Bingo, Raffle Rules Finalized, License Registration Begins
LITTLE ROCK — The rules governing charitable bingo and raffles in Arkansas have been developed and nonprofit and tax exempt groups can begin applying for licenses to operate the games, the state Department of Finance and Administration said Thursday.
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Casino gambling facts:
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
- Lotteries, along with their close derivative bingo, are the most popular kinds of gambling. The popularity of lottery games is not limited to state-run lotteries. Indian tribes run lotteries and illegal lotteries still exist.
- Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
- The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
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