Critics: Game exposes kids to gambling

Angry Iowans are complaining about children being exposed to TouchPlay gambling machines in grocery and convenience stores, even if kids arent being…

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Fri, January 13th, 2006

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Do you know that:

  • In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
  • The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.