The word casino was at first a cottage then became a gambling palace. The source of our word, Italian casino, is a diminutive of casa, "house."
The word was first applied to a country house and then came to be used for a social gathering place = a room or building where people could dance, listen to music, and gamble.
This last pastime seems to have gained precedence over the others and casino took on the meaning "gambling establishment."
These senses of the Italian word have all come into English; the sense "social gathering place" was recorded first in the 18th century, the sense "gambling establishment" first in 1851.
Nineteen of the world's 25 largest hotels by room count are on the Las Vegas Strip, with a total of over 67,000 rooms. http://www.insidervlv.com/hotelslargestworld.html
A few Las Vegas casinos and hotels on the Las Vegas Strip (designated an All-American Road):
Caesar's Palace, Flamingo, The Palazzo, Riviera, Fontainebleau, Encore,
The Venetian, CASINO ROYALE, Imperial Palace, Mandarin Oriental, Paris, Planet Hollywood, Tropicana.....and CIRCUS CIRCUS, where we will be staying. (3774 rooms...I hope I don't get lost in the hotel! And, if anyone is interested, you can get married at the Chapel of the Fountain in our hotel!)
And there are four casinos in our hotel too......
The advertizement for our hotel says:
"SLEEP WHEN YOU GET HOME!"
Jane
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