Editing Casino (section)

==Etymology and usage==
''Casino'' is of [[Italian language|Italian]] origin; the root {{lang|it|casa}} means a house. The term ''casino'' may mean a small country [[villa]], [[Summerhouse (building)|summerhouse]], or [[social club]].<ref name=casitalian>{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=William N.|title=Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society|date=2015|page=43|publisher=Abc-Clio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAI9BgAAQBAJ&q=casino+word+italian+casa+villa&pg=PA43|access-date=August 17, 2015|isbn=9781610699808}}</ref> During the 19th century, ''casino'' came to include other public buildings where pleasurable activities took place; such edifices were usually built on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or [[palazzo]], and were used to host civic town functions, including dancing, gambling, music listening, and sports. Examples in Italy include [[Villa Farnese]] and [[Villa Giulia]], and in the US the [[Newport Casino]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. In modern-day Italian, a {{wikt-lang|it|casino}} is a brothel (also called {{lang|it|casa chiusa}}, literally "closed house"), a mess (confusing situation), or a noisy environment; a gaming house is spelt {{wikt-lang|it|casinò}}, with an [[grave accent|accent]].<ref>{{cite OED|Casino}}</ref><ref name=casitalian/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Preble |last2=Rossi|first1=Keith |first2=Francesco|title=Il vero italiano: Your Guide To Speaking "Real" Italian|date=2014|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDU3BAAAQBAJ&q=casino+word+italian+noisy&pg=PA66|access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref>

Not all casinos are used for gaming. The [[Catalina Casino]], on [[Santa Catalina Island, California]], has never been used for traditional games of chance, which were already outlawed in California by the time it was built.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/the-last-picture-show-southern-californias-most-beautiful-movie-theater-closes/|title=The Last Picture Show: Southern California's Most Beautiful Movie Theater Closes|last=James|first=Falling|work=[[LA Weekly]]|date=January 7, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227121754/https://www.laweekly.com/the-last-picture-show-southern-californias-most-beautiful-movie-theater-closes/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Copenhagen Casino]] was a Danish theatre which also held public meetings during the [[1848 Revolution]], which made Denmark a [[constitutional monarchy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/samling/dra/dra-specialkataloger.html|title=Special catalogues in the Drama Collection|access-date=2007-07-09|work=The Royal Library|archive-date=2007-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609153819/http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/samling/dra/dra-specialkataloger.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In military and non-military usage, a {{wikt-lang|es|casino}} (Spanish) or {{wikt-lang|de|Kasino}} (German) is an officers' [[mess]].