Results From Swedish Online Gambling Study
“Attempted to reduce the level of gambling”
The Swedish National Institute of Public Health has published the results of its one year study into the effects of online poker, classifying 27 percent of the country’s online poker players as problem … via Winner Online
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Interesting gambling information:
- 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.
- 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.
- Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
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