Riverdale bingo battle continues tonight

Posted: 9:34 AM- RIVERDALE - Bingo - that perennial game of chance - will remain on trial in Riverdale tonight. The City Council, acting as a quasi-judicial jury, is hearing testimony and sorting through evidence to decide whether to revoke the business license of Riverdale Dinner & Bingo. The hearing began Tuesday night, but after nearly five hours, was adjourned until 6:30 tonight at …

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Wed, January 31st, 2007

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Casino gambling information:

  • One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
  • Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
  • The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
  • 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").