Cahill: Casino would drain state $ — Treasurer says Wampanoag ‘bingo slots’ may be illegal
If the Mashpee Wampanoags build a gambling resort featuring bingo-slot machines, it could prove to be a major drain on state aid payments to local cities and towns, State Treasurer Tim Cahill warned yesterday. The…
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Interesting gambling information:
- The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
- Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
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