First legal chief for UK Gambling Commission
The UK Gambling Commission has hired its first general counsel to oversee the UKs internet gambling industry, just as the US Department of Justice (DoJ) signalled a crackdown with the arrest of BetonSports chief executive David Carruthers. …
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Do you know that:
- Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
- One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
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