Now Citadel is in the DOJ cross hairs

It appears that Citadel Commerce is the latest online processing company to be targeted by the US Department of Justice, following a past involvement in the global online gambling industry.

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Fri, May 18th, 2007

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Gambling history facts:

  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • 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.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.