Alcoholics’ kids four times more likely to turn to drink, drugs and gambling

London, Sept 4: If you dont want your kids to turn to the bottle or drugs, then stay away from alcohol yourself, for a new research has found that children of alcoholics are four times more likely to become addicted to drink, drugs and gambling.

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Mon, September 4th, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • The brand new resort, Wynn Las Vegas recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. At a cost of approximately $2.7 billion, the Wynn Las Vegas features 2,700 guestrooms and suites, casino (table games, over 1900 slots/video poker machines, poker room with race and sports book), several restaurants, a night club, golf, a shopping esplanade and a show called Le Reve.
  • Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • 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.