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Omaha Steve

(99,054 posts)
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 11:28 AM Dec 2014

Woman banned from bingo asks New Mexico to help


http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141205/us-odd--banned_from_bingo-e6aff2d9bb.html

Dec 5, 11:50 AM (ET)

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A 70-year-old New Mexico woman banned from a bingo hall is fighting to get back in the game.

KRQE-TV reports ( http://goo.gl/m0bYBK ) that Evangeline Shelland of Alamogordo has asked the New Mexico Attorney General's Office for help since she was banned two years ago from playing her favorite game at the Fraternal Order of Eagles club.

She says management banished her after telling her they had received letters from people accusing her of driving erratically in the parking lot. Shelland denies the accusation. The club declined to comment.

The Attorney General's Office says it didn't have jurisdiction over the club and couldn't force it to allow Shelland to play.
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Information from: KRQE-TV, http://www.krqe.com
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Woman banned from bingo asks New Mexico to help (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2014 OP
I hope she gets back in the game yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #1
Bingo is the gateway drug packman Dec 2014 #2
First World Problems giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #3
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. I hope she gets back in the game
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 11:45 AM
Dec 2014

Nosey bodies strikes again....although thankfully they didn't cause her death. I don't know what driving and bingo have to do with each other.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
2. Bingo is the gateway drug
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 12:00 PM
Dec 2014

leading to gambling addiction. Needs to be banned along with the lottery. Next thing you know she'll be pitching pennies in the back alleys of Alamogordo along with other sleazy granny types.

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