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Posted by Nicolae on September 4th, 2008 under Dice games Guide, games
Tags: Bau cua ca cop, betting, board, calabash gourd, crab, Crown and anchor, dice, dice game, fish, gambling game, pictures, players, prawn, rooster, stag, Tet, Vietnamese, Vietnamese New Year, wagers •
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Bau cua ca cop is a Vietnamese gambling game using three dice. The six sides of the dice, instead of showing numbers one through six, have pictures of a fish, prawn, crab, rooster, calabash gourd and stag. Players place wagers on a board, betting on which pictures will appear. (The game is [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 2nd, 2008 under Bingo, Bingo card, games
Tags: Bingo Cards, costs, flimsies, flimsy sheets, formats, paper, sources, three cards, throwaways •
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Flimsies are a type of bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. They are typically printed with three cards on a single sheet, but also come in other formats:
One card per sheet
Two cards per sheet
Four cards per sheet
Six cards per sheet
Nine cards per sheet
Flimsies costs $1-$2 per sheet and a win on [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 1st, 2008 under Baseball Guide, Sport, games
Tags: baseball, baserunners, battery, defensive, fielding strategy, fielding team, infielders, outfielders, pitching, positions, scoring, squad, team •
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The squad in the field is the defensive team; they attempt to prevent the baserunners from scoring. There are nine defensive positions, however, only two of the positions have a mandatory location (pitcher and catcher), the locations of the other seven fielders is not specified by the rules, except that at the [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 23rd, 2008 under Baccarat Guide, Rules, games
Tags: Atlantic City, baccarat, banker, casino, chemin de fer, Egalite - tie bets win, high rollers, house advantage, Las Vegas, maximum bets, mini-baccarat, North American, player, punters, punto banco, rooms, Tableau, version, wager, wealthy players •
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In the United States, Australia and Canada, a variation of baccarat is played in which the casino banks the game at all times. Punters may bet on either the player or the banker, which are merely designations for the two hands dealt in each game.
The cards are dealt, one to the ‘Player’ first [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 21st, 2008 under Roulette and wheel games Guide, games, strategies
Tags: analysis, bets, betting strategies, Casinos, doubling, gamblers, martingale, maximums, minimums, roulette, system •
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Originally, martingale referred to a class of betting strategies popular in 18th century France. The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins his stake if a coin comes up heads and loses it if the coin comes up tails. The strategy had the gambler double [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 18th, 2008 under Bingo, Lottery Guide, games
Tags: Bossy Bingo, Bovine bingo, Cow Pat Lottery, Cow Patty Bingo, Cowpie Bingo, Fertilizer Lotto, fundraising, game, grid, lottery, rectangles, rural •
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Bovine bingo is a traditional rural fundraising game that is often played at country fetes and summer fairs, usually for fundraising purposes.Bovine bingo is not really a form of bingo, but a form of lottery. The game is set up by marking out a grid of rectangles on an enclosed land area, [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 17th, 2008 under Dice games Guide, games
Tags: battle dice, DC Set, dice, figures, game, links, Marvel Set, purchasing •
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What it is
Marvel battle dice is a game that uses small figures, which are placed inside dice, and then rolled. There are currently 69 of these figures from the first Set, and can be purchased in battle booster packs, or the starter set.
Purchasing
The figures can be purchased in booster packs (listed above), or [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 14th, 2008 under Bingo card, Rules, games
Tags: Bingo card, Bingo Cards, links, sources, UK, US •
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Bingo cards are used to play various bingo games, including U.S. style bingo and U.K. style Housie. Cards are usually made of cardboard or non-reusable paper, but more and more bingo halls are beginning to use computerized cards. Bingo cards are printed in various styles (see below) with randomized bingo numbers. [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 11th, 2008 under History, Sport, Tennis Guide, games
Tags: Big Bill Tilden, Don Budge, Doubles Players, Great Players, Helen Wills Moody, Henri Cochet, Jack Kramer, Jean Borotra, John Bromwich, John McEnroe, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Margaret Smith Court, Pete Sampras, R. Norris Williams, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Steffi Graf, Suzanne Lenglen, tennis players, Tony Roche, Vinnie Richards •
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Great Players
Numerous great players played in the days before tennis’s Open era, many of whom are unknown by modern sports fans. Among them, chronologically, are:
“Big Bill” Tilden - winner of 21 amateur Grand Slam titles, 7 consecutive Davis Cups, 4 professional Grand Slam titles, the professional doubles title at age 52; was [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 11th, 2008 under Boxing Guide, History, Sport, games
Tags: A.I.B.A., Amateur, boxing, Commonwealth Games, gloves, headgear, History, Olympic, Olympic boxing, Olympic games, point scoring, prizes, Queensberry Amateur Championships, Women, World Amateur Boxing Championships •
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Olympic (or Amateur) boxing is found at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. Olympic boxing prizes point scoring rather than physical damage or knockouts. Bouts comprise four rounds of two minutes in Olympic and Commonwealth and three rounds of two minutes in a national ABA (Amateur Boxing association) bout each with [...]