Online gambling hub sprouts in RPs tip

In the sleepy fishing town of Sta. Ana, the northernmost municipality in the province of Cagayan, a new kind of IT activity — something even the whole country has yet to experience — is emerging: Online gambling.

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Sun, May 7th, 2006

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  • Bingo as we know it today is a form of lottery and is a direct descendant of Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia - the Italian National Lottery organized in 1530.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.