High tech, high noon for area bingo parlors
For generations, bingo has evoked images of Grandma Millie — ink dauber in one hand, cigarette in the other — raring to scream “BINGO,” as Hank the caller announces: “B5 … I22 … N40.”
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Do you know that:
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
- When playing blackjack, always split Aces and never split 4's, 5's or Tens. You would be surprised at how many players split Tens. Why risk getting a lower hand when you already have a twenty value? Also note that at most casinos, you are not allowed to re-split Aces.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
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