US clamps down on internet gambling
TONY EASTLEY: Online gaming companies operating in the United States have taken a battering, after the US Senate passed a law clamping down on internet betting. Shares in London-listed online gambling companies slumped, losing more than half their value at one point yesterday.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
- 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.
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