The latest buzz in online gambling

Online gambling software provider Playtech’s penetration of the Asian market appears to be continuing apace, judging by further contract announcements this week from Sutida Suwunnavid, spokesman for Buzz Technologies, Inc. which is using the company’s gambling software for its various operations under the 12buzz.com banner.

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Wed, October 10th, 2007

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Casino gambling information:

  • During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • 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").
  • Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.