BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY BETTING - ZARA PHILLIPS

Following a hefty gamble on Zara Phillips to win the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Award, William Hill have cut her odds from 3/1 to 9/4 joint favourite after taking a string of bets of up to £1500 each.

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Tue, August 29th, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
  • Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
  • Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.