Laurel Park litigation won’t slow slots licensing process
The owners of Laurel Park Racetrack are challenging the state’s efforts to approve applications for four slot machine licenses. The efforts are part of a campaign that keeps the track tangentially in contention as the future home of the largest casino in Maryland.
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Casino gambling facts:
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
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