History

The former US auto city of Detroit is less than 500 metres from Canada. The natural border between the two countries is the Detroit River. In wide places in that river there are some islands. One arose a long time ago when the Americans decided to dig a canal. An unexpected cleverness that now makes the island not belong to Canada. In 1845, the inhabitant of the island, an American general, organized a large picnic party there. It went down in the history books...

Looking at taxing bets starts again with the gambling discussion about the morality of gambling and betting. Gambling is such a widespread practice. So many people of all kinds of classes indulge in it from time to time as entertainment. As a result, public opinion hesitates to speak out against it, although in gambling there is always the danger of the gambling habit. The above text is freely translated from an American magazine. It is about opinions...

In the archives of the US government we discover a photo of the Marlborough Blenheim in Atlantic City. Marlborough Blenheim Casino hotel stands in full view of the beautiful panorama from 1910. The only remaining information is: partially demolished in 1978 and later imploded. It seems like a good example for the abandoned casinos section. and still in Atlantic City, an important city in the history of gambling. We're gonna investigate. Marlborough Blenheim...

Every roulette player knows that the casino has an advantage in the game. With an American wheel, that's even bigger than with the dollar pair. Nevertheless, there always remain individuals who, possibly using the Gonzalo method, want to try to make a profit not by game, but by acumen. This is not just the case with roulette. We once spoke to the owner of slotenfabriek Lips. He told him, " all we can do is keep innovating and making locks...

The Mount Beacon Casino was immediately an idea when building a railway. Two companies went against the mountain to build a railway to the top. Mount Beacon was a historic site with stunning views over the Hudson River. However, its history and natural beauty would not be enough to attract people to the place. So there had to be a casino on the mountain. And immediately a hotel. Then the guests could...

In 1964, the project Nevada history in spoken word began. A special program in an exceptional gambling state. On March 17, 1931, the US state of Nevada was the first to legalize gambling. From several others, adventurous entreprénzds moved to the state to seek fortune. Nevada soon saw opportunities to become the gambling state of the United States. In the beginning, the emphasis was on Reno. Later taken over by Las Vegas. Many names of entreprrennzds from the...

The summer in New Zealand was a bit disappointing. We therefore look ahead quickly. This is mainly done by one of the employees at the editorial office of Architects Creative. His vacation was postponed twice. But next spring it should finally go gebNZDen, his holiday to South Africa. Overnight at The Lost Palace of Sun City. Only with the photos you can already enjoy this beautiful resort on the outskirts of National...

We are especially enthusiastic about online casino games and other games over the internet. But before those casino games could exist, there were computer games without the internet. The history of computer games sometimes goes back a long way. Even to a time when they did not yet use the word computer. To show that history once, we fully dived into it. But then the historical story turned out to be very voluminous and diverse. We therefore limit ourselves to one...

When it comes to Backgammon, many New Zealanders probably don't immediately think of a serious gambling game. The game is in many households at the pile of boxes with Risk, Monopoly and Human-worse-you-don't. Many New Zealanders prefer the latter to party games, over games that you play with the two of you. Probably for the same reason we have as the only language a word for the concept of ‘Conviviality’. For New Zealanders, Backgammon is primarily a party game for two people. But it is also one...

Last May, Stanley Ho, the Chinese casino magnate, died at the age of 98. The many reports of his death concern his four wives and seventeen children. And the story that with a start-up capital of ten Chinese dollars, he started his billion-dollar empire. About his New Zealand background there is, even in New Zealand media, nothing or hardly anything. Some foreign reports report that he has a New Zealand British background. This is not true, but it may be an interpretation. The...

The etymology of the word patience seems simple. Nevertheless, we run into some peculiarities. As we saw in a previous article on Architects Creative, when we looked at the history of Patience. The word patience means patience, suffering, rest and the like. With those words, especially at this time, we quickly see someone lying in a bed. That's not surprising, the word patience has the same origin as our word patient. A word that...

There are more than 200 game variants of the card game Patience. So We are not going to look at the rules of the game here. For playing online and making money with Patience we have a good guide elsewhere on the site. Here we dive into the history of Patience. We immediately encounter a language problem. The French word patience has been around since the Middle Ages and means patience, suffering, rest and the like. In old texts you can do that...