Posts Tagged ‘Switzerland’

Playing cards today

Posted by Nicolae on September 16th, 2008 under Playing cards
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Anglo-American
The primary deck of fifty-two playing cards in use today, called Anglo-American playing cards, includes thirteen ranks of each of the four French suits, spades (♠), hearts (♥), diamonds (♦) and clubs (♣), with reversible Rouennais court cards. Each suit includes an ace, depicting a single symbol of its [...]

Illegal soccer gambling and Interpol

Posted by Nicolae on January 23rd, 2008 under Asia, Football (Soccer), Legislation, Sports Betting
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Interpol had last year in October a very large operation involving Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam to stop the illegal soccer gambling  which resulted in 423 arrests in 266 raids across the region, 272 underground gambling dens shut down and  $680 million US worth of illegal bets. Now, Interpol is [...]