Gambling issue short of signatures needed for fall ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The campaign behind a gambling initiative will have 10 days to gather more signatures after falling short of the minimum to get the issue on the November ballot, state election officials said Wednesday.
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Gambling history facts:
- In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
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