Casino

Definition: Casino

Casino

Noun

1. A public building for gambling and entertainment.

2. A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "casino" was first used: 1744. (references)

Etymology: Casino \Ca*si"no\, noun; plural English Casinos, Italian Casini. [Italian casino, diminutive of casa house, from the Latin expression casa cottage. Compare to Cassing.]. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Casino

Party

Knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd; coterie, club, casino; machine; Tammany, Tammany Hall.

Crosswords: Casino

Afrikaan (casino), Dutch (casino), French (casino), Italian (affair, brothel, case, club, event, mess, shindy, shooting lodge), Portuguese (casino, gambling house, gaming house, gaminghouse), Spanish (casino, club), Turkish (hell).

It's nice to have you with us Big Casino! (Chisum; writing credit: Andrew J. Fenady)

The moment you set foot on that casino floor, they'll be watching you like hawks (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)

I-I heard it in a casino. (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna)

Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players (Casino; writing credit: Nicholas Pileggi)

Starting in the most unlikely of places: Trump Casino, Atlantic City (Penn & Teller Get Killed; writing credit: Penn Jillette; Teller)

Casino (1998)

Gran Casino (1947)

Casino el latafa (1946)

The Casino Murder Case (1935)

Casino Royale: Psychedelic Cinema (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Casino Journal Publishing Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Casino, Guichard-Perrachon et Cie: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Colorado Casino Resorts, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Hollywood Casino Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling: Winning Ways (reference)

• Murder in Sin City : The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss (reference)

• Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World's Most Profitable Casino (reference)

• The Video Poker Answer Book: How to Attack Variations on a Casino Favorite (reference)

• Winning Casino Blackjack for the Non-Counter (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Casino Chronicle (reference)

• Hotel Casino Resort Security (reference)

• State Capitals : Lottery Parimutuel And Casino Regulation (reference)

• Native American Casino (reference)

• New Jersey Casino Control Commission Reports - Tri-quarterly (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Casino (reference)

• Casino Lights '99 (reference)

• Casino Royale (reference)

• Casino Royale (The Collector's Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Casino Royale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• In Casino Out (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hoyle Casino 2003 (reference)

• Diana Gruber's Las Vegas Casino [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

• Las Vegas Casino 2.0 [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Winter bathing at Miami Beach Casino. Credit: Library of Congress.

Entertainer Frank Sinatra (left) and his attorney, Milton Rudin (right), on the street, arriving for court appearance in Las Vegas concerning tax reports of a casino with which Sinatra had been involved. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bathing pool in the casino. Credit: Library of Congress.

Casino, Palmer Park, Detroit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Naples Casino during flood, Sebago Lake, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lido Beach casino. Sarasota, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

Palm Beach scenes. Bradley's Casino I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Minsker Young Men's Commercial Athletic Club New Year casino banquet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Winter bathing, Smiths Casino, Miami, Feb. 6, 1921. Credit: Library of Congress.

The runaways the elaborate musical comedy from New York Casino. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

The hotel and the casino operate as a year-round destination. (references)

Another opportunity for American companies is with the casino industry. (references)

The growth of tourism in South Africa continues to offer opportunities to foreign companies in infrastructure development, hotel & casino management and design, training, tourism technology, theme park and other tourism-related services that can be offered to such an industry. (references)

Economic History

Bahamas

Future plans also include a new casino. (references)

France

In May 2000, Casino bought 50 percent of the shares of Monoprix. (references)

Bahamas

Sun International Hotels also developed an online casino for the internet. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The Casino Taxation Act was amended in October 1995 to allow for the establishment of small-scale casinos through the reduction of the basic tax and winnings tax rates for casinos of less than 10,000 square feet. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Special consumption taxes also apply for services such as dancing, massage, karaoke, casino, jackpot machine games, certain betting activities and golf. (references)

Worker Rights

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Minimum wage rates for various categories of workers, such as domestic servants, retail employees, casino workers, and skilled workers, were last updated in 1994, and manufacturing sector wages were revised in 1996. The average wage varies from $67.42 (EC$180) per week for full-time domestic workers to $166.10 (EC$443.50) per week for skilled workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "casino": casino game ♦ gambling casino ♦ royal casino ♦ spade casino. Additional references.

