FBI seizes British online bets chief
The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest betting websites has been arrested as he changed planes in the United States, sending shock waves throughout the gambling industry.
Related Sports Betting News:
- UK Bookmaker Suspends U.S. Bets
- British bookmaker William Hill suspends betting from U.S. online customers
- Online bookmaker halts accepting casino, poker bets
- Online bets bill takes a bite out of U.K. sites
- Small Percentages of U.S. and British Online Adults Admit to Gambling Online
- US continues legal action against British gambling firm
- British Online Gambling Shares Plummet
- British minister proposes international cooperation on regulation
- British Gambling Exec Resigns
- Detained British Gambling Exec Resigns
- Shares of gambling websites tumble
- British gambling exec resigns, judge rules he’s free to leave NY
Interesting gambling information:
- The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
- 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker. - U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- The second oldest casino hotel resort on the Las Vegas Strip was the Last Frontier and it opened in October of 1942. It had 105 guestrooms and the property was made to look like an old western town. The first casino hotel resort opened just 18 months earlier and was called El Rancho.
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