Sky City subject of gambling protest
Auckland’s Sky City Casino is the subject of a noisy protest on Saturday to mark Gamble Free Day. The Problem Gambling Foundation is trying to raise awareness of the harm casinos and pokie machines can cause, especially in poor communities.
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Do you know that:
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
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