$400,000 settles charges against former British gambling exec
OPELOUSAS, La. — A British gambling company paid $400,000 to settle charges here against its former chairman, the St. Landry Parish District Attorney says.
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Gambling casinos history:
- Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
- People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
- Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
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