Bingo groups hail gaming concession

Bingo companies welcomed the governments decision on Wednesday to help the beleaguered industry by allowing them to double the number of high-stakes gaming machines in their clubs.

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Wed, June 25th, 2008

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Interesting gambling information:

  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
  • U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.