Norway to ban online gambling?
According to weekend reports in Gambling News Review, 4Flush and Launchpoker, the Norwegian government minister responsible for matters gambling (and churches, too we believe!) is planning a Norwegian equivalent of the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which has caused so much grief in the industry by inhibiting financial transactions with online gambling companies.
Related Gambling News:
- Norway adopts strict rules on video gambling machines
- Norway imposes strict gambling rules
- Norway´s UIGEA?
- Online Gambling Figures Flying in Norway
- EFTA Norwegian decision in line with ECJ rulings
- Responsible gambling move may counter Norwegian legislation
- Panel: Norwegian gambling monopoly legal
- Scientific Games wins $8.4M Norway contract
- New chief for Norske Tipping gambling monopoly
- Scottish ministers are looking to Norway to learn lessons about how to improve the education system for the nation’s …
- Scientific Games to Supply Sports Betting System for Norway
- Norway’s Leading Gaming Company to Install Hypercom Optimum Devices at Hundreds of National Lottery and Betting Sites
Do you know that:
- 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.
- Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
RSS feed
