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Bingo as Addiction and Community Life in New York
The piece portrays bingo as a social lifeline for elderly New Yorkers, detailing halls from Maspeth to citywide, the ritual language and traditions, and statistics from the New York State Bingo Control Commission. It notes 989 NYC groups licensed to raise funds, 78,214 sessions, 19.2 million attendees, and $21.4 million in profit in six months, with losses attributed to bad weather and off track betting.
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Church of the Transfiguration