Another “cross platform” deal fro 888.com

Online gambling group 888.com continued its energetic foray into diverse games partnerships as the week ended with its fourth deal - this one with the popular Internet game-server software developer Rival Powered. The company entered the industry three years ago and has provided gambling suites and backend systems for several online casinos, vigorously marketing its ‘i-slots’ games.

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Fri, May 16th, 2008

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Gambling history facts:

  • A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).
  • The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
  • 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Anne Beaulieu on May 1 in the chapel of the Aladdin Hotel.
    1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
    1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time.
  • 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.