Deck 1: Why Are There Rules

Question 1

According to the text, which of these is not an example of a type of rule?

A) Laws
B) Treaties
C) Telephone conversations end with a spoken "goodbye."
D) School regulations
E) They are all examples of rules

Answer 1

They are all examples of rules

Question 2

Money constantly moves in a casino. According to the text, which of these is not an example of money moving in a casino:

A) From the general manager to the regulatory agency
B) From the vault to the cage to the table
C) From dealer to player to back again
D) From machines to the vault
E) From one cashier cage to another

Answer 2

From the general manager to the regulatory agency

Question 3

According to the text, casinos as we know them today or their early predecessors did not appear until the end of:

A) The 16^th Century
B) The 17^th Century
C) The 18^th Century
D) The 19^th Century
E) The 20^th Century

Answer 3

The 19^th Century

Question 4

According to the text, which one of the following historic events was not financed by lotteries?

A) The Pilgrim's passage to the New World
B) Financing of the Union forces in the Civil War
C) The reconstruction of Boston's Faneuil Hall in 1762
D) Construction projects for Harvard University
E) The running of Charity Hospital in New Orleans

Question 5

Nevada had a 45 year monopoly on Casino gaming until what state legalized gambling?

A) Louisiana
B) Connecticut
C) Illinois
D) New Jersey
E) California

Question 6

According to the text, the last of organized crime was eliminated from Las Vegas by :

A) The early 1960's
B) The early 1970's
C) The early 1980's
D) The early 1990's
E) The early 2000's

Question 7

Where are recorded security images stored in a technologically current casino?

A) In the cashier's vault
B) On video tapes
C) On a hard drive
D) On DVD's
E) None of the above

Question 8

Although fifty years ago, casinos on the Las Vegas Strip were individually owned, but tody ___ major players control over 130,000 hotel rooms?

A) Six
B) Ten
C) Twenty
D) Thirty
E) forty

Question 9

Today gaming revenues in Las Vegas represent less than ___ % of total revenue?

A) 90%
B) 80%
C) 70%
D) 50%
E) 40%

Question 10

According to the text, the struggle between individual freedom and social order is at the center of the issue to legalize gambling.

Question 11

One of the factors that make the casino industry unique is that the amount of money that changes hands is tremendous.

Question 12

New Orleans was the first gambling center of America.

Question 13

Today almost 60% of Americans live within a four hour drive from a casino.

Question 14

In 1999, the National Study on the Impact on Gambling determined that opponents of legal gambling were correct in being against allowing legalized gambling, but were later proved wrong.

Question 15

Detail who else, besides the customers, is tempted by the large amounts of money in the casino environment.

Question 16

Detail how the public's perception of gambling changed dramatically over the past 50 years.

Question 17

Explain some of the reasons for the expansion of gaming in the United States.

Question 18

Discuss some of the downsides to legalizing gambling.

Question 19

Discuss the reasons for tighter regulations in Las Vegas casinos.