Bingo bill gets Senate’s support

CONCORD “” Seniors who play at unlicensed senior bingo games across the state are hailing the passage last week of Senate Bill 95, which aims to lower the minimum age from 60 to 55 for such games and raise the cap on the pot from $150 to $500.

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Tue, April 3rd, 2007

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  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
  • 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.