Beach bingo booming

Twos, threes and fives are wild. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam - think you’ve got them all? “Here, here and here,” said Nancy Smart, 70, pointing out some numbers a newcomer missed on a line of bingo cards at Myrtle Beach Bingo on Kings Highway. Yes, it’s a game of luck, and while there’s no strategy involved, bingo still requires a sharp eye and a quick dauber - that special ink marker that …

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Sun, October 21st, 2007

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  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
  • The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).