Answer each question in no more than 100 words.
1600s - 1700s
1. What was the general view toward gaming during this time period?
1800s - 1869
2. How did U.S. expansion of the territories, and later, the Civil War, change people's interest in games of chance?
3. Why were there hundreds of gambling salons in San Francisco during this time period?
4. Why did Missouri, Pennsylvania, and New York take a stand against gaming in the years from 1814 - 1851?
5. Gaming was first legalized in Nevada in 1869 but outlawed later in 1910. What contributed to this change of opinion?
1869 - 1931
6. What type of corruption was discovered in Louisiana gambling? How did this influence other states' gaming regulations?
7. Why was the Beach Club's 48-year history in Palm Beach, Florida so controversial?
8. How did the Great Depression alter American public opinion toward gaming?
9. How does the World Series scandal in 1919 relate to the current view of gambling on sports events?
1931 - 1988
10. What was surprising about the location of the El Rancho Vegas? How did Thomas Hull influence the growth of Las Vegas?
11. What was unique about the Flamingo Hotel Casino?
12. What key contributions did Howard Hughes make to the growth of Las Vegas?
13. How did the New Jersey referendums and the creation of CRAC change the gaming industry in the 1970s?
14. What was the significance of the IGRA, and whom did it benefit?
1989 - Present
15. Why did Midwest states endorse the expansion of gaming? What opportunities did the industry bring to the communities they entered?
16. How did Steve Wynn transform the worldwide gaming industry?
17. How was the tourist destination of Atlantic City transformed by its acceptance of gaming?