There are some things that most people assume will always be seen as illegal, with piracy being high on the list. Yet in 2007, the World Trade Organisation gave Antigua the right to violate copyright protections that were in place on goods such as film and music from the United States of America. The decision […]
Gambling Blog
The Hole in One Gang: Meet the Golf Punters Who Beat the Bookies
Anyone that has ever gambled will know that beating the bookmakers is nigh on impossible. You’ll get occasional wins against them, of course, but actively taking them to the cleaners for large sums of money is practically unheard of. Indeed, any time that such a story is spoken of, it usually involves something dodgy, or […]
What Is the Rake in Poker?
There are numerous different phrases in the world of poker that it helps to understand if you’re going to play on a regular basis. If you’re familiar with the Texas Hold’em variation of poker then you’ll already understand things like the flop, the turn and the river, but you might not be all that au […]
Do Animals Gamble? Research Shows Pigeons Have a Taste for Gambling
If you were to think that only humans gamble, you probably wouldn’t be alone. It does make sense, of course, when you consider that only humans have the use of money that they can put on the line. It is likely that many other people will think the same way as you, believing that the […]
Do Scratch Cards Expire?
From the moment that the National Lottery launched in 1994, it became something that people dreamt of winning. With each passing year, the company that won the tender for it, Camelot, came up with more and more ways of dangling the dream of riches in front of players. From the launch of EuroMillions through to […]
What Happened to the BDO?
It is fair to say that darts as a sport has a complicated history. There is certainly a feeling for many that darts has links back to archery, largely thanks to the concentric target that older darts boards boast and that are similar to the targets used in archery practice. Until the start of the […]
Has Disney Changed Its Mind About Gambling?
The Walt Disney Company likes to see itself as a family-orientated business. Whilst Walt Disney himself has always been believed to have some problematic views, the modern day version of the company is one that looks to please all people with what it does and the work that it produces. When Disney first bought Marvel […]
Mr Goxx: The Crypto Trading Hamster
Elsewhere on the site you can read about Paul the octopus, who was a resident of Oberhausen’s Sea Life Centre and ‘predicted’ the outcome of football matches in the 2008 European Championship and the 2010 World Cup. He did as much by being presented with two boxes containing food, each of which was adorned with […]
Paul the World Cup Predicting Octopus
When something that we have no control over comes around, people will often try to find a way to gain some control back. In the 2010 World Cup, that came in the form of an octopus that ‘predicted’ the outcome of football matches that were taking place in South Africa, allowing people to believe that […]
Why Do Slot Spins Have a Minimum 2.5 Second Time in the UK?
Anyone that has used a slot machine at an online casino in the United Kingdom might have been greeted by a message saying ‘You’re spinning too fast’, or something similar. That is because the UK has introduced a rule that says that there needs to be a limit of speed of play on games that […]