Supreme Court turns down Catawbas bid for video poker

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected a South Carolina Indian tribe’s bid to use video poker machines on their reservation. via WIS-TV Columbia

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Mon, October 1st, 2007

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  • Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
  • 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
  • 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.