Gambling

* Casinos to be found in Fort Frolic
* See also Entertainment_In_Rapture
* See also Money_In_Rapture
* See also Rapture_Economy
As part of its Libertarian/Objectiveist bent, Unregulated Gambling would be legal in Rapture. 
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Old 1930s Las Vegas - Rapture's Gambling Venues :
Rapture's start was before what Las Vegas became later. The Flamingo Casino on The Strip in Las Vegas opened Late 1946, but took a few years to be recognized after that Hotel was built.
They are small Saloon-like establishments to match Rapture's fairly small population. The glamor hotel casino of Las Vegas could not be a viable business. We saw the Pharaoh's Fortune and Sir Prize Casinos in Fort_Frolic.
Jackpot (Slot) machines in those times were the 'games women played' while waiting as their husbands played at the Gambling Tables.
Do we even see a real gambling table : Poker or Blackjack or Craps in Rapture ??  The dealers might be long gone, but the tables so prominent in real casinos of that era would still be there. ( But then, Gambling Tables have to be manned, and perhaps the 'machines' might lower the labor 'overhead' for the business. ) 
We saw some in the MP DLC in the Fort Frolic level. Multi-Player Fort Frolic - a weird card table with playing cards lying all about, but with markings for some kind of a Dice game ( Craps ? Bets for 2 - 12, etc ...) ?? Odd ...    All the rest in that place are Billiard tables.
Pool Table (Billiards) in The Sir Prize Casino does not quite fit.  It is actually 'out of place' in a 'Casino' - Those were more something for Bars ... Possibly a 'broadening' of the business venue ( with Rapture's small size ).
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DO You FEEL Lucky ?  Well Do You, Punk ??? :
Gambling in one (MMORPG) Casino - The Slug Races - The Rapture Derby won by "Slimey Jim" was a truly memorable race ( reminiscent of 'Sea Biscuit' ) ...
Some people will bet on anything - How about if the payoff is ADAM  ( Heh - maybe in a Role-Playing 'Splicer Game', but is not quite as interesting to ex-Splicers who don't value that substance as they once had ) ???
"If you want to bet on a sure thing, bet on New Rapture !!" - Public Announcement in New Rapture and on 'Rapture Radio'
Slot Machines remade to use the New Money ( not the now confetti-like valueless Old Money )
At least in New Rapture, if you 'lose your shirt' gambling, you don't wind up slumped in an alleyway in Paupers Drop, or locked into Fontaine's Soup Kitchen and being ranted at or being asked to give blood.  You can now always get a meal AFTER washing a few Windows for the City or Cleaning out a Sewer (or public toilet).
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Bookmakers (Gambling Oddsmakers) in Rapture - Ryan vs Atlas : 1 to 1.3 Odds Given :
Not illegal, and had 'street' conventions to hold to -- "Let the Buyer Beware", but reputation means something ... Bookmakers who welsh on bets don't stay in business for long ... Since there were Casinos obvious in Rapture - but did the City get a 'cut' of that action ?? The issue is how might you get that from a 'bookie' ??? ( and without official's corruption and such ).
Associated with Loan Sharks, though the 'breaking legs' part of it would be 'an issue'. ( A loan supposedly can be considered a "contract" ... So maybe if the 'rules' were 'convention' or supplied in the 'Fine Print' ??? )
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(( The other kind of 'Bookmaker' ... Well, there would be those too. They would print anything if you paid them enough - witness Sofia Lamb's pre-incarceration demented rantings being published - First Editions which later made adequate 'ass-wipe' for Splicers, but then the rough paper of the later editions wasn't quite as good. )) 
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That Race Form on Booker's Desk in Burial at Sea :
This not likely to be for Racing "On the Surface" ( though clandestine radio receiving of such races might still be done ), and Rapture is a bit small to have a "Horse Racing Industry" big enough to support a proper (worth the while) regular/frequent Betting environment. 
Slug Races ?  A better fit.  Lets see if they make it that way ( I doubt it, in 'Infinitized' Rapture - writers never even thought of the idea ).  Rapture really isn't the right environment for "Horse Racing". With things like fake/artificial beef, etc ...  which denotes lack of grassland spaces for livestock in Rapture.  Horses would be that much less likely (after 10+ years) - Perhaps a few rich people's pets (maybe) ...
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TheSkullGame.jpg|Splicers have their Gambling games TOO
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"Lottery" ??? :
For those who have little extra time who might want a little 'flutter'. Lotteries need a consistent number of participants because the Winning Prizes are usually preset. They also generally require establishment of a reputation for being honest and regular.
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