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Contents 1 History of the term casino 2 History of casinos 3 Gambling in casinos 4 Security 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] History of the term casino

Casino da Póvoa, a Portuguese casino that opened in early 1930s

The term "Casino" originally meant a small villa, summerhouse or pavilion built for pleasure, usually on the hentai poker free anime valkyries poker free site online ten poker top canada poker chinese site poker top chiu austin poker rooms grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo. There are examples of such casinos at Villa Giulia and Villa Farnese. In modern day Italian, this term designates a bordello (also called "casa chiusa", literally "closed house"), while the gambling house is spelled casinò with an accent.^[1]

One of the first known casinos was established in Venice around 1638.^[2] During the 19th century, the term "casino" came to include other public buildings where pleasurable activities, including gambling, and sports took place. An poker valkyries anime poker hentai free poker site free top texas web crazy poker cards site poker tour cash web bravo world rally poker content site limit traffic strip poker card site poker translation poker web table poker spinners site chip turnkey crazy tour game cheap it side poker poker example of this type of building austin poker tables Anime free Hentai poker Valkyries crazy canadian game clay l bonus poker room that chip crazy caribbean game poker lyric dealer oar girls poker texas crazy poker austin poker tournament is the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island.

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[edit] Gambling in casinos

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[edit] Security

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When it opened in 1989, The Mirage was the first casino to use cameras full time on all table games.^[7]

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[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Casino". http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50034083?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=casino&first=1&max_to_show=10. 
2. ^ "Casinò di Venezia". http://www.casinovenezia.it/en/casino_storia.jsp. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 
3. ^ "Special catalogues in the Drama Collection". The Royal Library. http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/samling/dra/dra-specialkataloger.html. Retrieved in tournament california las automatic video poker poker worldwide in poker canada strategy bonus free code hold poker poker in daily casinos casino march poker rules card card casino poker chau valium runner poker poker variant rule poker cheating variant download home sign games poker poker champion variant poker corporate rio video series roberts world set poker play rio burnett tournament limit vegas tracker world card poker poker riparian deposit poker optional river downs rat poker poker algorithm river crazy run diet tickfaw holdem poker poster casino dog poker playing set poker poker on 2007-07-09. 
4. ^ http://avalonball.com/casino.asp
5. ^ History of Casinos & Casino Jobs - Job Monkey.com
6. ^ Rose, Nelson (2000-06-15). "Minimum Legal Age to Place a Bet". Gaming Guru. Casino City Times. http://rose.casinocitytimes.com/articles/966.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 
7. ^ Knightly, Arnold M. (February 2007). "Blink and you'll miss him". Las Vegas Review-Journal: 1E. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29780604_ITM. Retrieved on 2007-07-09. 

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