Beginning with "casino": casino-hotel, casino-type.

Ending with "casino": hotel-casino, pro-casino.

Afrikaans

casino. (various references)

Albanian

lokal kumari, kazino. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كازينو, ‏منزل ريفي صغير, ‏ناد للقمار, ‏المقمرة (hell). (various references)

Bulgarian 

казино (gaming house), игрален дом (gaming house, hell, policy shop). (various references)

Chinese 

赌博娱乐场 (Casinos). (various references)

Czech

kasino, herna (amusement arcade, gaming house). (various references)

Danish

kasino. (various references)

Dutch

casino. (various references)

Esperanto

kazino. (various references)

Faeroese

spælihús. (various references)

Farsi 

کازینو, تفریحگاه عمومی برای رقص وموزیک . (various references)

French

casino. (various references)

German

kasino (mess, mess hall). (various references)

Greek 

καζίνο. (various references)

Hebrew 

קזינו. (various references)

Hungarian

játékkaszinó (gambling club), kerti ház (bower, pavilion), kaszinó, filagória (summer-house). (various references)

Indonesian

kasino. (various references)

Italian

casinò. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

カシミア糸 (cascade, cashew nuts, cashmere, cashmere yarn, casket, castanets, caster, casual, casual look, casual water, casual wear, custard pudding, custom, custom IC, customize, customized car, customized communication, customizer, custom-made, customs). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

カジノ . (various references)

Manx

thie gamman, thie cronchor (gaming house). (various references)

Papiamen

kasino. (various references)

Pig Latin

asinocay.(various references)

Portuguese

cassino. (various references)

Romanian

cazinou. (various references)

Russian 

казино. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kazino. (various references)

Spanish

casino (club). (various references)

Swedish

kasino. (various references)

Turkish

kumarhane (disorderly house, gaming house, hell), gazino. (various references)

Ukrainian

казіно. (various references)

Vietnamese 

câu lạc bộ, nhà chơi sòng bạc. (various references)

casa. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "casino": casinos. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Casino" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acsin, Acsni, Ausino, Basinio, caain, cachino, caesin, cafine, cagion, caine, caison, calina, Calsin, camino, Canino, capiendo, Capino, carignon, Carignou, carino, casana, Casciano, Cascio, casdn, caseina, Caseiro, casin, Casina, casio, casion, Caslin, Casolo, cason, Cassen, Cassin, cassini, cassio, Cassion, castion, causion, cavinu, Caxito, Cazin, Cesio, Cesnoh, Ciapino, Cirino, cision, Clasina, Clavijo, Cofino, corsino, Cosio, cusin, cusion, Fassano, Gassino, karsino, kasanof, Kasiena, Kasio, Kassiano, kassin, Lasinio, Pasino, Saseno, sasine, Sasino, Sysinfo, Vasenko. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cains, canso, cions, coins, icons, scion, sonic.

-2 letters: ains, anis, asci, cain, cans, ciao, cion, coin, coni, cons, icon, ions, naoi, naos, ocas, sain, scan.

-3 letters: ain, ais, ani, can, cis, con, cos, ins, ion, nos, oca, ons, sac, sic, sin, son.

-4 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, na, no, on, os, si, so.

+1 letter: acinose, acinous, actions, alnicos, anosmic, atonics, bonacis, caisson, camions, casinos, cassino, cations, cocains, maniocs, masonic, oilcans, syconia.

+2 letters: aconites, actinons, acyloins, agnostic, alnicoes, aphonics, auctions, avionics, caissons, campions, cannolis, canoeist, canonise, canonist, canopies, captions, carotins, carrions, cassinos, cautions, chicanos, chitosan, clarions, coalbins, coamings, coasting, coatings, cocaines, codeinas, coinages, contains, coquinas, corbinas, corvinas, coxswain, cyanosis, diocesan, factions, folacins, jacobins, laconism, limacons, maniocas, minorcas, moccasin, monacids, monastic, narcosis, nonacids, nonbasic, ocarinas, occasion, organics, oscitant, pactions, parsonic, sanction, sardonic, scallion, scansion, scenario, simoniac, solacing, sonantic, sonicate, spondaic, tactions, unsocial, wainscot.