Basket bingo proceeds will support H.O.P.E.

Nov 6, 2007 H.O.P.E.’s fall basket bingo on Sunday will not only raise money to support the group’s good works, but also stock its pantry shelves. The event at the New Freedom Community Center includes 25 games and entertainment by Bill Donahue.

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Tue, November 6th, 2007

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  • The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
  • 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.
  • Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
  • Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.