Blackjack Moves to Wyoming
At about 10:30 Saturday morning, Wind River Casino table games manager Peggy Black and several security guards unhooked the chain encircling four tables that have become the center of attention here. With them were two fellow employees, wearing glistening tuxedo vests and carrying two white boxes, each holding eight fresh decks of Gemaco playing cards.
The tuxedoed dealers counted, shuffled and sorted the decks, and when the clock struck 11, five people filled all but one seat at Wyoming's only legal, blackjack table. We're in business, Black said Friday night, when all four tables were open and full. Blackjack debuted at the Wind River Casino on Friday, May 19, but stopped midweek due to some red tape Black said the casino encountered. Not since 1901, when gambling was prohibited in Wyoming were people allowed to double down on a game of blackjack. The Northern Arapaho tribe, whose members live on the Wind River Indian reservation, were granted the right to do so in part by a 1988 law that governs gaming on Indian lands.
May 31, 2006
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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