Bulletin Board for Broward County
Etc. Bingo, 6 p.m. at Elks Lodge 1898, 700 NE 10th St., Pompano Beach. Call 954-725-5192. Evening Workshop, 8 p.m. at Haven for Spiritual Travelers, 1341 SW 25th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Donation. Call 954-792-3866.
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Casino gambling facts:
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
- During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
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