Sportsbook Articles (Page 28)

Sportsbook Articles

Gambling has a colourful history in Sweden. It can be traced all the way back to 1020. That’s when the kings of Sweden and Norway agreed to roll a pair of dice to determine which one of...
The legality of gambling in Portugal can be a bit confusing to understand. On one hand, the country sanctioned all manner of wagering in its former colony of Macau for many decades, fro...
As one of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia, Croatia was governed by gaming laws that limited sports betting to wagers made at state-operated kiosks. What’s more, the only avail...
Legalized gambling was first introduced in Serbia in 1964, when it was still part of Yugoslavia. At that time the first casino was established in Belgrade. In 1979, all casino-related a...
As an Iron Curtain country, Bulgaria became open to the cultures and lifestyles of the West with the fall of Eastern Bloc communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989. That...
Italy’s love affair with gambling dates back to 300 BC, when Roman legions played a dice and board game called “Duodecim Scriptorum,” the forefather of Backgammon. In 1638, Venice becam...
The Malayan Peninsula was long a British colony. Although Malaysia won its independence in 1957, many of its laws have remained influenced by old British statutes, including the Betting...
The dissolution of the Soviet Union and fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 opened Romania to the cultures and lifestyles of the West, including access to sports and other activities that ...
Gambling is heavily restricted in India. The only two states that allow casino gambling are Goa and Sikkim. Anyone who wants to play table games or slots legally has limited options, in...
Also known as “Asian line betting,” Asian handicaps betting got its start in the Far East, where it has become the region’s favourite type of football wager. In standard 1X2 betting, th...
Lots can go wrong when wagering on horse races. Most of those unfortunate happenstances are far beyond the bettor’s control. One of the most frustrating occurrences at the track, howeve...
Internet-based casinos, bingo clubs, poker rooms and bookmakers offer lots of methods for making financial transactions. Some are limited to a single currency. Others may be used for de...