Proposed Legislation Would Change How Casinos Regulated
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Proposed legislation to change how American Indian casinos are regulated isn’t drawing much support fron tribal officials. According to a story from The Oklahoman’s Washington bureau, the measure by North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan would give the National Indian Gaming Commission the authority to set internal control standards at the gaming facilities.
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Gambling casinos info:
- During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
- French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
- Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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