Unibet Net Doubles as Euro 2008 Spurs Soccer Wagers
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) — Unibet Group Plc , the European Web bookmaker with customers in more than 100 countries, said second- quarter profit more than doubled after June’s European soccer championship spurred betting.
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Gambling history facts:
- 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.
- The second oldest casino hotel resort on the Las Vegas Strip was the Last Frontier and it opened in October of 1942. It had 105 guestrooms and the property was made to look like an old western town. The first casino hotel resort opened just 18 months earlier and was called El Rancho.
- 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.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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