Senior Notes

PORTSMOUTH GOLDEN AGE CLUB will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Moose Club, 1163 Sagamore Ave. There will be bingo and a spaghetti Dinner. To make a reservation for spaghetti, call Bill Perkins at 436-6135.

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Wed, November 9th, 2005

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Casino gambling facts:

  • 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.
  • Indian tribes have used their position as sovereign entities to develop a number of gaming establishments. Indian casinos operate in 22 states. This number is expected to grow.
  • Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
  • 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.