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Faced with a six-figure budget shortfall, school officials in Burgin, Ky., are banking on bingo.

The Burgin school district's $100,000 budget deficit, which officials there attribute to the loss of 50 students in the 368-student system over the past three years, has forced the school board to cut a janitorial position, trim the athletic budget, freeze salaries, and raise property taxes.

District leaders are hoping that Monday-night bingo games, held at the nearby Harrodsburg Bingo Center, will alleviate some of the pinch. Charitable bingo...