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The day zero was banned from British roulette – how times have changed
phys.org ^ | December 29, 2017 | by Leighton Vaughan Williams, The Conversation

Posted on 12/29/2017 2:40:31 PM PST by Red Badger

Edited on 12/29/2017 3:28:09 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

On December 30, 1967, senior detectives from Scotland Yard sent owners of gambling clubs into a proverbial spin. Anyone operating a roulette wheel that contained the number zero would be prosecuted, they warned. From now on the whirl of numbers would all be reds and blacks

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: gambling; gaming; roulette; statistics

1 posted on 12/29/2017 2:40:32 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Since gambling is forbidden under Sharia Law, the Brits shouldn’t have to worry about this issue much longer./s


2 posted on 12/29/2017 2:43:12 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Red Badger

“According to these so-called “law lords”, this was because **the chances must be equally favourable** to all players in the game.”

And therein lies just one source of the great multitude of evils plaguing Britain and Europe in general.


3 posted on 12/29/2017 2:45:22 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: left that other site

Good Point.


4 posted on 12/29/2017 2:45:27 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: left that other site

Forbidden?

All the Muzzie convenience stores here sell lottery tickets.................


5 posted on 12/29/2017 2:46:47 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Holy Convenience Stores are the Holy Exception to the Holy Rule! LOL/s :-)


6 posted on 12/29/2017 3:06:04 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: mfish13

Of course, sharia is oppressive, not only to kaffirs, but to muzzies as well!


7 posted on 12/29/2017 3:27:16 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Red Badger

See Comment #7. I meant to ping you too! :-)

Happy New Year!


8 posted on 12/29/2017 3:28:03 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Red Badger
"All the Muzzie convenience stores here sell lottery tickets."

If you are on jihad you can do anything you want.

9 posted on 12/29/2017 3:32:18 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: Red Badger
All the Muzzie convenience stores here sell lottery tickets.

No, some Muzzis took over a gas station/convenience store here. No alcohol or lottery tickets. It shut down in a couple of months after years of success under former management. It's still abandoned (on a prime corner) years later.

10 posted on 12/29/2017 3:33:14 PM PST by PAR35
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No, some Muzzis took over a gas station/convenience store here. No alcohol or lottery tickets. It shut down in a couple of months after years of success under former management. It’s still abandoned (on a prime corner) years later.

A scale model of how Arab governments work.


11 posted on 12/30/2017 12:43:22 AM PST by samtheman (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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