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History of Betting

Published on 2011-03-15 06:44:00

In the Roman and Greek Times wherever there was a sport competition, there was betting. The famous “bread and games” could therefore also be expressed as “bread and bets”. In some cases, competitions were even created for the sole purpose of giving wealthy gamblers an opportunity to bet. Apart from those games that gave the citizen of Rome the opportunity to bet, the first bets were placed on tests of skill like cock fighting, Grecian wrestling and early horse racing. The first hor

Pari Mutuel

Published on 2011-01-04 11:27:00

First, what is the Pari Mutuel betting? According to ARJEL: it is a principle where the betting stakes wagered by all punters, are shared in a common pot and redistributed to the winners in proportion to their stakes. Clearly, this is not the same thing as odds Betting. But has the advantage of maximizing the gains of bettors. This is the principle of the french horse racing french bookmaker PMU (pari-mutuel urban). However the point of Pari Mutuel may also be to allow betters to bet with or aga

Google : the next new online gambling actor ?

Published on 2010-07-20 08:57:00

According to Kuzeo, a french website on online gambling, Google is soon to become an actor on the gambling business. Amazed by the result of Farmville that now has over 80 000 users, Kuzeo claims Google secretly invested 100 to 200 millions dollars in Zynga the company creating social mini-games on facebook. Tech Crunch argues Google will soon open a new service dedicated to online games and last april, Google bought Labpixies a company specialized on module and applications for games. Is the A