The big business of bingo

The big business of bingo: "The big business of bingo
Hundreds are drawn to the game hall of the Knights of Columbus each week for fun and cash.
BY KIM O'BRIEN ROOT
928-6473
October 17, 2005
NEWPORT NEWS -- In a vast, smoke-filled room, hundreds of pairs of eyes barely move from the numbered grids laid out on a dozen long tables.

At each seat, various tokens - elephant figurines, horseshoes, photographs - serve as good luck charms for those carefully listening to the man calling out combinations of letters and numbers with the smooth cadence of a radio announcer.
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