Al Roker’s report on dangers of gambling features a visit to Amherst Town Court

By ALAN PERGAMENT You might think that the odds that the Town of Amherst would be featured in a Court TV production would be about equal to the chances that outgoing supervisor Susan Grelick and incoming supervisor, Satish Mohan, would agree on how the town should be run.

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Wed, December 7th, 2005

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  • Legal gambling activities include state lotteries; parimutuel betting on horses, greyhounds, and jai-alai; sports book-making; card games; keno; bingo; slot machines; progressive slot machines; video poker machines; video keno machines; video blackjack machines; and video roulette machines.
  • Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
  • Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.