Rabbit Creek Journal
Yuba Feather Communities Services Bingo is hoping youll join them on Thursday, Oct. 26 for an evening of fun and food. Highlight of the evening will be a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. (Just bring your favorite dish to share.) Minimum buy-in for bingo, which starts at 6 p.m., is only $7.
Related Bingo News:
- Creek Indians’ Atmore casino opens today
- Monday January 05, 2009 - 14:08 EST
- Plans for Grant Creek casino withdrawn
- Poarch Creek tribe opens new Alabama bingo casino
- LIFESTYLE BRIEFS
- Local Briefly: Mill Creek bar owner pleads to illegal gambling
- Sports Creek Raceway cuts number of races
- Cripple Creek casino shuffle
- Las Vegas Rabbit Sighting & Venetian Poker Room
- Slots new bet as Fla. gambling up
- Lucky Dog’s mailbag discusses man vs. computer battle
- Cripple Creek Casino Closes; 62 Lose Jobs
Interesting gambling facts:
- The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
- The first World Series of Poker was held in downtown Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Casino back in 1970. Then owner of the Horseshoe Jack Binion, hosted the very first one and has agreed to host upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit. Jack Binion said that is purely honorary and plans on doing other types deals and events in the future.
- During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
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