Protest threat by casino foes gets House speakers ear
By promising a hearing in Newport if a 24-hour gambling proposal makes it to his chamber, House Speaker William J. Murphy averted a protest outside the House of Representatives annual Christmas party at Newports Viking Hotel last Friday.Heres the way long-time anti-gambling activist Burt Hoffman tells the story:
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Do you know that:
- Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
- 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.
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
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