Video betting, called 'crack of gambling,' is spreading
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The use of video gaming machines by state lotteries results in a significant increase of compulsive gambling, particularly among women. Machines in use by the lotteries of South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Louisiana and West Virginia are placed in high-visibility locations, such as grocery stores and bars. The machines resemble standard video games but mimic card games and are played for as much as $2 per hand. Prizes can be as high as $1,000 and players can complete up to 12 hands per minute. Clinical Director Robert Hunter of Charter Hospital in Las Vegas, NV reports that 97 percent of his female patients became addicted to video gambling, most likely because the games are less intimidating than table games. While some state leaders express remorse at the increase of compulsive gambling, the games bring large amounts of revenue into state coffers.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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High-tech aids make cheating in school easier
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University teachers face new challenges as students use high technology aids to abet cheating on exams and homework. Among the incidents of test cheating reported by teachers are of a student using the memory function of a calculator to store exam notes, and of a student listening to prerecorded test information on a Walkman tape player. Incidents of plagiarism are also on the rise due to the easy accessibility of vast data bases of information. Electronic bulletin boards and floppy disks also aid in transferring papers and homework information between students. To counter the disturbing possibilities, many teachers are using programs of their own to detect patterns of cheating. One study of college students found that two-thirds cheated on a test at least once in their university careers.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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New Media Graphics plans to cut price for 'multimedia' with its new adapter
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New Media Graphics Corp of Billerica, MA, will introduce a multimedia adapter for IBM-compatible microcomputers. The new product will cost $695, which is less than one-third the cost of similar products, It will go on sale in Jan 1991. According to Nick Arnett, president of Santa Clara, CA-based Multimedia Computing Corp, which does market research, the low price of Media Graphics's product is very significant, making interactive video more attractive to many people. The new card will handle both sound and color video from a television, a videodisk or a VCR. Combining computer and video images, says Mr. Arnett, could be especially useful in fields such as education and employee training.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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