New online casino from Purple Lounge

The well established online poker operator Purple Lounge has moved into the online casino space with the launch this week of a new online gambling site. Powered by one of the industry’s largest turnkey providers, Microgaming, the new site gives the Purple Lounge group’s 30 000 registered players access to over 300 high quality casino games, together with a an opportunity to win one of the multi-million dollar jackpots available through the Microgaming Progressive Jackpot Network - the world’s largest.

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Tue, June 12th, 2007

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Casino gambling facts:

  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • 1993: Steve Wynn buys the Dune Hotel, then implodes it to make way for the Bellagio. The new MGM Grand is completed, once again becoming the world's largest hotel. On December 31, Barbra Streisand stars in the inaugural concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • As early as 1420, lotteries were used in Europe for public works. High-value commodities such as land and art were often sold through lotteries.