N.J. state Senate panel OKs sports-betting bill

A state Senate committee offered its support Monday for consideration of an amendment to the state Constitution that would allow betting on professional and college sports at Atlantic City casinos and the states racetracks.

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Mon, February 8th, 2010

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Casino gambling facts:

  • Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
  • Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
  • 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.
  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.