Round-Up: ELSPA Betting Update, Sega Signs Olympics, Post-G.A.M.E. Tally
Today’s wrap-up includes news on betting for the top UK Christmas game, as well as Sega’s acquisition of the license to the 2008 Olympics, and some attendee numbers for the G.A.M.E. consumer event in San Francisco, as well as the latest product news and job postings.
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Gambling casinos info:
- Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
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