Bland ‘Bingo’ nothing to shout about

– IF there’s one thing you can count on in bingo, it’s that at least one person will be declared the winner. Not so in “Bingo,” the new musical in which everyone, especially the audience, loses.

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Tue, November 22nd, 2005

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  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.