Party Poker Continues Takeovers

Filed under: Online Games , Odds & Ends Just weeks after PartyGaming proposed a bid to purchase Empire Online , they have purchased two other online gaming sites.

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Mon, November 14th, 2005

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  • Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
  • French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
  • In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.