Good fun and great company for seniors

SENIOR citizens in Armidale looking for a bit of fun can head to the Armidale Senior Citizens Association (ASCA) on Fridays. About 20 members meet to play cards, bingo, scrabble or just to enjoy the company of good friends each week, but they are looking for more friends to join.

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Tue, April 22nd, 2008

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Do you know that:

  • Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
  • Lotteries, along with their close derivative bingo, are the most popular kinds of gambling. The popularity of lottery games is not limited to state-run lotteries. Indian tribes run lotteries and illegal lotteries still exist.
  • By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.