Deck 12: Regulations

Question 1

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

Answer 1

0.8%

Question 2

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

Answer 2

1920 and 1933

Question 3

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

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

Congress passed the IGRA in:

A) 1958
B) 1968
C) 1978
D) 1988
E) 1998

Question 7

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%

Question 8

According to the text, the largest gaming market in the world is:

A) Dubai
B) Singapore
C) Tokyo
D) Barbados
E) Macau

Question 9

The inventor of the slot machine was:

A) Charles Fey
B) William Harrah
C) Bugsy Seigal
D) Estes Kefauver
E) John Slot

Question 10

These two countries have a thriving internet gaming industry and brought a successful suit against the U.S. before the World Trade Organization challenging its ban on internet gaming.

A) Trinidad and Tobago
B) Barbuda and Antigua
C) Haiti and the Dominican Republic
D) Jamaica and The Virgin Islands
E) St. Vincent and Bermuda

Question 11

According to the text, gambling is similar to alcohol, controlled substances, and prostitution because the stability of personal andsocial relationships is necessary to the well being of a community.

Question 12

A bartender and the bar owner are considered partially responsible if a bar patron consumes alcohol, and then proceeds to injurehimself or another.

Question 13

The first state to legalize gaming after Nevada was Louisianain 1976

Question 14

According to the text, it is not gaming per se that increases crime, but a change in population traits caused by the introduction of anynew business enterprise.

Question 15

Internet gaming is a $15 billion + industry and regulated byEuropean countries.

Question 16

Explain the similarities between controlled substances, prostitution, alcohol and gambling.

Question 17

What are the three categories of jobs created by casinos?

Question 18

Explain the opportunities for casinos to generate increased tax revenue.

Question 19

Discuss the role of the AGA and the NCRG in dealing with disordered gambling.

Question 20

Elaborate on the various ways of identifying and dealing with problem gamblers.