MANSFIELD ALL-SPORTS BOOSTERS BUY BINGO BUILDING FOR $180,000

MANSFIELD Under the B there was one bidder Saturday. That means the Mansfield All-Sports Booster Club will continue its bingo operation in the Smokeless America building, the former Roseland School, at 777 N. Trimble Road.

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Sat, August 19th, 2006

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Interesting gambling information:

  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
  • 1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
    1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.