Tuesday, November 29, 2005

KTLA The WB | Where Los Angeles Lives | Charity Bingo Halls Fear Their Number May Be Up

KTLA The WB | Where Los Angeles Lives | Charity Bingo Halls Fear Their Number May Be Up: "Charity Bingo Halls Fear Their Number May Be Up

Revenue from the game has shrunk in recent years, leaving many nonprofits in a pinch. Indian casinos are blamed.

By Eric Bailey
Times Staff Writer

November 29, 2005

LINCOLN, Calif. — On an oak-studded ranch east of town, the kids are getting healed on horseback.

Johnny, a 4-year-old with cerebral palsy, ambles along with Bo, a veteran quarter horse. Michaela, tiny and developmentally delayed by a chromosomal abnormality, sways atop her mount, Rico. It's fun and therapeutic. Ride to Walk, the Placer County program is called, and it exists in no small part because of charity bingo."

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