who built the first casino in nevada?
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The First Casino in America\n\nMost casino gambling games came up the river from the Deep South before the War Between the States. French, English, Spanish, and Irish immigrants brought with them games of chance and a desire to spread the wealth through games. In a sense, the First Casino in America was a large parlor on the Mississippi.\n\nArguably, the first casino on land was Brown's Saloon (on the corner of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah), which opened for the entertainment of the western trappers in 1822. As fast as the horses could race West, the first casinos followed, ready to help a man lose what he had found in gold - or gain what he had lost.\n\nOf course, Las Vegas is synonymous with Casino, and was the first state to legalize casino-style gambling in 1931 after the temperance league had sent all such sinful vices underground. The El Rancho Vegas Hotel-Casino became, in1941, the first casino in Las Vegas.\n\nGambling in America and the First Casino\n\nThe First Casino aside, gambling in America is older than the government, and just as wide-spread. Americans gamble on everything - tossing a coin to see who receives the kick in the football game, rolling a die to see who will inherit (still legal in some states), using a lottery to determine who will be drafted. Long before the First Casino was built, and during eras when casinos were outlawed, gambling continued to be part of the National Pastime and the National Economy of the United States of America.\nThe First Casino in Ancient History\n\nLong before the building of the first casino, Witch Doctors, Egyptian Pharaohs, Biblical Prophets, and American Indians used chance - and the roll of dice or bones or stones - to determine the fates of their people. The claim to the First Casino is shared by both the Nile Delta and in the Ancient Far East, where gaming houses existed even before the written word. Betting on arena sports, animal races, and other popular pastimes were common in China, India, Persia, Mongolia. In fact, every Empire - from the Sea People to theRomans to the USSR - has had gambling as an integral part of their culture.\n\nLater, in the western world, the casini became the first casino houses. In the early 1700's, casini (meaning "little house" in Italian) were the rave of the Mediterranean Coast - a place for rich Venice merchants to meet and trade. These were the first gaming - first gambling casino - houses in Europe.
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Ceasars Palace in Vegas?
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Robert McCulloch founded Lake Havasu City in Arizona.
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Well, Nevada is correct, but I do not see any reference to this connection in the wikipedia article cited above.\n\nInstead try:\nhttp://www.vcnevada.com/history.htm\n\nBUT it wasn't simply the need of the gold that led Lincoln to rush Nevada to statehood, and one could argue whether the silver was the most IMPORTANT reason to Lincoln's mind.  \n\nAt the time he was also trying to get the 13th amendment passed.  It came up a little short in the House in June of 1864, so clearly it was a struggle.  Lincoln hoped to push it through the next time (and finally succeeded on January 31, 1865), but would still need 3/4 of the states to ratify it.  THAT was a major reason for his wanting an additional state (and note that they were already getting MONEY from Nevada before this --but it couldn't give them those votes except as a STATE!)\n\nAs War Department official Charles A. Dana wrote:\n   "In order thus to amend the Constitution, it was necessary first to have the proposed amendment approved by three-fourths of the States. When that question came to be considered, the issue was seen to be so close that one State more was necessary. The State of Nevada was organized and admitted into the Union to answer that purpose. I have sometimes heard people complain of Nevada as superfluous and petty, not big enough to be a State; but when I hear that complaint, I always hear Abraham Lincoln saying, 'It is easier to admit Nevada than to raise another million of soldiers.'"\nhttp://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=56&subjectID=3
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I can't say I have, but here is some information on legal brothels if it helps:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada
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in 1997 Janet Reno used her time Machine to go back in time so that her last name would not be known and remember for Waco but for the second best place to gamble, drink and get hookers. its pretty common knowledge if you paid attention in 8th grade history duh!
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Salt River Project bought the land in 1983, on which they built an office complex.  I used to go there when I was a kid.  =)
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in Las Vegas prostitution is illegal.  \n\nIn the United States, "it" is legal in only one of the fifty states, Nevada. And then not everywhere in Nevada; Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City and Lake Tahoe still have it illegal. Supposedly the city fathers (and mothers) don't think that prostitution contributes to the family-oriented image that these gambling centers want. So any "action" that you may get in these cities will be high-risk in more ways than one. \n\nIt is only in certain counties in Nevada where prostitution is legal. State law forbids legal prostituion in counties which have a population over a certain number (hence the big cities are out); the remaining counties may have legal brothels, at local option. Not all do. \n\nStreet-solicitation is illegal; only in licensed establishments can you legally meet a Lady of the Night. \n\nHope this helps!
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Nope.  Nevada--population 1.  You're it fella.\n\n\n"Here's your sign." \n\nJust mess'n with ya.  : )
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Trump has filed bankruptcy. Better check it out first. Las Vegas has many businesses and manufacturing companies. What, you think it's just gambling casino's and Texas Hold Em tournaments? I think you better get out of the county you live in and travel.
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This question cannot be answered unless you provide specifics.  Some casinos make a lot of money for the tribe, some make a lot for the operating company.  Each state has different rules, and some tribes manage their lands and funds better than others, just like any other governments.
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There is an old ditty from California that I ran across many years ago:\n\nThe miners came in '49,\nThe whores in '51,\nThen they got together,\nAnd made the Native Son.
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Nevada was settled in 1849 and, on October 31, 1864, it was the 36th State to join the Union.
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I'm pretty sure that was in Nevada ....
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I immediately thought of Joe Pesci so . . .\n\nhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bilder.filmstarts.de/verzeichnis/film/filme/c/casino/Casino03.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.filmstarts.de/bilder/kritiken/Casino/casino03.html&h=600&w=389&sz=34&tbnid=R1YwoWCocQdlWM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=86&hl=en&start=29&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522joe%2Bpesci%2522%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
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BEst way to double your money in a casino:\n1. walk in the door\n2. pull out your cash\n3. fold it in half so you have a double fold\n4. replace money in pocket and walk out
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Bugsy Siegel, a cohort of Meyer Lansky, really turned Las Vegas into a gambling town known for its showy hotel/casinos.