Philadelphia wins final OK for casino gambling

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania gambling regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Philadelphia to become the nation’s largest city with a casino, while rejecting Donald Trump’s bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another casino near the Gettysburg battlefield.

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• U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
• In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
• As early as 1420, lotteries were used in Europe for public works. High-value commodities such as land and art were often sold through lotteries.
• Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.