Video Gambling Proponents Plan For Fight
INDIANAPOLIS — Efforts to legalize video gambling machines in taverns and other places that sell alcohol could heat up when the legislative session begins in January, proponents and some lawmakers say.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
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