South Africa land casinos sign up to new code

South African newspapers are reporting on a new code of practice introduced to the country’s rapidly growing casino sector, where represenatatives of the top land casinos have signed it’s first-ever national gambling industry code of conduct, making it one of the first globally to do so outside the US.

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Tue, November 15th, 2005

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Gambling history facts:

  • Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
  • Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.