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SAN ANDREAS - Gambling addicts don’t blame the casinos for their sickness. Neither do the people who counsel gambling addicts. But the addicts and people who study gambling agree that having a casino nearby makes it easier for people to get hooked.

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Sat, September 30th, 2006

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  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
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    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
  • The MGM Grand, situated on the a Las Vegas strip has come up with a brand new slogan to promote the casino, "Think of all the New Year's resolutions you'll break." Some say it might even rival the famous Las Vegas catchphrase, "What happens here, stays here."