The inventor of the slot machine was:
a. Charles Fey
b. William Harrah
c. Bugsy Seigal
d. Estes Kefauver
e. John Slot
According to the text, the largest gaming market in the world is:
a. Dubai
b. Singapore
c. Tokyo
d. Barbados
e. Macau
Forty years ago, only ___ of the American population lived within a four hour drive of a casino, but now ____ do.:
a. 5 and 95
b. 10 and 90
c. 15 and 85
d. 20 and 80
e. 30 and 70
Congress passed the IGRA in:
a. 1958
b. 1968
c. 1978
d. 1988
e. 1998
What states' regulatory environment created a template for state sponsored gaming and broke the link between gaming and crime?
a. Nevada
b. New Jersey
c. Louisiana
d. Illinois
e. Colorado
What was the name of the Senate committee that investigated organized crime in the 1950's and threatened to ban gambling nationwide?
a. Kennedy Committee
b. McCarthy Committee
c. Kefauver Committee
d. Johnson Committee
e. Marcello Committee
Which of the following is a controlled substance that is under a total ban in the U.S.:
a. Heroin
b. LSD
c. PCP
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
The experiment of Prohibition in the U.S. lasted between:
a. 1900 and 1920
b. 1920 and 1933
c. 1930 and 1940
d. 1933 and 1945
e. 1940 and 1950
In recent years most states have reduced the blood alcohol content (BAC) criteria for the legal definition of inebriation to:
a. 0.5
b. 0.8
c. 1.0
d. 1.2
e. None of the above
Elaborate on the political factors of the casino taxing legislation during the Clinton era.
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