My Sportsman Choice: Philly Kids
I do not know the names of my Sportsmen of the Year. They’re six boys, maybe nine or 10 years old, who were playing three-on-three tackle football on a schoolyard field on a ruddy afternoon in Philadelphia in late October. There were no adults around. I stopped the car to watch for a while, because the sight was so unusual. These days, kids mostly play sports with chaperones watching, and games
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Gambling casinos history:
- 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Anne Beaulieu on May 1 in the chapel of the Aladdin Hotel.
1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time. - U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- The casino at Spa, a Belgian resort town noted for its mineral baths, was built by the Prince Bishop of the province of Liege in 1763.
- 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.
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