Casinos & Gaming
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Outlasting many other Las Vegas casinos, the Eldorado Casino is planning to celebrate its 50th birthday Sunday .
“Visions of Zosimos,” a video game based on a third-century A.D. book of the same name, is about to make gaming history, and you could play a part.
A move by Nevada gaming regulators to have independent testing laboratories certify gambling equipment could result in new technology reaching casino floors more quickly.
New Jersey governors during the state’s casino era, which began in 1978, have ranged from openly hostile to the industry and Atlantic City to exhibiting a benign neglect that allowed them to stay hands-off while the industry thrived.
I am fully aware that there are people who are against online gaming. Certain politicians have fundamental religious and moral opposition to gambling in general. And there are even people in the gaming business, most notably Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas Sands, who’ve stated that they are against online gaming because they don’t believe the technology exists to prohibit minors from playing.
Within a span of an hour Thursday, Nevada’s two leading slot machine manufacturers were awarded the nation’s first interactive gaming licenses.