NBX.com Named Finalist for Three Fantasy Sports Awards by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, Including Most

SARATOGA, Calif.—-Aug. 15, 2006–NBX Inc. , an online sports entertainment company that offers the first authentic, online Fantasy Sportsbook integrated with the first of its kind activity-based sports social network and unfiltered sports media programming, has been selected by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as a finalist for three awards, including most innovative fantasy sports

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Tue, August 15th, 2006

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Interesting gambling information:

  • The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
  • Up to the 1960s, Nevada was plagued by teamster financing, hidden ownership, employment of individuals of questionable character and background, and the clear links to organized crime.
  • In Cuba, during the 1950's, the blackjack shoe was first introduced. The dealers in Cuba handled the cards really well and management thought that the dealers may be being a little too good to their friends. So, to curb their suspicions, management decided to use a "dealing box" which is currently known as a shoe.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.