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Texas has one Indian casino which offers gaming machines based on bingo. It also offers pull tab machines, poker and a player-banked blackjack game where each player must pay a commission to the house for each bet that is made. The commission is 50¢ for $3-$50 bets and $1 for bets over $50. The minimum gambling age is 21 and the casino is open 24 hours daily.

Texas also has one casino boat which sails nine miles out into the Gulf of Mexico where casino gambling is permitted. The boat offers: blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, Caribbean stud poker, let it ride, three card poker, slots and video poker. You must provide a photo ID or you won’t be allowed to board.

For more information on visiting Texas call (800) 888-8TEX or go to: www.traveltex.com.

Shown below are the two Texas casinos. Click on a casino name to see a page of detailed information about that particular casino.

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The top 7 gaming markets in the U.S. and their annual revenues in 2007 were

Las Vegas Strip $6.750 billion
Atlantic City, N.J. $4.921 billion
Chicagoland, Ind./Ill. $2.602 billion
Connecticut $1.685 billion
Detroit $1.335 billion
Tunica/Lula, Miss. $1.243 billion
Biloxi, Miss. $1.007 billion

More bets are placed on the Super Bowl than on any other sporting event of the year, including March Madness.

Coming in at #2 last year was the Kentucky Derby

The 2007 Super Bowl marked the second biggest Super Bowl revenue for the Nevada Sports Books ever, with gross revenue for the weekend reaching $12.9 million. Approximately $93 million was wagered on the Super Bowl in the state’s sports books in 2007, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

In the 12 states with commercial casinos in operation in 2007, casinos contributed $5.79 billion in tax revenue to state and local governments, a 11.3 percent increase over 2006

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There are 11 states with "racinos" - racetracks with a casino - Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana , Maine, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia.