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  2. Ridotto - Wikipedia

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    The Ridotto was Europe's first state-sanctioned casino. [4]: 52 Through combining the interests of mercantile gamblers (who profited from the games) and government authorities (who sought to legitimize the gambling for purposes of public order and enhancing government revenues), the Ridotto was an early model for the use of gambling revenues to support state finance.

  3. Gambling in Italy - Wikipedia

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    The first gambling house, "Ridotto", was opened in Venice in 1638 (387 years ago) (). It was sanctioned by the government aiming to control gambling activity of the citizens. Although admission to the gambling house was free, only rich people could afford to play there, because the stakes were high.

  4. Casino - Wikipedia

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    The first known European gambling house, not called a casino although meeting the modern definition, was the Ridotto, established in Venice, Italy, in 1638 by the Great Council of Venice to provide controlled gambling during the carnival season.

  5. Venice Lido - Wikipedia

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    He stayed at the Grand Hotel in Venice and Mussolini stayed at the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The two men met at the golf club at Alberoni. [57] Venice was the first city in the world to have a publicly owned and regulated casino. It opened in 1638. However, it was closed in 1774. In 1938 the casino (Palazzo del Casinò) at Lido was opened.

  6. First Casino, then Ideal, then En-Joie: History of Endicott park

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    A former Endicott park has a more complicated history than you might think. Inside the multiple transformations of En-Joie Park.

  7. The Venetian Macao - Wikipedia

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    The Great Hall. The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人) is a hotel and casino resort in Macau, China owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story [1] structure on Macau's Cotai Strip has 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m 2) of floor space, and is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas.

  8. Spectacular casinos worth visiting around the world - AOL

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    This casino stays open until at least 2 a.m. on weeknights and is open 24 hours on weekends, so you can try your luck at blackjack, included in any of the 40 different table games, whenever you ...

  9. I went to Venice for the first time. I loved it, but I won't ...

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    In 2024, Venice has welcomed as many as 75,000 tourists per day, BI previously reported. Venice's city center is only home to 50,000 residents.