Monday, September 26, 2011

Sports Betting: New Jersey ready to bet on sports?

Past polling showed support for the nonbinding referendum to legalize sports betting in New Jersey? - 11:07 pm

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Sun, September 25th, 2011

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Gambling casinos history:

  • The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.

Source: http://www.gambling-news-source.com/2011/09/25/new-jersey-ready-bet-sports-67029/

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