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June
- The Rise of 3D and Cinematic SlotsSlots used to be mechanical boxes with spinning reels. Now they're cinema. The change happened quietly. Some operators led it. Others followed.
- Atlantic City's Boardwalk Empire: From Resort to Gambling MeccaAtlantic City was a resort in 1976. It became a gambling mecca in 1978. The transition was fast. The consequences were permanent.
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May
- Craps: From Hazard to America's Favorite Dice GameThe history of craps is the history of working men finding a game fast enough to be played in a supply closet. From Hazard, a Georgian-era pastime, to crap tables in Vegas, the game kept its essential character: the possibility of ruin in three minutes.
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