If the European Commission holds its grounds strong, the German law prohibiting certain forms of online betting is about to go for a toss. But it’s still not clear who is going to win, though the new regulation posed by the German government attracted numerous criticisms from the German online gambling community. While the German […]
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By Samantha Williams If you dig deep into the history of gambling you’ll find that it all started with lotteries – the number game where winning was pure chance. It is a common tendency for human beings to be self-centered in everything as to think what is in it for me? Irrespective of territorial limitations, […]
By Samantha Williams A trend that found roots way back during the late thirties, monopoly still remains the key word for the Germans, as a result of which, online gambling saw its own demise from Jan 1st 2008. The decision came up as a result of the new German law that shall be preserving the […]
By Samantha Williams Famous gunfighter, John -Doc- Holliday, who is best known for being one of the good guys in the gunfight at the OK Corral, once said that “poker is an honest trade.” Holliday knew this well. A former dentist, Holliday had to quit medicine because of tuberculosis and thus made his living playing […]
Poker is a favorite among gamblers and is, therefore, the most debated. Various courts around the world rule it unlawful because it is a game of chance. Other courts rule that it is a game of skill. Why the confusion? It shouldn’t take a genius to figure out that poker is a game of skill. […]