Gabrieli proposes legal casino gambling for property tax relief
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Gabrieli proposed Tuesday to legalize casino gambling in Massachusetts as a means of raising revenue that can be sent back to cities and towns and reduce pressure to increase property taxes.
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Gambling casinos history:
- 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.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
- By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
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