IMPD Make Week’s Second Gambling Bust

By Pam Elliot News 8 @ 6:00 INDIANAPOLIS - Twice in the same week, metro officers raided an alleged gambling establishment. Thursday’s bust was at a place where the window reads car wash, used tires. But

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Thu, March 15th, 2007

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Interesting gambling information:

  • Riverboat Gaming Has Captured 20% of the Casino Market Share. Mississippi now has more gambling square footage than Atlantic City.
  • The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
  • At land-based casinos, both the player and the boxman need to be on the lookout for crooked dice in the game of craps. Each number when added together with the number on the side opposite it, will add up to 7. For example, 6 is opposite to 1. When the dice are crooked, they do not add up to 7.
  • In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.