Licensing issue pauses video bingo in Hammond

HAMMOND The Police Department shut down two video-bingo parlors that attempted to open for business Friday afternoon, Mayor Mayson Foster said. Cypress Palace Bingo on U.S. 190 and Hammond Bingo Palace on Morrison Boulevard both had customers inside using the machines, Foster said.

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Sat, September 30th, 2006

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  • By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.