On November 1st, the USA city of Deadwood celebrated its twentieth anniversary of legalised gambling. Has it really been 20 years since gambling was legalised in the town. The city back in 1989 was at the mercy of a recession and the town had high unemployment and was in need of funds. In a bit to alter what seemed like a hopeless situation, local law was altered so allowing gambling to take place in the city. No one could really have predicted the huge impact this change had on Deadwood over the following 20 years!
Once the number of casinos started to grow it had a impact on the price of property which started to climb considerably. The city’s reputation as a Wild West town in the past worked to its favour and attracted a theme to the city. Television spurred on the popularity with the winning series Deadwood running for three seasons. It wasn’t long before the city was full again with tourists flocking in with the very happy sound of clinking coins in the slot machines.
Nowadays the town has licenses for 100 card tables and has well over 3500 slot machines. There are still conditions to gamblers and one of them is that no more than 100 US Dollars can be bet on a table at any one time, however, this doesn’t deter from the towns popularity. The improvements that have come with the casinos has meant that money coming into the town could be spent on the whole infrastructure, development and restoration. The millions of dollars that has poured into the town due to the casino industry have been put to good use and Forbes Magazine has recently awarded the town of Deadwood the highly acclaimed title of America’s Prettiest Town!
With all the press that the casinos have recently received, it is brilliant to see that the town can at last celebrate the success that has come due to the legalisation of gambling within the town limits. With continued development of their entertainment facilities and live fixtures, Deadwood looks likely to remain a hugely popular casino location for future generations.
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