Billiards champ missing; gambling rumored
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Taiwanese billiards champ Jennifer Chen was missing Sunday after allegedly running up enormous debts illegally gambling on baseball and soccer, a report says.
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Interesting gambling information:
- The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
- 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.
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