Town council waives bingo licensing fees Fees waived for the next six months beginning January 1
AMHERSTBURG — Town council has granted a request from the Amherstburg Bingo Palace Sponsors’ Association and has waived the bingo license fees for another six months.
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- Seniors one move closer to bingo
- Council will issue gambling permits
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- City licensing chief told to report on gambling dens
Interesting gambling information:
- Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").
- The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
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