UltimateBet launches UB Army program

“We’re looking for a few good men and women to join the UB ARMY and show this year’s World Series of Poker what UltimateBet players are truly made of”

Texas Hold’em is anything but a team sport, but one online poker site believes there’s serious strength in numbers when it comes to this year’s World Series of Poker. via RGT Online

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Fri, March 7th, 2008

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Gambling casinos history:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
  • 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.