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Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: Extra! Bingo, drag show duo Come help kick off to the 2008 Coming Out Week with drag bingo. Enjoy drag performances between games and win great prizes. Bingo will be played on the UA mall at noon.

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Mon, October 6th, 2008

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Casino gambling information:

  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
  • 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.
  • French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.