Las Vegas
Casinos
Aladdin | Bally's Las Vegas | Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino | Binion's Gambling Hall and Casino | Binion's Horseshoe | Boardwalk Hotel and Casino | Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino | Caesars Palace | California Hotel and Casino | Casino Royale Las Vegas | Castaways | Castaways Hotel and Casino | Circus Circus Las Vegas | Desert Inn | Dunes | El Rancho Vegas | Excalibur Hotel and Casino | Fitzgeralds Las Vegas | Flamingo Las Vegas | Four Queens | Fremont Hotel and Casino | New Frontier Hotel and Casino | Gold Coast Hotel and Casino | Golden Gate Hotel and Casino | Golden Nugget Las Vegas | Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa | Hacienda | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Harrah's Las Vegas | Holiday Casino | Hooters Casino Hotel | Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino | Jokers Wild Casino | Klondike Hotel & Casino | Lady Luck Hotel & Casino | The Landmark Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas Hilton | Luxor Hotel | MGM Grand Hotel and Casino | MGM Grand Las Vegas | Main Street Station Hotel and Casino and Brewery | Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino | Maxim Casino | McCarran International Airport | The Mint Las Vegas | The Mirage | Monte Carlo Resort and Casino | New York-New York Hotel & Casino | O'Sheas Casino | Orleans Hotel and Casino | Palace Station | The Palazzo | The Palms | Paris Las Vegas | Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino | Plaza Hotel & Casino | Rampart Casino | Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino | Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino | Riviera (hotel and casino) | Sahara (hotel and casino) | Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall | Hôtel San Rémo | Sands Hotel | Silver Slipper | Silverton Hotel and Casino | South Coast (Hotel and Casino) | Stardust Resort & Casino | Stratosphere Las Vegas | Suncoast Hotel and Casino | Thunderbird (Resort) | Treasure Island Hotel and Casino | Tropicana Resort & Casino | The Venetian | Westward Ho Hotel and Casino | Wild Wild West Casino | Wynn Las Vegas
A casino is a building that accommodates certain types of
gambling games and activities. Customers may gamble by playing
slot machines or other games of chance (e.g.,
craps, roulette, baccarat) and some skill (eg., blackjack, poker) [for
more see casino games]. Game rules usually have
mathematically-determined odds that ensure the house retains an
advantage over the players. This advantage is called the edge. Payout is
the percentage given to players. In games such as poker, the house takes
a commission (a "rake") on bets players make against each other. Casinos
are often placed near or combined with hotels, restaurants and other vacation attractions to encourage long stays.
History
Mirage
Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas (jb)
The term originally meant a small
villa, summerhouse or pavilion built for pleasure, usually on the grounds of a
larger Italian villa or palazzo. There are examples of such casinos at Villa
Giulia and Villa Farnese. During the 19th century, the term casino came to
include other more public buildings where pleasurable activities, including
gambling and sports, took place. An example of this type of building is the
Newport Casino. Eventually this term in Italian now designates a bordello
(also called "casa chiusa" literally "closed house"), while the gambling house
is spelled casinò with an accent.
See also
Slot
machines are commonplace in casinos
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