Five indicted in Morris gambling case

The former commander of the American Legion Post in Wharton, his girlfriend, his son, and two others were indicted this morning on charges of running a gambling operation in 2005.

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Wed, August 30th, 2006

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Do you know that:

  • 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.
  • Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
  • 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.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.