Round Rifle - Senior Center Bingo

L-R: Marie George, Senior Center director; Harold Raymond game manager of Elks Lodge; Paul Huffman, assistant to game manager; Mike Deere, Exulted Ruler of Elks; and Gary Clancy, Senior Center bingo caller.

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Wed, July 2nd, 2008

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Casino gambling facts:

  • Riverboat Gaming Has Captured 20% of the Casino Market Share. Mississippi now has more gambling square footage than Atlantic City.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.