South Carolina bingo halls at war over smoking

The Straight Story

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South Carolina bingo halls at war over smoking

South Carolina bingo halls at war over smoking
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 September 2009

SOUTH CAROLINA - Two bingo halls owners in Richland County, South Carolina are suing each other over claims that each is deliberately flouting a ban on smoking.

The owners of Mr Bingo and Carolina Gold Bingo have hired lawyers and private investigators to investigate each other. At stake is whether each is allowing players to smoke in order to make greater profits.

The lawsuit filed by Mr Bingo says Carolina Gold Bingo allows customers to smoke “for the purpose of increasing their market share and harming .”

The company’s violations were “so frequent and pervasive” that Mr Bingo and other bingo operators would have to allow smoking in order to effectively compete with Carolina Gold.

Under local laws those breaking the smoking ban are liable to a fine of $25. But there are claims that the county does little to enforce the rules.

http://www.bingonews.com/4538/south-carolina-bingo-halls-at-war-over-smoking/?lang=all

Damn, my poor grandma is forced to go to bingo halls and be around those smokers. If only there was a law that would let adults decide where they wanted to go and play bingo (or drink) it would all be ok.

Used to be that you had to be 18 or 21 to be seen as adult, apparently that was raised to 500 at some point....

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:28 PM
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1. !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Drunken Irishman

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:33 PM
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2. Not like the people who attend these things have much longer to live anyway...

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:36 PM
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4. Yeah, well, we need to preach to them and convert them to our way. Can't have free thinkers

wandering about enjoying their lives and hanging out with like minded folks.

That would be too much like freedom, and we know where freedom leads too:

People who are not like us enjoying their life.

We don't want to piss off our pope...

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Drunken Irishman

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:37 PM
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5. I once went to a bar and there was drinking...

I was shocked and appalled.

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Thickasabrick

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:51 PM
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10. +1 WELL SAID!! NT

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PA Democrat

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:35 PM
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3. Holy crap. They're tryin' to kill grandma!

...with second hand smoke!

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Drunken Irishman

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:37 PM
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6. AND OBAMACARE!

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The Straight Story

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:39 PM
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7. Keep the gubmint out of my medicare

:rofl:

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Are_grits_groceries

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:43 PM
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8. See. We don't just want to

fight the federal government. People in SC have found something else to squabble about in the interlude between episodes of "The Luv Gov."

People better be careful. Those bingo players can be a scary lot. I used to work in a bingo hall a couple of days a week. Most players are fine, but somebody will probably throw down in the parking lot soon. There will be guns.

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Stevenmarc

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:49 PM
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9. BING- hack chrrrr uggg-GO

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:00 PM
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11. But what does Jesus smoke? Amen...

pass me a Lucky Strike...

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