EC calls for fair play on gambling
The European Commission yesterday said the arrests by France of the co-chief executives of Bwin, the Austrian online gambling company, almost certainly fall foul of European law.
Related Gambling News:
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- State Fair Bingo!
- Village celebrates ‘oldest’ fair
- Bingo queen enjoys spending time while volunteering at County Fair
- Pay bingo a no-no at nuns’ fundraiser
- Fair workers’ kids schooled, adaptable
- Local pols stake their ground in casino debate Baddour: Make sure tomorrow’s hearing is fair
- Gambling addiction line gets calls before lottery opens
- Horse racing eliminated from Three County Fair
- Family fun offered at the Twilight Fair
- The sports scene
- Pakistan coach’s death reveals cricket’s dark side
Interesting gambling information:
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- Legal gambling activities include state lotteries; parimutuel betting on horses, greyhounds, and jai-alai; sports book-making; card games; keno; bingo; slot machines; progressive slot machines; video poker machines; video keno machines; video blackjack machines; and video roulette machines.
- 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time. - Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
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