Lesbian and gay fund on the move
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Six years ago, fundraising in the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, known as LGBT, consisted mainly of a handful of dinner parties and special events like gay bingo.
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Do you know that:
- The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
- 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.
- Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
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