Leisure & Games

"All intellectual improvement arises from leisure" - Samuel Johnson.

Leisure or free time, is a period of time spent out of work and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after compulsory activities such as eating and sleeping, going to work or running a business, attending school and doing homework, household chores, and day-to-day stresses, not including eating, and sleeping, it is often referred to as "free time". This category is for leisure activities such as those which one voluntarily spends away from such stresses, so called 'down time activities'.

Baccarat
Backgammon
Blackjack
Bridge
Carambole Billiards
Chess
Computer, PC & Video Games
Go
Lotteries
Miscellaneous
Playstations & PC Consoles
Poker Online
Pool
Royal Game of Ur
Snooker
Sudoku
Whai Whai

Baccarat

BACCARAT - Wikipedia.

Backgammon

Backgammon Events
Online Backgammon Websites
BACKGAMMON GALORE
BACKGAMMON - Wikipedia.

Backgammon Events

BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENTS: AROUND THE WORLD
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENTS: MONTE CARLO

Online Backgammon Websites

BACKGAMMONMASTERS.COM - play backgammon for real money.
BACKGAMMONTRIAL.COM - free backgammon games and downloads, top payouts and recommended rooms, tips and promos.
GAMMONISH.COM - play free online backgammon.
PLAY65 - online backgammon room.

Blackjack

BLACKJACK - Wikipedia.

ADVANTAGE PLAYER - Glossary.
BLACKJACK ENCYCLOPEDIA - reputable online casinos, exclusive bonus offers, rules, strategies.
BLACKJACK STRATEGY AND ODDS
GAMBLER'$ HANDBOOK
GRIFFIN INVESTIGATIONS - publisher of the famous Griffin Book listing Las Vegas "advantage players", card counters and outright cheaters.
HOW BLACKJACK WORKS
KEN USTON'S BLACLJACK WORLD - legendary Blackjack player and card counter.

Bridge

BRIDGE - Wikipedia.

Carambole | Carom Billiards

CARAMBOLE BILLIARDS - Wikipedia.

ASKA BILLIARDS - pool billiard cue sticks and cases. Famous brands: McDermott, Viking, Falcon, Mezz, Joss, Schon, Lucasi, Players, Aska, Pechauer, Predator.
BILLIARD CONGRESS OF AMERICA
BILLIARD WAREWARE - Balabushka pool cues.
BILLIARD WORLD MAGAZINE
CUE STICK - Wikipedia.
GEORGE BALABUSHKA - "the Stradivarius of cuemakers".
MOZART AND BILLIARDS
POOLDAWG - pool cues, billiards, pool cue cases.
RAYMOND CEULEMANS - legendary carambole player.
UNION MONDIALE DE BILLARD - world tournament sanctioning body.

Chess

Online Chess Websites
CHESS - Wikipedia.
RULES OF CHESS - Wikipedia.
THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
WORLD CHESS FEDERATION

Online Chess Websites

CHESS ANY TIME - play chess online, live or long term.
CHESS.COM - play chess online for free.
CHESS.NET - play chess online.
CHESSBASE NEWS - chess news, chess programs, databases. Play chess online.
FREE INTERNET CHESS SERVER | FICS - play chess on the web for free.
ICC | THE INTERNET CHESS CLUB - where the Grandmasters play online chess.

Computer, PC & Video Games

CIGAME - game devolpment.
COMPUTER GAMES - Wikipedia.
IGN.COM - video games, game cheats and codes, more.
KOTAKU - a video games focused blog. "The Gamer's Guide."

ALL GAME GUIDE
CIVILIZATION 4
EDGE MAGAZINE - the global game industry network.
GRAND THEFT AUTO: THE LOST AND DAMNED
HALF-LIFE 2
HITMAN
KOTAKU - the gamer's guide.
MONOPOLY TYCOON
PLAYSPAN MARKETPLACE - provides a safe, secure, enjoyable marketplace for online gamers to purchase virtual goods.
SCARFACE: THE WORLD IS YOURS
SPIKE 2008 VIDEO GAME AWARDS
STARCRAFT 2
STREET FIGHTER IV
THE BEATLES ROCKBAND
UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES - PlayStation 3 action-adventure video game.
WARCRAFT 3
WII SPORTS RESORT - a collection of 12 sports games.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT

Go

GO - Wikipedia.

