Canada Gaming accentuates the positive
The online gambling industry could well take a few hints from the Canadian Gaming Association which this week focused on the positive entertainment and economic benefits of the land gambling industry as a counterpoint to the mainstream media’s apparent bias toward negative stories on the pastime.
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- St. Louis Casinos Post Positive Results
- Canadian gamblers creating a jackpot for governments
- Positive Q1 results from Netent
- Leisure and Gaming report $2.06 million operating profit
- Game on: Eskimos vs. Calgary Stampeders
- River Belle Partners with Poker Night Live Canada, Giving Poker Players the Opportunity to Become TV Stars
- Positive Q2 results and a new boss for AsianLogic
- Aristocrat sees positive outlook
- Party Gaming on target
- President and Alton Belle casinos report 6% revenue jumps
Interesting gambling facts:
- Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
- 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.
- Indian tribes have used their position as sovereign entities to develop a number of gaming establishments. Indian casinos operate in 22 states. This number is expected to grow.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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