Casting votes is your voice: Use it

A grass roots organization formed recently in an effort to oppose slot machine legislation in Maryland.

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Tue, May 13th, 2008

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • Video Poker machines were introduced in the 1970s, when an oil embargo had a negative impact on Vegas revenues. The machines were popular enough to spark a recovery in casino business.
  • A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).
  • 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.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.