{"id":4862,"date":"2026-04-07T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/?p=4862"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:00:48","slug":"did-you-knowhistory-of-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/did-you-knowhistory-of-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know\u2026History of Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our largest fundraiser of the year, Casino Night, Betting on a Better Future: All-In to End Homelessness, will be held June 11th at The Conservatory at The Sussex County Fairgrounds. Please visit our Casino Night tab on our website for more information and to buy tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This got me thinking about the origin of casinos. The word casino comes from Italian with the root word casa meaning house. In 1638 Venice Italy the first known gambling house was called, Ridotto, meaning private room in Italian. During the 19th century the word casino was used to describe public buildings where fun activities occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, initial gambling sites were known as saloons and in the early 20th century were outlawed until 1931 where gambling was legalized in Nevada. It was in 1976 when New Jersey allowed gambling in Atlantic City, making it the 2nd largest gaming city in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While our casino uses play money with an opportunity to win fabulous prizes, guests can still enjoy classic casino games on professional tables. Whether you are experienced or not, all are welcomed and encouraged to play. Hope to see you at our house in June!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can purchase your tickets to our 2026 Casino Night here:
Event Registration – Family Promise of Sussex County<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our largest fundraiser of the year, Casino Night, Betting on a Better Future: All-In to End Homelessness, will be held June 11th at The Conservatory at The Sussex County Fairgrounds. Please visit our Casino Night tab on our website for more information and to buy tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4863,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4862\/revisions\/4863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familypromisesussex.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}