The Mexican bingo game Chalupa has surpassed its humble beginnings at family gatherings and church kermes fundraisers …

Chalupa, also known as Loteria, has found its way onto shower curtains, t-shirts, art exhibits, pieces of jewelry, and now dishware.

Read the rest >>

Mon, April 30th, 2007

Related Bingo News:

Interesting gambling facts:

  • The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.