Casino is a form of Entertainment
Casino is a form of Entertainment Casino originally, a public hall for music and dancing; by the second half of the 19th century, a collection of gaming or gambling rooms. The classic example of a casino, and for long the world’s best known, is that at Monte-Carlo, which opened in 1863. The casino has long been a major source of income for the principality of Monaco. Of the games played regularly at casinos: Roulette ~> is found throughout the world, being a principal gambling game in France, where casinos reduce their advantage to less than 1 percent to entice big bettors. Craps ~> attracts the big bettors in American casinos, most of which demand an advantage no greater than 1.4 percent and some only 1 percent or less. Slot machines ~> and (from the 1980s) video poker machines are the economic mainstay of American casinos, the income resulting from high volume, rapid play at sums ranging from five cents to a dollar, and the a...