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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Interesting gambling facts:
- The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
- The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
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