Archive for the 'Sports Betting' Category

World Cup Fever

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

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This week was the start of the much anticipated Soccer World Cup. Living here in Costa Rica and having Costa Rica kick off the world cup against Germany was quite [...]

2006 World Cup Betting Preview

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

World Cup 2006 is almost here…finally. After four years of hype, it’s almost a relief that the soccer World Cup will begin in less than four weeks, on June 9 in Munich. And the tournament will once again become the number one worldwide betting event.
The 2006 World Cup will be held in Germany, with sixty-four [...]

Should Online Gambling Be Banned?

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Internet gambling is booming as Americans continue to wager billions of dollars on online sports books, Web casinos and virtual poker rooms even though the U.S. Department of Justice considers such activities illegal.
Several U.S. lawmakers are trying to crack down on the industry by clarifying existing U.S. laws and making it easier to go after [...]

ESPN Bets on Dominoes

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

The next big thing in sports programming is … dominoes?
To the occasional domino player, it is a stretch to even call this quiet game of straight-faced strategy a sport. But anyone who has spent time in a Latino neighborhood in New York City could testify that dominoes played there — with the slammed-down tiles, the [...]

Online Casinos Offering Reality TV Gambling

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Online casinos offer chance to pick TV show winners
Melissa Brown is betting that Chris Daughtry will be the next American Idol.
Literally.
She wagered $50 online on the bald aspiring rocker.
”I think it’s going to be Chris,” said Brown, 29, a website designer from Braintree, who for the past year has been placing online bets on reality [...]

George Mason gamble may pay off big

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

When the March Madness bracket was announced on Selection Sunday, thousands upon thousands of hoops fans placed their bets at Sportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino. Of those countless bets, only 13 visionary hardwood prognosticators backed the George Mason Patriots to win the national title before the tournament started. At 500-1 odds at [...]

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Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

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March Madness is Here!!!

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

It’s that time a year again folks where company head’s dread, as they realize several hours will be lost in productively as their employees are glued to their bracket sheet holding the names of 64 schools.
Tomorrow in Dayton, Ohio Monmouth and Hampton will square off in what is called a Play-in-game to see who gets [...]

Bodog Calvin Ayre - the online gambling behemoth arrested

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Cyber Bookie Billionaire Faces Raid By Costa Rican Police
What are the odds? If anyone would know, it would surely be Calvin Ayre.
Yesterday morning, the news of Calvin Ayre, the lad from Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, who is today Canada’s newest billionaire and cover boy at Forbes, the U.S.- based magazine that keeps the world’s scorecard on the [...]

Betting on the Sopranos - What are the odds

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

I stumbled upon this great article about Betting Odds and the Sopranos - and it’s a great read since the Sopranos return on March 12th finally.
Yup - season #6………..and it took long enough.
“I know that everyone was not always very happy with us, with our long hiatuses,” says Lorraine Bracco, who plays Dr. Jennifer [...]