So Many Types of Gambling...

What you are likely to see in a casino are: table games, electronic games like that of Pachinko, rows and rows of slot machines and video poker machines. Bingo and Kino are also played in casinos, when actually, any game that is played for money will be found in a casino. Other well known gambling games that are played outside of casinos would be Bingo,  dead pool, state lotteries, pull-tab games, scratchcards better known as scratchers, and Mahjong. Fixed-odds gambling and Parimutuel betting frequently occur at many types of sporting events, as well as political...

Legalized Gambling...

The casino is absolutely the most high profile form of today’s gambling. But casinos create crime along with other costs and that cost is paid by society. It is seen that money spent in the casinos is the same money that is not spent in local businesses as the problem gamblers numbers grow. Not only that but bankruptcies go up which then effects the taxpayers and businesses. Compulsive gambling is certainly a problem and getting worse and what is needed is treatment options and education for the public. Getting help before it is to late is the goal here. Creating...

Early Days of Gambling...

Historical records till us that gambling artifacts have be found in ancient Rome, Egypt China and India. Found on a tablet from the Cheops pyramid were writings that were specific to gambling. There have also been findings about gambling being outlawed as early as the 14th century.  This was done by King Henry VIII of England when he found his soldiers distracted from the marksmanship and drills to gamble instead. If is felt that around 900 A.D.in China that poker and blackjack began with shuffling paper money which then became playing cards. These early playing cards...