Southland Ready to Gamble Against Tunica Casinos

For 15 years Southland Greyhound Park has lost money, officials say since casino made it’s way to Tunica, more than a $100 million dollars in anticipated bets at the track were never placed.

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Wed, November 9th, 2005

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  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
  • 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.
  • Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.