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1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989 "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City) 1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1988 2 gambling clubs and 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot 1980 Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City 1977 New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City 1976 New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City 1972 Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling 1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1931 Nevada legalizes gambling 1920 Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling 1896 John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire 1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) |
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