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    Louisiana Casinos

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    Zydeco music‚ but Louisiana casinos are helping to add to the state’s reputation. Louisiana casinos stretch from north to south and run east to west in the state. Louisiana became the fourth state to approve riverboat gambling casinos in 1991. The next year‚ Louisiana approved one land-based casino to be located in New Orleans. Louisiana is also home to three land-based Indian casinos. Visitors to Louisiana are in for a one-of-a-kind experience‚ and Louisiana casinos are a great way to begin a trip

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    History of Gambling

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    practice among many American citizens. The most popular place for one to gamble is a casino. There are many casinos throughout the country‚ and despite the many critics of such venues‚ these casinos are here to stay for quite some time to come. Starting in 1931‚ Nevada took control of the casino gambling market and held a monopoly within this industry. It was the first state to have legalized commercial casino gambling‚ and it was the only state to have such legislation until 1976 (Morse‚ Goss

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    today’s society‚ one must look at the positive and negative aspects of the construction of casinos and other gambling establishments. While casinos have been shown to benefit local economies by creating jobs and generating tax revenues‚ they also lead to many social problems such as increased suicide‚ crime‚ accident‚ and high-school drop out rates. For example‚ in Indiana‚ a study shows its ten riverboat casinos are to blame for $1 million worth of crime each week. The upside is that it also brought

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    tax revenues received from the Keystone State’s twelve casinos to decrease. Wolfe proposed his idea to the American Gaming Association through a letter. In Pennsylvania‚ AGA represents Parx Casino‚ Sugar House Casino‚ Harrah’s Casino In Chester‚ Mohegan Sun Casino‚ Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course‚ Sands Bethlehem‚ Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin‚ and Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin in Farmington. These casinos represents a majority of casino operators in Pennsylvania. The Governor proposed a new

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    Casino Management HOSP 440 Week 1 Assignment 1. How did Bill Harrah and Bugsy Siegel change the face of Las Vegas to what it is today? What are some of their ideas that are still used within hotels/casinos today? Bill Harrah was one of the first to introduce corporate management philosophies in operating a casino. Bugsy Siegel was the first to modernize the casino industry with décor of the casino/hotel with a Miami or Hollywood flashy style rather than the western theme Las Vegas was accustom

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    Singapore Casino Gambling Introduction Singapore is among the fastest growing economies in the world. The country has diversified its revenue sources in order to expand its economy. The country in 2010 launched Integrated Resorts that would serve as tourist destination and attraction sites. These two resorts that are equipped with several modern facilities are: Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa (Shi‚ 2013; Mazza‚ 2013). Among the many facilities‚ the resorts have gaming and Casino Gambling

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    Against the Odds

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    brick-and-mortar casinos and online casinos to fully capture the hidden strategies within the gambling world. According to Clark‚ (2005)”What gamblers may not realize is that behind all that glitz is an army of behavioral scientists‚ techno wizards‚ and mathematicians with one goal: to finesse ever more money out of your wallet‚ whether in front of the slot machine‚ at the blackjack table‚ in the celebrity chef restaurant or the concert hall.” Clark effectively convinces her readers that casino odds are

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    Legalize Casino

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    more resource and time in the region‚ or local people that used to spend resource in other region change the behavior to gambling in the region. This case is the beneficial effect of gambling for region. The local people may increase spending on casino in substitution of other business‚ or tourists change from consuming others to gambling. This case gambling provide no additional benefit.

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    Sands Hotel

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    Hotel and Casino Analysis JoLynn Dorman In 1976 the voters amended their state’s constitution to allow gambling in Atlantic City. To regulate the new industry‚ the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (NJCCC) was established. They established a comprehensive set of regulations to be followed by the casino’s to ensure the state received all revenues they were entitled to. The gaming industry opened in 1978‚ Atlantic City had nine large casinos operating by 1982. The Sands Hotel and Casino operated

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    Kyaw English 151 RW Prof J. Hurley Angie Bachmann’s gambling addiction Angie Bachmann‚ mother of 3 children‚ got addicted to gambling. When she lost everything‚ she tried to sue the casino for encouraging her to keep on gambling. There are a few factors why Bachmann gambling addiction went out of control‚ casino‚ loneliness‚ feel special‚ friends and her surroundings. Addiction is some sort of habit‚ habit is like a routines and habit can be changed if they have the will. Bachmann was not aware

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