Senior center arson has residents angry

Arranging their bingo boards on the folding tables in front of them, a dozen or so Hopkinton senior citizens at the bi-monthly game in the basement of Columbia Hall are trying not to focus on the fire at the Slusser Senior Center last Monday.

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Mon, January 22nd, 2007

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  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
  • 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.
  • The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.