Bingo halls are betting on game’s resurgence

On Friday night at the Dunellen Fire Company firehouse, concentration hung in the air like the scent of fryer grease. Dozens of bingo players listened intently, dotting their bingo sheets as the caller drawled out numbers that would decide who walked away a winner, and who just walked away.

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Sun, May 13th, 2007

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  • Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.