Kids taught pokie evils in kindy

EXCLUSIVE: PRIMARY school was once a place to perfect reading, writing and arithmetic. But now students as young as five will be taught the evils of gambling.

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Sun, May 11th, 2008

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  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
  • 1973: The MGM Grand opens on the Strip, becoming the world's largest hotel.
    1989: One of Vegas's most extravag-ant hotels opens. Steve Wynn's Mirage resort features a man-made volcano and over 3,000 rooms. Siegfried and Roy sign a $57 million, five-year contract to provide entertainment at the hotel.