House defeats proposal to allow smoking in bingo halls…
North Dakota bingo halls will still be smoke-free. Today the North Dakota House narrowly defeated a bill to exempt bingo halls from the state’s restrictions on indoor smoking. The bill would have allowed smoking in bingo halls if they kept
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- In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
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