The IGREA Initiative Begins as Casino Gambling Web DC Trip Ends
Online casinos got a little help from a friend last week as Casino Gambling Web representatives handed out 435 packets of information about the current state of Internet gambling in the United States. The CGW reps hand delivered the packets to each representative in congress and attached to it a CD with all signatures from the petition they sponsored containing comments from each congress …
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
- Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.
- 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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