Word: alai
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Voters generally were in no mood to bet on gambling. New Jersey refused to permit wagering on jai alai. Virginia nixed parimutuel betting on horse races, and Florida balked at allowing casinos along Miami Beach. More permissive was California's attitude toward smoking. Partly swayed by a campaign of $5.3 million by tobacco companies. Californians solidly rejected Proposition 5, which would have banned smoking in most public places. In Montana the drinking age was raised from 18 to 19, and in Michigan it jumped from...
Florida voters opposed by a margin of three-to-one a proposition to allow casino gambling on a 21 mile strip in Miami Beach. Virginians narrowly rejected a proposal to allow pari-mutual betting at horse-racing tracks, and New Jersey residents decided not to allow jai-alai sports betting in their state...
...note that high positions in the NASL have often been viewed as stepping-stones to the U.S. Senate (admittedly only by people with extremely poor eyesight), and speculate that Henry might be trying to shore up his American sportsman image before challenging New York Sen. Jacob Javits (a jai-alai player and sky diver of little note). More on the mark, though, are those who note that along with Henry's non-paying new job came several options to buy into NASL franchises, which are among the fastest-growing investments in the country. Henry is a good sport...
...earned nearly $60 million. Some of old Hollywood remains in the new playgrounds. The MGM Grand Hotel and casino newly opened in Reno is colossal: it cost more than $138 million and has the world's largest casino (100,000 sq. ft. of gaming tables plus a jai alai fronton for parimutuel fanatics...
...hate to recklessly give away some of the information I sweated years to gather, but if any of you follow this next bit of advice, you will never forget me. Go see jai alai--and bet your birthday. That's right, if gambling is in your blood (but there shouldn't be any room beside the alcohol) go see the "Pride of the Pyrenees" decked out in iridescent uniforms winging pelotas in a Florida jai alai fronton...