New Zealand doesn´t like online gambling - but internet lotto is ok
The New Zealand government is exhibiting similar double standards to countries like the United States when it comes to Internet gambling, it appears - although online gambling is banned, exceptions have been created for lotteries, and a major initiative is currently underway to take this form of gambling onto the Internet.
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Do you know that:
- 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.
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2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15. - Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
- 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
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