by John Carruthers, Editor, IBPA Bulletin. August 2016.
IBPA President Patrick Jourdain died on July 28 at the age of 73 after a short battle with inoperable pancreatic cancer. Jourdain was the bridge correspondent for London’s The Daily Telegraph since 1992 and had been editor of the IBPA Bulletin from 1982 to 2002. He had been president of the IBPA since 2003 and was named IBPA’s Personality of the Year in 2002.
Gambling has advanced exponentially in recent years and the market is now bigger than ever. Thanks to technological advancements, including the availably of Wi-Fi in public hot spots such as bars, shopping centres and public transport, there is a growing market for online gambling with more and more people getting involved.
Smartphones in particular have driven attention to mobile friendly interfaces for numerous software providers – and for good reason!
Throughout my life I’ve always had a love for card games. In my childhood playing simple card games such as Snap, then playing Bridge with my brother and grandparents and burning the midnight oil playing Blackjack and Poker with my buddies.
As technology advances, perhaps the simple joys of the games devised on a 52 deck of cards are becoming somewhat antiquated and lost. Yet whether I’m at my family home on Christmas day,
