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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Sep. 22, 2008

Not Your Grandmother's Bingo

One of the biggest fights in the often strange world of legal gaming is over bingo, a battle that has been fought in court for more than a decade, writes I. Nelson Rose. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By I. Nelson Rose

One of the biggest fights in the often strange world of legal gaming is - What is bingo?

This has been fought in court for more than a decade. One case almost made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. But then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist refused to hear the appeal, because he did not want to become the butt of jokes on late-night talk shows.

But bingo is no laughing matter. At least as many people play b...

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