1. Pg. 197 - Is $2,939.52 (calculated using 2020
inflation of $100 in $1861) enough money for you to turn
somebody in for gambling when people are clearly upset about
legislation against it?
3. Pg. 212 - If the licensing process was more strict
and those who failed background check due to criminal
involvement were unable to be involved in casinos, do you
think gambling in Vegas still would have boomed as much as it
did?
4. Did it surprise you that Nevada's first governor, the one
that led them through statehood, was so heavily against
gambling? And that the state legislature continued to be
heavily against it?
5. Do you imagine most states went through a similar
process of bouncing between what parts of gambling or the
entirety of it was legal, changing with the progressive
movements through the years? Why exactly did it change so
much?
6. Did the fact that Reno had so much flourishing
underworld/forbidden gambling affect the amount of people
who want to gamble legally there? How often do you think a
person would ask if they could see the gambling license?
7. Does the fact that the depression led to Nevada
legalizing wide-open gambling mean that if a state can't
profit of anything else, they should turn to gambling? Is
that similar to what state lottos are?
8. Why do casinos start by offering an incredibly wide
range of games and then narrow down to a handful?