Charity profits up in smoke.

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States that have adopted bans on smoking in all indoor workplaces have seen a large drop in bingo parlors. Many say that smoking and bingo go hand in hand. Minnesota adopted a ban in October 2007 and charity gambling dropped nearly 13 percent in the last quarter of the year. Washington used to have 100 bingo halls that raised money for charity. Now it has fewer than 20. Managers of charity bingo games...