BRITISH, SINGAPORE AIRLINES WILL TEST IN-FLIGHT GAMBLING SYSTEM.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. and Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . will start testing an in-flight electronic gambling system within the next year that will allow passengers to use their credit cards to play poker, blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. , roulette and slot games at their seats. The new feature is unlikely to make paupers of travelers, however. The airlines plan to set low limits so that first-class passengers, for example, can lose no more than a few hundred dollars during a single flight. The limits, which have not been made definite, will be even lower for economy and business-class travelers. The notion of in-flight gambling is controversial. The U.S. government prohibits the practice on flights into and out of the country. |
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