Euro Poker News: Boss Media Profits Rise But Poker Falls
Boss Media, the Swedish publically quoted gaming software provider, yesterday announced its results for the six months to Jun.30, 2007. via CardPlayer.com
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- Boss Media refutes claimsa and characterised legal action as “without merit”
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- Boss Media AB wins online poker game system order from Svenska Spel
- Boss Media chosen by Global Player Casino
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- Top management change at Boss Media
Gambling history facts:
- The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
- 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker. - The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
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