bet-at-home.com
January 22nd, 2012
Type Joint Stock Corporation Industry Online Gaming and Online Sportsbook Founded 1999 in Wels (Austria), AG (2004) Founder(s) Jochen Dickinger und Franz Ömer Headquarters Düsseldorf (Germany) Products Sportsbook, Casino, Poker, Games including Greyhounds and horse racing Revenue 1.476,2 Million Euro (as of 2010) Employees 167 (as of July 2011) bet-at-home.com AG is a leading European [...]
Computer poker players
November 11th, 2010
The game of poker (or at least most of the variants) is considered to be computationally intractable. However, methods are being developed to at least approximate perfect strategy from the game theory perspective in the heads-up (two player) game, and increasingly good systems are being created for the multi-player or ring game. Perfect strategy has [...]
Poker game play
July 28th, 2010
The game of poker is played in hundreds of variations, but the following overview of game play applies to most of them. Depending on the game rules, one or more players may be required to place an initial amount of money into the pot before the cards are dealt. These are called forced bets and [...]
History of poker
March 16th, 2010
Harry Truman’s poker chips The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen (‘to knock’), but it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the [...]
Casino
February 13th, 2010
Casinos are everywhere in Macau. Pictured here are the Wynn Macau, Casino Lisboa and Grand Lisboa. A casino is a building that accommodates certain types of gambling games and activities. Customers may gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance and some skill (e.g., craps, roulette—for more see casino games). Game rules usually [...]
Poker
January 13th, 2010
The poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best [...]