Bingo night to take place June 5

Caldwell Senior Center will start Tuesday Night Bingo at 6:30 p.m. June 5, with proceeds benefiting the center.  Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the cost is $2.50 per card. Each card is good for 10 games.  The center also will have a pr

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Thu, May 24th, 2007

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Casino gambling facts:

  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
  • Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").