Bodog looks east

Bodog Entertainment has announced that it will continue to build momentum in the Chinese market in 2008. Having already opened a Chinese hotline to offer customer service last year, the group is stepping up its effort by launching a brand new Chinese web page to assist its growing number of Chinese customers.

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Tue, January 29th, 2008

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Gambling casinos history:

  • The brand new resort, Wynn Las Vegas recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. At a cost of approximately $2.7 billion, the Wynn Las Vegas features 2,700 guestrooms and suites, casino (table games, over 1900 slots/video poker machines, poker room with race and sports book), several restaurants, a night club, golf, a shopping esplanade and a show called Le Reve.
  • 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.
  • Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.