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How to Practice Sensitivity When Teaching About the Lottery
To some, a simple game of chance might be considered a sin, or even something downright evil.
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Cleveland May Gamble on Gambling
Pupils read articles, both pro and con, about a city proposing to approve gambling. They discuss the biases of the articles then interview parents and community members about the issue. They work in small groups to develop either a pro...
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Cleveland may gamble on gambling
Students write a news feature or editorial discussing the debate of whether gambling should be legalized in Cleveland. Students research and debate about the issue. Students interview community members to hear views.
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Online Gambling
Students read a newspaper article exploring new U.S. laws that ban gambling on the Internet. They define vocabulary, complete comprehension worksheets, analyze the use of the present perfect and discuss the pros and cons of these laws....
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You Bet!
Learners explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior. They work in pairs and conduct and experiment pertaining to blackjack. The class creates a graph showing the trends found.
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Lucky 7s
This helpful lesson explores the probability in tossing a coin and throwing dice. Specifically, it looks at the probability of getting numbers that are significant to the game of craps, assuming that once the math is understood, most...
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Win or Lose?
Students consider how the first supercasino in Britain will impact the nation. In this current events lesson, students visit the noted Web sites to gather information about the casino and the positive and negative effects of gambling.
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A Potful of Probability
In this probability worksheet, students complete word problems dealing with marbles, sports, gambling, and more. Students complete 6 problems total.
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Gambling Sparks Battle at Civil War Site
Students examine different battles of the Civil War. They discuss the proposal to put in slot machines for revenue at the battleground. They examine many key turning points of the war through an interactive program.
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Midwest Today: Gambling on a New Life
This 1995 article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which...
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Amos Web: A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy
Exploring the economy can be a fun adventure with the Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy. Use this site to find your answers to economic topics in a user-friendly format with comic strip guides.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
This lesson plan helps students distinguish between earned and unearned income by identifying methods for getting money.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Bit of Basic Blackjack
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson explores a little probability in the world of the card game Blackjack. While gambling is not mentioned or used in the lesson, students do find the probability of attaining a...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Raymond Ingram Smith
An itinerant roulette operator found his heaven in Reno -- bringing fairness and fun to gambling, and gambling to the masses.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Gambling (Math and Probability)
The resource consists of activities about mathematics and probability. Students learn about the history of gambling and the risk applied to the lotto, instant scratch-offs, roulette, and poker machines.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Casino Mathematics
This lesson focuses on the probability and casino games such as Roulette which consists of a wheel with the numbers from 1 to 36 colored in red and black, as well as a green 0. A ball rolls around the outside and randomly lands on one of...
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Aus Race: Odds, Statistical Probability and Gambling
This interesting article explains gambling (both horse racing and casinos) in terms of probability. It takes a common sense approach, instead of a mathematical approach, to the topic.
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Image for Gambling Page
This article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which plague...
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Ny Times: Probability and Behavior in Gambling Lesson
In this lesson, students will explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior.