In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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