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[edit] History of the term casino

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The term "Casino" originally meant a small villa, summerhouse or pavilion built for pleasure, usually on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo. There are examples online gambling games of such casinos at Villa Giulia and Villa Farnese. In modern day Italian, this term designates a bordello (also called "casa chiusa", literally "closed house"), while the gambling house is spelled casinò with an accent.^[1]

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[edit] History of casinos

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[edit] Gambling in casinos

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[edit] Security

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[edit] Crime

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