ONeill shuts down bingo

A lot of good luck came her way at the bingo table after Goldie Lauer discovered a Canadian penny stuck to the bottom of her shoe. I found it in a grocery parking lot, Lauer, 78, of Stanleyville, said. Its been good.

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Fri, December 15th, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
  • In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
  • In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
  • Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.