Word: screeno
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...many a U. S. Catholic diocese during the past few years the simple gambling game of bingo (or beano, or keno) has served as a prime money-raiser, just as in U. S. cinemas a similar pastime, screeno, fills houses no matter how bad the bill. Though in Grand Rapids, Mich, a woman was arrested for sponsoring beano games last year (TIME, Nov. 25, 1935), elsewhere officials have winked at the game if it violated antigambling statutes. The Catholic Bishop of Albany, N. Y., Most Reverend Edmund F. Gibbons, made news last week by becoming the first prelate to forbid...
...TIME, Feb. 3, there appeared an article under the heading of "Bank Night" in which the game of "Screeno" was listed as an "imitation...
...view of TIME'S recognized policy in publishing accurate reports on every subject, we respectfully call your attention to the fact that "Screeno" was the first innovation of its kind. Under the name of "Wheel O' Fortune" it was patented on Sept. 4, 1924 and the trade-mark name of "Screeno" was duly registered in Washington...
...Screeno Amusement Co. Chicago...
...Screeno" each theatregoer is given a different card. As numbers are called out each theatregoer marks off such as are on his card. The person who first exhibits a card on which five of the numbers thus called compose a row, wins a prize. In "Screeno" the numbers are determined by a dial and spinning pointer which is projected on the screen.-ED. "Finance" v. "Monopoly" Sirs...