Swedish Election - Future of gambling monopoly uncertain.

Election may signal end of Swedish gambling monopoly The two main legal instruments governing gambling in Sweden, are, The Lotteries Act and The Casinos Act .

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Sat, August 26th, 2006

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  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.