Group To Unveil Gambling Addiction Ad in Topeka

A new television ad is in the works from a group aiming to raise public awareness of gambling addictions. The Kansas Responsible Gambling Alliance has scheduled a Statehouse news conference today (WED) to publicize its first public service announcement and its website.

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Wed, March 10th, 2010

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • 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.
  • 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
    1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.