BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY BETTING - ANDREW MURRAY

Following his victory over Roger Federer, Andy Murray has been slashed from 8/1 to 2/1 clear favourite for the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Award by William Hill.

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Thu, August 17th, 2006

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
  • Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.