Councilman: Blot out video bingo

Councilman Darrell Ourso is asking fellow Metro Council members to consider banning video bingo machines in the parish. Ourso said he sees little difference between video bingo and video poker, which was rejected by East Baton Rouge Parish voters in 1996.

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Wed, February 28th, 2007

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