Omaha.com - The Omaha World-Herald: Metro/Region - Poker called 'the new bingo': "LINCOLN — Up at the Holy Name Bingo Hall in north Omaha, manager Ron Nevrivy is pining for the old days.
That's when 300 to 400 people a night would cram into the hall to the rhythmic chants of “Beeee 12” and “Nnnnn 33,” and the church would make $200,000 a year in profits.
But the arrival of the riverboat casinos in Council Bluffs in 1996 and a lot of other diversions have cut those crowds in half.
As a result, Holy Name made only about $78,000 last year, about 20 percent less than the previous year."
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