Special Olympics team plans Bingo Night
The Douglas County Gators Special Olympics team will have a Bingo Night fundraiser this weekend with the goal of raising $1,000 to send its athletes to a statewide basketball tournament next month in Hays.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
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