Riley denies gambling-money link posited in Democrats’ ads
Gov. Bob Riley on Friday fired back at Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley and the state’s Democratic Party, calling an ad alleging his 2002 gubernatorial campaign took gambling money “30 seconds of bald-faced lies.”
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Gambling history facts:
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
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