Trump casinos can’t shake losing streak in Q1

Gas prices are high. The economy is weak. And on the East Coast, competition for gamblers has become intense. Add some bad luck to the mix and you have Trump Entertainment Resorts, the latest in a string of casino companies to report disappointing first-quarter results.

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Fri, May 9th, 2008

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  • 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.
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