Lotteries

LIST OF LOTTERIES
LOTTERY - Wikipedia.
LOTTERY.COM - all about the U.S. lotties: news, results, jackpots, and more
LOTTERY INSIDER - the lottery industry news site. "The ultimate lottery portal."
LOTTERY JACKPOT RECORDS - Wikipedia.
MUSL | MULTI-STATE LOTTERY ASSOCIATION (US) - list of US state-lotteries.
THE LOTTER - "Your Global Lottery Agent." Online lottery tickets & lottery results.

CHINA WELFARE LOTTERY
EL GORDO - the Spanish national lottery (highest payout: €126 mio. in 2008).
EURO MILLIONS - European lottery that takes place once a week, on Friday evening. Whereas national lotteries are generally limited to the residents of one particular country, the Euro Millions lottery pools the stakes of the participating European countries.
GERMAN LOTTO
LA FRANÇAISE DES JEUX - the operator of France's national lottery games.
NATIONAL LOTTERY - Ireland.
MEGA MILLIONS - Mega Millions is America's biggest jackpot game with jackpots starting at $12 million.
POWERBALL - the number one lottery game in the United States and is now played in 30 states.
SUPERENALOTTO - the Italian lottery (Europe's biggest-ever lottery prize: Saturday, August 22, 2009 - €147.807.299,08).
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Miscellaneous

50 BEST BOARD GAMES - source: The Independent.
bet your brain - "The game where everybody has a chance."
BOCCIA - a traditional recreational sport for athletes who require a wheelchair because of physical disability.
BOULE LYONNAISE - the aim is to throw your boules (balls) as close to the jack as possible, and keep them there.
EIGA | EUROPEAN INNOVATIVE GAMES AWARD
LIST OF BOARD GAMES - Wikipedia.
MONOPOLY - named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single entity.
PÉTANQUE - a form of boules where the goal is, while standing with the feet together in a small circle, to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (jack).
RUBIK'S CUBE - invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik.
SIMON SAYS - the rules.
THE OFFICIAL U.S. MONOPOLY SITE
TETRIS - non-stop puzzle.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT - a board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions.
WCA | WORLD CUBE ASSOCIATION

Playstations & PC Consoles

Poker Online

Online Poker Websites
Poker Events
ADVANTAGE PLAYER - Glossary.
ASSOULINE POKER PACK STATIONARY
BLUFF MAGAZINE
CARD PLAY MAGAZINE
CARDPLAYER.COM
CASINOS.NET - online casinos directory, best poker sites, slots, blackjack, roulette, video poker with hih rollers.
DEAD MAN'S HAND - is a two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights".
EGAMING REVIEW - the world's acknowledged leaders in business-to-business information provision for the online gaming industry.
FREE POKER ODDS CALCULATOR
GREEN TUBE - turnkey gaming and gambling solutions.
GUS HANSEN - Danish poker professional & author.
HIGH STAKES DB - online poker community. Results, reports, bonuses, interviews and rakeback.
JACKPOT - Glossary.
JaxCasinos.com - the Internet’s premier online casino and sports betting resource site. Comprehensive list of online casinos, casino reviews, casino information, deposit options, high roller casinos, online casino games guides.
LIST OF PLAYING CARD NICKNAMES
OFFICIAL POKER RANKINGS
POKER - Wikipedia.
POKER NEWS - "The #1 Source for Poker News, Reviews & Bonuses."
POKER WIRE - real time tournament reporting.
RAKE REBATE - the world's largest rakeback provider.
THE POKER ENCYCLOPEDIA
TOURNEY BLOG - poker tournament news.
WICKED CHOPS POKER - poker news & gossip.

Snooker

SNOOKER - Wikipedia.

ASKA BILLIARDS - pool billiard cue sticks and cases. Famous brands: McDermott, Viking, Falcon, Mezz, Joss, Schon, Lucasi, Players, Aska, Pechauer, Predator.
BILLIARD CONGRESS OF AMERICA
BILLIARD WORLD MAGAZINE
ENGLISH BILLIARDS
POOLDAWG - pool apparel.
WORLD SNOOKER NEWS

Sudoku

SUDOKU - Wikipedia.

Whai Whai

WHAI WHAI - PLAY THE STORY LINE THROUGH THE CITY

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