Massachusetts addresses Asian gambling addicts

The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling is taking aim at a new group: Asian gamblers. The council said it is dedicating $100,000 - new funding from the state Lottery - to the effort, the largest amount of funding it has ever allocated at one time to a single demographic group.

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Tue, August 22nd, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • At land-based casinos, both the player and the boxman need to be on the lookout for crooked dice in the game of craps. Each number when added together with the number on the side opposite it, will add up to 7. For example, 6 is opposite to 1. When the dice are crooked, they do not add up to 7.
  • The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
  • Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.