Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 13:31 EST

ANDERSON, Indiana — As reported by the Indianapolis Star: “Hundreds of people, some with walkers and wheelchairs, waited for hours outside Hoosier Park’s new casino Monday, each of them hoping to coax a slot machine into a jackpot.

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Tue, June 3rd, 2008

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  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • Riverboat Gaming Has Captured 20% of the Casino Market Share. Mississippi now has more gambling square footage than Atlantic City.
  • At land-based casinos, both the player and the boxman need to be on the lookout for crooked dice in the game of craps. Each number when added together with the number on the side opposite it, will add up to 7. For example, 6 is opposite to 1. When the dice are crooked, they do not add up to 7.
  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.