Posts Tagged ‘lottery’
Posted by Nicolae on October 22nd, 2008 under Lottery card games
Tags: Alpieu, banker, Basset, Bassetta, Bassette, cards, Couch, Croupiere, Fasse, games, lottery, Masse, money, Paroli, Pay, players, Punter, Quinze-et-le-va, Sept-et-le-va, Soissante-et-le-va, Talliere, Trent-et-le-va •
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The game of Basset (in French Bassette, from Italian Bassetta) was considered one of the most polite games with cards, and only fit for persons of the highest rank to play at, on account of the great losses or gains that might accrue on one side or the other.The sums of money [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 20th, 2008 under Lottery Guide
Tags: annuity-value, Big Game, British, Christmas, El Gordo, EuroMillions, European, gambling, games, Irish, lotteries, lottery, lottery jackpot records, Mega Millions, national lottery, odds, prize, record, Spain, state, The Fat One, tickets, United States, USA •
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Lottery jackpot records are a matter of some interest to both participants and observers of this form of gambling.It is often said that the annual Christmas lottery in Spain, dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One), is the largest in the world. In 2003 its prize fund reached (converting euros to approximate [...]
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 July 14th, 2008 under Lottery Guide, games
Tags: 4-D Roll, 4-Digits, 4D, iBet, links, lottery, methods, Ordinary Entry, play, Quickpick, Singapore, System Entry •
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4-Digits (4D) is a Singapore lottery. People play by choosing any number from 0000 to 9999. 23 number combinations are drawn every time. If one of the numbers match the one that the player has bought, a prize is won.
Methods of Play
Ordinary Entry
Ordinary entry refers to a specific number. Example: 1234
4-D Roll
4-D [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 26th, 2008 under Lottery Guide
Tags: Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, Canada, countries, Europe, France, frauds, gambling, governments, links, lottery, national lottery, payment, prize, prizes, probability of winning, scams, United States •
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A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.
The first signs of a lottery trace [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 8th, 2008 under Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
Tags: bets, betting system, bookmakers, comparison, example, gambling, games, greyhound racing, History, horse racing, jai alai, lottery, Lotto South, parimutuel betting, pool, sporting events, strategy, types •
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(from the French language: pari mutuel, mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.
The parimutuel system is used in [...]
Posted by Nicolae on May 12th, 2008 under Business, Casinos, Companies, Events, Gambling industry, Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA, United States
Tags: Alfonse D'Amato, America, Canada, casino, Chris Collins, Clarion Gaming, Companies, conference, customers, discussions, federal, games, gaming, jurisdictions, Latin America, laws, legal, Linden Lab, lottery, marketing tips, Next Generation in Gambling, NGG, North America, Online Gambling, Poker Players Alliance, racing, Shawn Kreloff, Sona Mobile, state, strategies, technological information, technology track, thought-provoking keynotes, United States •
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During July 29-30, 2008, will take place the conference Next Generation in Gambling (NGG) (Exploring multi-channel delivery of games to customers while complying with federal and state laws in Canada, United States and Latin America).
The event will target the casino, racing, and lottery companies working in North American jurisdictions, focusing to [...]