You might not think of Welsh beer as one of the classic British beers, but brewing in Wales has a long and rich tradition. Ancient legends claim that Welsh beer could give its drinkers poetic inspiration and even the gift of immortality. In the middle ages, Welsh brewers produced a strong ale called bragawd or […]

If you want to be a winning player at craps then you need to know the odds. The most favourable odds in Craps are the pass line bet and don’t pass line bet. With these bets the house has only a 1.41% advantage. To make these bets you must have already placed a minimum bet […]

The world’s favourite sport, football is a global industry with huge celebrities, vast paycheques and recognisable brands. Its origins, however, are very different. In the middle ages, English football was a rough and violent game with few rules. A game of football often pitted the men of one village against the inhabitants of a neighbouring […]

The humble casino chip seems like such an important feature of the modern card table that it’s hard to imagine that they didn’t always exist. Early gamblers used whatever tokens came to hand, including sea shells, beans, bits of broken pottery and other improvised tokens. Of course, cash was a commonly used form of exchange. […]

Most people buy a lottery ticket or a scratchcard in the hope of winning a big prize, but a Cheshire man has amassed a collection of 100,000 National Lottery scratchcards and, amazingly, 10,000 of the cards remain unscratched. Dave Mannix, 42, collected the cards over twenty years and has spent £80,000 buying new and used […]

The new year is a time for partying, celebration and the inevitable resolutions. It’s also a time for superstitions. According to traditional beliefs, what happens on New Year’s Day influences what happens during the rest of the year, so if you’ve already had bad luck this year, not abiding by these superstitions may just be […]

It may sound like a cliché but the first step in dealing with a gambling addiction is admitting that you have a problem. While people who become addicted to drugs or alcohol are often easy to spot, problem gamblers routinely go unnoticed until their addiction has reached an advanced stage. If you are having trouble […]

The Chinese are often seen as a superstitious bunch, warding bad luck off with seemingly unusual actions. Gambling around the new year is no exception to the rule. Specific traditions that have been built on for centuries are often still acted out by the more mature and superstition bound gamblers. Here are some examples as […]

Dice is an old game that involves a small object being thrown. Typically, this will be a cube, which will have six faces bearing different numbers from one to six. The numbers are traditionally represented by dots. The numbers on a die are used to determine the outcome of a variety of games. When a […]

Most Chinese don’t celebrate Christmas for the same reasons as those of us in the UK, but they do make sure the day is enjoyed as a family with plenty of good food, gifts and symbols of good luck. A Chinese Christmas involves and centres around food – and lots of it! The Chinese believe […]