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"Kill the Referee"

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Basketball, Game-Fixing, Gambling, Baseball Cheating, Online Betting, Donaghy, Sports Gambling, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

We enjoy the diversion of sports because the outcome of every contest is uncertain. If the game's outcome is predetermined, we are just watching the commission of a crime.

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New Slot Machines Require Actual Skill

New York Times | Gary Rivlin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Slot Makers, Pong Slot Machine, Hand-Eye Coordination, Pong, Slot Machine, Charles Fey, Joysticks, Casino Gamgling, Business News

The venerable slot machine is undergoing a generational shift. For more than a century, since its invention by a German immigrant named Charles Fey in...

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MGM Bets On New Atlantic City Casino

AP | Wayne Parry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gambling, MGM Mirage, Mega-Casino, MGM Grand, Atlantic City, Business News

MGM Mirage Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to build a mega-casino resort worth up to $5 billion that will dwarf anything Atlantic City has seen...

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