Fiscal Court: Tear down old Bingo Hall

In a reversal of previous decisions to move the Nelson County EMS into the county-owned building and former home to the Bardstown Bingo Center, Nelson Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to tear down the structure.

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Thu, January 18th, 2007

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
  • Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
  • Legal gambling activities include state lotteries; parimutuel betting on horses, greyhounds, and jai-alai; sports book-making; card games; keno; bingo; slot machines; progressive slot machines; video poker machines; video keno machines; video blackjack machines; and video roulette machines.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.