Women Convicted Of Pocketing Bingo Receipts

(AP) - A federal jury has convicted two eastern Kentucky women for skimming proceeds from charity Bingo operations. Sixty-four-year-old Rita Tipton and her 65-year-old sister, Gloria Williams, are two of 26 people who have been convicted of stealing money intended for charity since 2003.

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Fri, September 22nd, 2006

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  • 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.
  • Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
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  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.