Chartwell Technology and Parlay Entertainment Agree to Merger

Chartwell Technology Inc. (TSX: CWH) (’Chartwell’) a leading provider of gaming software systems to the online and remote gaming industry and Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PEI) (’Parlay’) the world’s leading provider of Internet bingo solutions are pleased to announce their intention to enter into a business combination as agreed to in a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) executed today.

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Wed, August 30th, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
  • 1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
    1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam.
  • By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.