Bingo tonight at the Elks

Play Bingo tonight at the Elks Lodge, 500 1st Ave. S. Play starts at 6:45 p.m. Food is available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 454-1305.

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Tue, August 14th, 2007

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  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
  • Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.