Group joins in fight over unions at casino
The battle over whether casino dealers should join labor unions heated up Friday as workers at a third gambling hall sought an election to certify a union there, and a right-to-work group unsuccessfully sought to cancel or delay a union vote scheduled for today at another casino.
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- Land casino unions worry about online gambling
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- 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.
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