Ida Summers: The Beauty That Cost Casinos

“Destroy This Mad Brute-ENLIST” is an anti-German propaganda created to encourage men to join the army during World War I in 1917. The U.S. Army recruitment poster was created be an artist and business man, Harry Ryle Hopps. The poster has similarities and gave inspiration to the movie King Kong, which was released in 1933. The poster gives out a message to the Americans and uses symbolism that gives objects or people reasoning of what they represent during the war. There are historical facts and reasons to why the propaganda was created, for who and how it was inspired in 1917.

WWI started on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. At the time a man named Woodrow Wilson was president at the time. President Wilson did not want to go to war. In DBQ 16: Why Did We Enter World War I?-Historical Context by J. Weston Walch, it says “People were determined to keep out of the conflict and applaud president Wilson when he asked that his fellow citizens remain “neutral in fact as well as in name.””Then Germany started unrestricted warfare and a telegram was intercepted saying that a few of our states were going to be given to mexico if they helped germany attack the U.S. These are the main reasons why the U.S should join WWI.

It wasn’t until 1969 when Nevada changed the laws and allowed publicly-traded corporations to own casinos. The state made a common sense compromise requiring that only major shareholders be licensed. The importance of that decision can’t be understated as it marked a new beginning for rooting out the corruption of organized crime from legalized gambling. That change allowed greater transparency which slowly collapsed the mafia’s control of Las Vegas. In 1971, Harrah’s became one of the first Nevada casinos to sell their shares publicly. William F. Harrah, along with his father, had first set up shop in Reno in 1937. Harrah originally opened a bingo hall, but he later expanded his business into a casino empire. By 1973 his company was the first casino stock sold on the New York Stock Exchange and in 2005 Harrah’s became the largest casino business in the

On August 12, 2014, at around 8:00 p.m., seventy-nine-year old Rawatmal Surana (“Mr. Surana”) and his wife of fifty-two years, Kusum Surana (“Mrs. Surana”), arrived at the Maryland Live Casino to eat dinner and then to gamble on slot machines. After sitting down near a machine and playing for a few minutes, an African-American female in a long, red dress sat down next to Mr. Surana. Mr. Surana testified at trial that he would not be able to recognize that woman again if he saw her.

Towering Hundreds of feet in the air you might have noticed a casino near your town or city. These large complexes are basically a money making machine. Usually Owned by the Native American Culture. These are the main source of income on the reservation for these tribes (Native American Casinos). Although used by Native Tribes in America the First Casino originated in Italy in 1638. The Casinos are a place where many average Americans spin the wheel of luck trying to win a profit on their money. Now the chances of winning big vary as there are many different tiers of gambling. You can have very little money and play on the slots or you can be a high-roller and spend hundreds or thousands on games of black-jack or poker.

tribe members and "implored penitents toward a shift in subjectivity through introspection, self-examination, guilt, and sorrow for sin"(McCormack). This helped the Confessario to personalize the penitent, altering Native behavior and thought from its larger social and cultural perspective.

Born into a family of a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother, Cardi B lived in the midst of poverty in the Bronx. Finding her path to success was a struggle for her being that she was a college-dropout and then pursued a path as an exotic dancer. Continuing this career for the next four years of her life, she began earning an income and becoming

“Big” Tim Sullivan was the leader of an unofficial “gambling commission” in New York City. Members of the secretive commission included Frank Farrell (New York City gambling mogul), a State Senator, and the Chief of Police, Bill Devery. Every gambling house, policy shop, and craps game was charged at least $300 for a “license,” which was collected by the local precinct captain. There was no pretense with these “licenses” as there were no regulations in place to protect consumers. This was simply a lucrative bribery system amounting to $3,095,000 for the year of 1900, according to the The New York Times. Obviously, the ban on gambling wasn’t

With the Corporate Gaming Act of 1969, Las Vegas began a slow transition towards “respectability.” Gambling in Las Vegas was gaining in popularity in the 1950’s and 1960’s, but the mob presence itself was preventing Las Vegas from attracting the necessary outside funds to turn it into a dominant Metropolis (204). “Nevada seemed to be shedding this image in favor of the many new family-oriented “theme resorts” that were being built, especially in Las Vegas (204). Then there’s The Rat

Once the debt piled up and her cash flow decreasing, she then starts to blame the casino of feeding her addiction. In my opinion that is a poor move to make because not only would the casino lawyers crush her in court, they would try to file for absurd amounts of damages. That is why Bachmann should be held accountable for her mistakes or most addicted gamblers would follow the same route.

Adding to Native American casino fortunes, their casinos are likely to increase over the next few years. It is noted that several states are reaching agreements to allow the introduction or expansion of Native American casinos because of the additional revenues they can provide. This increases the Native American casinos opportunities and consitutes a high barrier for new entrants. The major source for this entry barrier is the cost disadvantage independent of scale regarding the favorable government polices vis -a -vis the Indian Gaming and Recration Act of 1988.

A flat disc that has been used in magick for over thousands of years is the Pentacle. Most commonly engraved with the pentagram, which signifies the five elements: fire, air, earth, water and spirit, the pentacle is used as a protective talisman. However, in most Wiccan traditions it is seen as representative of the element of Earth, and can be used on the altar as a place to hold items that are going to be ritually consecrated. The pentacle itself can be made of any material, including brass, gold, silver, wood, wax and clay. The pentacle is an instrument of protection and a tool used for invocation. It is sometimes considered to be a portal between this world and the spirit world. Sometimes, it is hung above windows and doors due to its protective

The development of tribal casinos or what is commonly referred to as organized gambling can be credited to Native American reservations. Gaming operations have brought phenomenal success to many native tribes in America, and there has been a new dimension to the existing debate regarding Native American sovereignty in organized gambling. There are over 310 casinos ran by about one-third the nations federally recognized tribes, and generate around $10 billion in revenue which is one-sixth of all revenue generated through legal gaming in the country (Evans, Topoleski, 2002). Many of the tribes are now able to provide for themselves essential services rather than wait for the government. However, most

The basic system of just about every casino is that of the tables (including Roulette, Blackjack and Craps) filling the center of the room with computerized

The scheme in the gambling industry is the same everywhere. The main goal is to