Strickland plan could mean 12,200 slots
COLUMBUS - Ohio could become home to as many as 12,200 slot machines under Gov. Ted Strickland’s decision to embrace gambling as a way of patching a $3.2 billion hole in the next state budget. After strongly denouncing the idea of using slot machines to fund government programs, Mr. Strickland dropped his opposition last week. Monday he unveiled his variation of a plan pushed by the Ohio State …
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- 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.
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
- Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
- 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
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