S. KOREAN PM TO APOLOGIZE OVER SPREAD OF GAMBLING: SOURCE
Regulations / Law South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook is likely to apologize to the nation early this week for dealing poorly with illegal gambling operations, a government source said Sunday.
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Interesting gambling information:
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
- 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 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- 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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