Bingo: Big money, little oversight
Charitable groups in Kentucky took in $489 million from gaming during 2007 — more than was bet on horse racing in the state that year. In Ohio, charitable gaming grossed nearly $1.4 billion in the 2007 reporting period, more than half the state lottery’s sales during a similar time period.
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Casino gambling facts:
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
- In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
- 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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