by admin on December 5, 2009
This sports betting introduction will give you an insight into the oldest form of gambling known and the effects that the internet has had on the industry. The history of sports betting is a rich tapestry which is intertwined within the records and history books of most modern societies. From humble beginnings thousands of years ago sports betting has become a multi-billion pound industry and thanks to the birth of the internet this industry has grown from strength-to-strength.
The roots of sports betting can be physically traced back to 1,000 B.C. when the Chinese used to place bets on different animals winning races or fights but many believe that sports betting had taken place even further back in history. There is documented evidence of gambling in Greece around 400 B.C. The Greeks have always had a love for sport and betting on the outcome of sports and they eventually founded the Olympic Games.
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by admin on December 5, 2009
Online slots come in many guises with varying methods to playing them from simple spin and win online slots to interactive video slots, which is why we have put together this guide showing you how to play online clots and the history of slot machines in general.
In the late eighteen hundreds, many years before online slots a man named Charles Fey from San Francisco in California, US invented a very simple slot machine, the Liberty Bell. This primitive three-reel slot machine has a lever on one side which was used to make the reels rotate, which is where slot machines got the nickname ‘one armed bandits’ from. In the UK slot machines have been common place in pubs and clubs for the last half century, often with modest stakes and jackpots to avoid the requirement of a fully gaming license to be operated.
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by admin on December 5, 2009
Roulette is one of the best known casino games in the world. The sound of the ball bouncing around the roulette wheel and the voice of the croupier saying the immortal line “no more bets please” are echoed in a thousand and one Hollywood movies such as The Sting, Casino and numerous James Bond movies. In this guide you will find out how to play roulette and the history of roulette, with helpful advice on how to get the most out of your money while playing online roulette games.
The history of roulette goes back to 18th century France but within 50 years or so roulette had found its way across mainland Europe and was being played by the upper class on a wide scale. Over the years there have been many versions of roulette wheels, each offering various odds to the casino and to the gambler. The most common two of these are the ‘double zero’ roulette wheel, which is commonly found in the US, South America, and the Caribbean and the ‘single zero’ roulette wheel, which is predominantly found in the rest of the world.
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by admin on December 5, 2009
Problem gambling, compulsive gambling and gambling addictions are terms used to describe urges felt by certain people, to gamble despite facing negative consequences as a result of gambling. However the term ‘compulsive gambler’ is deemed unsuitable by many professionals due to the fact that few problem gamblers show true compulsive tendencies. Likewise, the term ‘gambling addict’ isn’t recognised by the American Psychological Association as problem gambling is considered to be an impulse control disorder and therefore not an addiction.
Whatever you want to call it, to some people problem gambling can lead to years of misery and loss with people taking their own live or worse still, being killed in the most extreme cases of problem gambling. Some people go for years not wanting to acknowledge that they have a problem with gambling, much like many alcoholics do. The first step to recovery for any problem gambler is to identify and acknowledge that they have a problem. If somebody won’t admit to themselves that they have a problem they cannot be helped.
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