NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, AUGUST 24, 2006
The 66th annual Ruhnke family reunion begins at 12:30 p.m. Sunday with a Hawaiian-style potluck dinner in the Fellowship Hall at Christ Lutheran Church in Wathena. Drinks provided. Bring prizes for bingo.
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- ‘Old-school’ casino cashing out and moving on
- Vetting of slots applicants thorough
- What happens in Vegas, stays in Chennai
- Malaysian Embassy steps into casino row in Subic
- Indiana officials bracing for possible Kentucky casinos
- Neighbor towns push for casino payout
- Official: Hong Kong Won’t Build Casinos
- Drag Queens’ Off-Color Bingo Too Blue For Cafe’s Neighbor
Interesting gambling facts:
- The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- 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.
- Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
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