State probes casino workers
By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11–Most players never had much of a chance of winning a piece of a $1 million-plus promotional giveaway staged this summer at many of Harrah’s 35 casinos nationwide.
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Interesting gambling information:
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
- Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
- The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
- Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
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