Biloxi
Biloxi: Economy Major Industries and Commercial Activity Gaming and tourism is Biloxi's most important industry. By the end of the twentieth century, there were 12 Las Vegas-style casinos in the region, nine of which were in the city of Biloxi. The casinos feature ... Read more |
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Joliet
Joliet , city (1990 pop. 76,836), seat of Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1857. It is a river port and an industrial shipping center, with limestone quarries and coal mines in the area, but riverboat casino gambling is now the city's primary industry. Machinery, electronic and... Read more |
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Aztar Corp
Aztar Corporation 2390 East Camelback Road, Suite 400Phoenix, Arizona 85016-3452U.S.A.Telephone: (602) 381-4100Fax: (602) 381-4108Web site: http://www.aztar.com Public Company Incorporated: 1989Employees: 9,800Sales: $816.2 million (2004)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: AZRNAIC: 721120... Read more |
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Century Casinos Inc
Century Casinos, Inc. 200-220 East Bennett AvenueCripple Creek, Colorado 80813U.S.A.Telephone: (719) 689-9100Fax: (719) 689-9700Web site: http://www.cnty.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1993Employees: 500Sales: $29.6 million (2001)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: CNTYNAIC: 713210... Read more |
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Ameristar Casinos Inc
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. 3773 Howard Hughes ParkwaySuite 490 SouthLas Vegas, Nevada, 89109U.S.A.Telephone: (702) 567-7000Fax: (702) 866-6397Web site: http://www.ameristarcasinos.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1993Employees: 7,050Sales: $854.7 million (2004)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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Casino Theatre
Casino Theatre (New York). The first theatre built in America specifically for the presentation of popular musicals, it opened in 1882 with a performance of Strauss's The Queen's Lace Handkerchief. It was the brainchild of Rudolph Aronson, who originally conceived it as a theatre with restaurants,... Read more |
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs resort and residential city (1990 pop. 25,001), Saratoga co., E N.Y.; inc. as a village 1826, as a city 1915. Skidmore College is the largest source of employment, but the city also has light manufacturing. The last battle of the Saratoga campaign was fought near the city in... Read more |
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chemin de fer
chemin de fer [Fr.,=railroad], the most popular gambling card game in Europe. The present day versions are variations of Italian baccara which Charles VIII introduced to France in 1490. It differs from baccarat in that casino operators take no risk, but rather have the ten or more players bet... Read more |
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