Church Group Publicly Opposes Casino
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island clergy spoke out Friday about what they claim would be the negative effects of casino gambling in the state. NBC 10’s Mario Hilario reported that the Rhode Island State Council of Churches officially and publicly put its support behind the anti-casino group Save Our State . The council is made up of various Protestant denominations and church organizations in the state.
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Interesting gambling information:
- 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.
- In Cuba, during the 1950's, the blackjack shoe was first introduced. The dealers in Cuba handled the cards really well and management thought that the dealers may be being a little too good to their friends. So, to curb their suspicions, management decided to use a "dealing box" which is currently known as a shoe.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
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