Casino Staff in Hospital After Fire

AUSTRALIA As reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: “Nine people have been taken to hospital after a small fire in part of Melbourne’s Crown Casino complex.

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Wed, November 9th, 2005

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.