Reach out with your heart to Felix survivors

Felix and Henriette. The names sound like they could be those of characters on “Sesame Street,” or octogenarian Bingo winners. If only. On Tuesday morning, as I had my second sip of coffee, I opened an e-mail.

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Sat, September 8th, 2007

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Do you know that:

  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.