Senate Approves Bingo Guidelines Bill
LITTLE ROCK The Senate approved legislation Monday that would set guidelines for legalizing charitable bingo and raffles and defeated a bill to raise the minimum driving age to 15 and place restrictions on other young drivers.
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Interesting gambling information:
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- The casino at Spa, a Belgian resort town noted for its mineral baths, was built by the Prince Bishop of the province of Liege in 1763.
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
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