Publishers dare odds to start 2 U.K. dailies

Starting a newspaper at a time when readers and advertisers are defecting to the Internet might seem like a gamble.

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Sun, July 31st, 2005

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
  • The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.