Riverdale council tells bingo club its number is up
RIVERDALE - The City Council voted Tuesday night to shut down Riverdale Dinner & Bingo because its games, council members said, are clearly gambling. “This brings up the old saying, ‘If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck,’ ” said Councilman Stacey Haws. Club customers were distressed. “We are very sad,” said Mary Romero of Ogden. “We don’t know where we’ll go.
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