Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. He used this game as a finance resource to help his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing...
The origins of Poker and Jacks or Better are quite controversial. There isnt any specific ancestor of the game to draw a date from. However, Poker is a very old game indeed. The earliest reference seems to be from JH Green who, in 1834, referred to the cheating game being played on the...
Poker has a long and indistinct history. Some hold that it originated in Persia as it closely resembles a game called As Nas and may have been brought to the United States via Persian sailors in New Orleans. This game was played with 25 cards with 5 different suits. This game was played...
The history of Craps dates back to a dice game called Hazard, which dates back to Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in 1813. Hazard is thought to be a descendant of Azzahr, meaning the die-a game played by Arabs.
The game evolved as it traveled from the Arab countries to France and...
Chuck A Luck is a gambling game that employs three dice and a wire cage or cone-shaped chute. The dice used are standard six-sided cubes numbered from 1 to 6 at each side. The chute, which can be made of either leather or metal, is usually called a horn.
The use of metal chutes in the...
Caribbean Stud Poker is a variant of poker, a card game with a long and mysterious history. The word poker has a tangled history all of its own; it comes from the French word poque, which itself is a variant on the German word pochen, which simply means to knock.
Nobody really knows how...
In Italy during the 1530s a lottery was invented that is still played in Italy every Saturday. This is where the game of Bingo originated. The game travelled to France in the 1770s and was initially played amongst wealthy Frenchmen. The game then travelled deeper into Europe reaching Germany,...
Its arrival day. I just flew into Las Vegas from the East Coast. Youll soon find out that the traveling is exhausting and seemingly never-ending. You often forget what day it is, let alone the month, and on more than one occasion, Ive forgotten what city Im in. The first thing you need to do...
One of the most popular gambling games in casinos whether in online casinos or brick and mortar casinos is roulette; and free roulette! From the looks of it, a game of roulette is quite simple. Even a person who has never gambled his whole life will be able to determine the rules of the game by...
It doesn’t take an Internet analyst to notice that online gambling has taken over a big chunk of the online activity that people participate in on a day to day basis. There are several reasons for this and the fact that it is gaining more and more momentum is a testament to just how...
“Is it fun or are we really corroding the sports and the sportsmen? Sports betting is growing in importance nowadays. There is no sport in the world today for which there is no gambling. The sports grounds have been converted to casinos and a sports game being played between two teams is...
The history of poker has been debated heavily over the years. Today, it is a wildly popular game, but its origins are not known by many. It is likely that the name poker came from the French word poque, which evolved out of the German word pochen (which means to knock). However, some historians...