On the Calendar
TODAY Cumberland Bingo, 6:30 p.m., Bear Hill Village, Community Room, 156 Bear Hill Rd. Planning Board meeting, 7:30 p.m., Cumberland Town Hall, council chambers, 45 Broad St.
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Gambling casinos info:
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- 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.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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