A-grade betting
Students all over the US are giving themselves even more reason to get good grades – money! There is now a website providing a platform for students to bet on the outcomes of their grades. The better their grades, the more they win. The site has students from about 36 schools across the US [...]
Google+ launches Hangouts on Air
It seemed like Google+ had taken a bit of a back seat to social networks like Pinterest and Twitter but this all might be about to change with the announcement of Hangouts on Air, a feature that should take global social networking to a multifaceted level [...]
History of gambling in Britain: 1830 to 1900 – betting is everywhere
By the 1830′s there were gambling establishments all over London and they weren’t all as civilised as the gentleman’s clubs of the 1700′s. In 1833, The Times published this account: “The generality of minor gambling houses are kept by prize-fighters and other desperate characters, who bully and hector [...]
History of gambling in Britain: 1700 to 1830 – rich and reckless gambling
Gambling during the Georgian era was commonplace in the upper class. Card games like piquet, faro, ving-et-un, whist and baccarat were the most popular choices of the rich. Vingt-et-un ultimately became what we know as blackjack while faro eventually disappeared because it was so easy to cheat in. Gambling [...]
History of gambling in Britain: 1100 to 1700 – a pastime for the rich
In his book, The History of Gambling, John Aston states that in 1190 an edict was issued banning members of the army who were ranked below knights from playing games that required any form of betting. Clergymen and knights could play as long as [...]
