Muncie downtown group eyes bingo for boost
MUNCIE Bingo might be the answer to financing the cash-poor downtown development group, officials said. The non-profit organization appointed by the mayor has been talking about bingo as a revenue source since last summer and recently applied to the Indiana Department of Revenue for a license.
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Do you know that:
- 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.
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino. - In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
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