Cleveland mayor-elect supports casinos, but with some conditions
CLEVELAND - The city’s newly elected mayor said he will only back a proposal for casinos in Ohio if it guarantees jobs for residents and helps economic development in the city, in contrast to current Mayor Jane Campbell’s solid support for casinos.
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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).
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
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