Mickeys Bingo robbed at gunpoint
A local bingo establishment was robbed at gunpoint Friday night. Det. Wayne Heath with the Lenoir County Sheriffs Office said a lone gunman wearing dark clothing entered Mickeys Beach Bingo on U.S. 70 just before 8:30 p.m. and demanded money from the clerk.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
- Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
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