NORTH DAKOTA: Bingo operators hope state tax cuts will offset losses
Bingo operators are hoping state tax cuts will offset some of the lost revenues they attribute to a new law that bans most indoor smoking. Ron Gibbens, president of the North Dakota Association for the Disabled, met with state legislators to ask them to support repealing North Dakota’s sales tax on bingo cards and cutting the tax rate on bingo proceeds.
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Gambling casinos info:
- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
- Lotteries Have Been Prominent Throughout History. Ancient India, China, Greece, and Japan all had lotteries. The emperor Nero had lotteries for prizes at parties.
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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