Monday, August 24, 2009

Casino: Three millenniums of history transform it into real palace

Gambling, card games and bets were pastimes which had fascinated Man for a long time. With the development of society and urban cities, these different games were regrouped in a single place and gave birth to casinos. Actually, a casino can be defined as a place proposing gambles as roulette, slot machines, baccarat, black jack, poker … According to discoveries done, the oldest casino known in the humanity’s history was found in China in 2.300 before J.C. And almost all the big civilizations of the world, whether it is Roman or Greek, had all known the existence of this place of meeting and amusement.

But it was only in Venice, in the XVIIth century, precisely in the year 1638 that the first real casino games online answering its current definition was built. Progressively, this concept was extended in all Europe country and these gaming rooms began their real success. In the United States, "saloons", these small popular cafes and hotel in the West of the country in the XIXth century were among the first places which popularized casino on this continent discovered by Christopher Columbus. The Mississipi’s boats, the origin of Las Vegas in the Nevada, Atlantic City in New Jersey…and some cities where the creation of casinos was authorized also shaped all the past of these gaming rooms.

In this XXIth century, Online casino gaming rooms (for gambles) took a completely different scale. Well organized, these places were downright transformed into a "Palace": festive bright animation, euphoric music, games with attractive design, halls made with marble, restaurants, hotels and parks also were regrouped in these places … In order to propose games which become interesting from day to day, casino’s managers downright transformed these places into centre of leisure activities and luxury hotel for everybody.

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