Rutgers opens gambling-studies institute
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey has 11 casinos under siege from out-of-state competition and planning to invest billions in expansion projects. Its racetracks want to offer slot machine gambling, and compulsive gambling poses a serious risk for many individuals and families.
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Gambling casinos info:
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- 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."
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
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