Fund raising jackpot

BINGO players in Northam are celebrating a huge milestone in their club’s history after calling “house” on a £30,000 fund raising jackpot.

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Wed, May 3rd, 2006

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Gambling history facts:

  • By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
  • Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.