Sportsbook Articles (Page 25)

Sportsbook Articles

The first European contact with New Zealand occurred in 1642, and over the next 150 years whalers, traders and missionaries arrived and established settlements along the far northern co...
Until Britain claimed the island from China under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, Hong Kong was just a collection of fishing villages. In 1860, the Kowloon Peninsula became part of the c...
Many forms of gambling enjoyed in the world today were influenced in one way or another by China. For example, a lottery-type game now known as “Keno” helped finance construction of Chi...
As the 2010-11 Championship Titlists, Queens Park Rangers have once again returned to the top tier of British football after an unwelcome hiatus. Perhaps no other Club in the Premiershi...
Teams from Wales are an uncommon sight in the top tier of British football, which is all the more reason to pay attention when one bursts onto the Premiership stage. In 2011-12, Swansea...
Although records mention the existence of a Norwich Football Club as early as 1868, the official founding of the current team known as Norwich City F.C. was 1902. It occurred in June th...
Based in Aston, Birmingham, the Premier League football club known as Aston Villa can trace its roots back to the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel cricket team. Players reportedly met beneat...
The British overseas territory known as Gibraltar borders southern Spain, where it covers a mere six square kilometers comprising a single city-state. With about 28,000 inhabitants, it ...
From 1921 onward, gambling was under a ban in Switzerland. Otherwise noted for its level-headedness in international affairs, the land-locked European nation maintained this prohibition...
Also referred to as Belorussia or Byelorussia, Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. For many decades it was part of the former Soviet Bloc and only gained its independence...
Like the residents of other parts of the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War Era, Slovenians were not allowed to participate in any form of legal gambling prior to 1989. All forms of bettin...
Among all Central American countries, Costa Rica has long been the most accommodating when it comes to various forms of betting. It was colonised by the Spaniards in the 16th century, s...