Community Calendar - 6/6/06

AL-ANON, 10 a.m., Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church, Bristol and Meetinghouse roads, Hartsville; 7:30 p.m., Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Huntingdon Pike and Old Welsh Road, Bethayres; 7:30 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, York Road, Jamison; 7:30 p.m., Livengrin Office, Suite 101, 350 S. Main St., Doylestown (men only); 7:30 p.m., Penn Foundation, 807 Lawn Ave., West Rockhill Township; 8 p.m.,

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Tue, June 6th, 2006

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • 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.
  • Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • 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.