Posts Tagged ‘wagers’
Posted by Nicolae on September 5th, 2008 under Lottery Guide, Rules, games
Tags: bet, bets, China, flower, gamblers, game, illegal, jue, Jueteng, numbers, odds, Philippines, scandals, teng, wagers •
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Jueteng (pronounced wet-teng) is an illegal numbers game played in the Philippines. Jueteng came from China and it means flower (jue) and bet (teng). Although illegal, it is a widely popular game with participation that crosses most, if not all social and economic boundaries, played by rich and poor alike. With [...]
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 August 26th, 2008 under Wagering guide
Tags: BAR, bar bet, famous, links, patrons, reading, references, wagers •
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A bar bet is a bet made between two patrons at a bar. Bar bets can range from wagers about little-known trivia, such as obscure historical facts, to feats of skill and strength. Some bar bets are intended to trick the other party into losing.
Famous bar bets
The annual Midnight Sun baseball game [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 12th, 2008 under Poker, Poker Guide
Tags: card game, cards, community card poker, draw poker, five-card draw, game play, players, Poker, pot, seven-card stud, stud poker, texas hold 'em, variants, variations, video poker, vying games, wagers •
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Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players with the [...]
Posted by Nicolae on May 23rd, 2008 under Bonuses, Casinos, Poker, Rules, online poker
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The most popular poker games offered in casinos:
Texas hold ‘em
Seven-card stud
Omaha hold ‘em,
in ring game (cash game or live-action game) and tournament formats.
For the poker table seating, most casinos apply the rule first-come, first-served. Some poker rooms allow the use of the phone to ask to be placed on a list. If there [...]
Posted by Nicolae on January 19th, 2008 under Casinos, Gambling Media, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Legislation, Politics, UIGEA, United States
Tags: AOL News Newsbloggers, Barack Obama, betting, casino, Casinos, elections, Financial Times, gambling, gaming industry, Guardian Unlimited, Hillary Clinton, Internet Gambling, Iowa, Las Vegas, Mafia, media, Mexican, Mitt Romney, Nevada, New Hampshire, politicians, Politics on the Hudson, polls, Presidential Candidate, Republican, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post Intelligencer, TIME, US Democrats, wagers •
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Betting Big on Nevada
TIME
To many Washington wags, the very notion evokes images of show girls arguing with croupiers about the finer points of Hillary Clinton’s healthcare policy …
Clinton Wagers on Gambling
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
By David Knowles From the LA Times comes a fascinating piece about how Hillary Clinton [...]
Posted by Nicolae on January 3rd, 2008 under Online Gambling, Sports Betting
Tags: , 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, Apple iPhone, AT&T, Balderton Capital, Benchmark Capital Europe, Betfair, betNOW, bets, Bingo, black jack, devices, Euro 2008, gamblers, Hop-On Inc, mobile communication, Mobile gambling, mobile market, Online Gambling, phone bills, players, Probability plc, slot machine, text message, Verizon Networks, video poker, wagers, winnings •
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Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe) is financing the UK-based gambling company betNOW. This way gamblers can place bets via text message, with the actual wagers charged to phone bills. Winnings can be picked up at local post offices. Balderton Capital invested also in Betfair. I know myself another [...]