In the past month, we've had good reason to raise our concerns about the ever-spreading gambling craze. First it was the determination to bring more casino gambling to New York. Then there were plans for online betting on horse races. These are boom times for betting, and seemingly everyone wants in.
The gambling craze further adds to the state's burden of regulating it. What, for instance, is to be made of Bingo City in East Greenbush? State law allows local charities -- schools and churches, for example -- to run bingo games as a form of fund raising. But what happens when tens of thousands of dollars in bingo money is being raked in by charities that don't seem to …
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