EU Warns Germany To Lift Online Betting Bans - Source

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission Friday warned Germany to lift the country’s draft treaty between its federal and state governments banning online sports betting, online casinos and online lotteries, a commission official told Dow Jones Newswires.

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Fri, March 23rd, 2007

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Casino gambling facts:

  • Video Poker machines were introduced in the 1970s, when an oil embargo had a negative impact on Vegas revenues. The machines were popular enough to spark a recovery in casino business.
  • 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.
  • Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.