Legalization Of Gambling In Ohio

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Legalization Of Gambling In Ohio

Legalization of Gambling in Ohio
The words Casinos and Gambling are often associated with gangsters,
prostitution, murderers, and all the illegal operations one could think of.
Those kinds of stereotypes are picked up in movies like Casino and the
countless other gangster and casino related movies that are based in the 50s,
60s, and 70s, but that was then and this is now. While there may be some
vestigial ties between organized crime and casinos, gambling is now big
business (Weissman 1). The term gambling or gaming as the industry
calls it, means any legalized form of wagering or betting conducted in a
casino, on a riverboat, on an Indian reservation, or at any other location
under the jurisdiction of the United States (National Gambling Impact Study
Commission Act). The hobby of gambling is a part of most people lives.
Casual bets on the Bulls and Knicks game or a weekend poker game at your
buddies house are both forms of gambling. Gambling is a multi-billion dollar
industry and Amy J. Seifert said in her article The Stakes that gambling has
become one of the nations fastest growing industries (Seifert 2). Ohio can
get a piece of that if they legalize all forms of gambling.
Gambling, like baseball, is a national pastime. Gambling is deeply
imbedded in the history of United States.
Many settlers in Jamestown had their passageway paid for by the sale
of lottery tickets. The revolutionary army was funded by lottery tickets
also--Gen. George Washington bought the first one. In the 18th
Century, buildings at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were financed by
lotteries (History of Gambling...1).
Many people of the 1800s wouldnt be caught dead without a deck of
cards. Despite its illegality, gambling during the 1860s was a popular
pastime among the miners of Virginia City and Gold hill... A deck of cards
was as much a part of a miners possessions as was the pick with which he
unearthed silver from the mines (History of Gambling...1). The first
territorial legislature that outlawed games of chance wasnt written until
1861(History of Gambling...1), but the law was unenforced. Probably
because the cops themselves were playing. Nothing could be done to stop
gambling so they tried to regulate it. In 1869 when the state legislature
enacted a law requiring a license to operate a game, the state and local
governments filled their coffers with the fees charged gaming operators
(History of Gambling...1). Nevada l...

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