More backgammon from Cyberarts

The latest backgammon product to emerge from the Cyberarts studios was unveiled at GIGSE in Montreal this week, attracting keen interest among operators with its cash play and free-play availability.

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Fri, June 8th, 2007

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  • The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
  • Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.