January 15th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
January 19 – This weekend saw some highly entertaining English Premier League action, and for English football betting fans there were no doubt many chances to win some serious money from their favourite teams and/or opponents alike. Of all the weekend’s many matches, a couple stick out in particular.
The first was the game between Chelsea – who are still riding high at the top of this season’s English Premier League with 48 points – and Sunderland, who have been languishing in the middle of the League with 23 points. While fans of both sides expected Chelsea to win, they did not expect the 7-2 score line.
Despite the fact that many of Chelsea’s key players were absent, busy fulfilling their African Cup of Nations commitments, from the first minute to the last Chelsea played like a team possessed. And it showed as the goals started piling up as the Blues were absolutely relentless in their pursuit of a big score.
‘Ninety minutes plus of sheer entertainment’ was how many Chelsea fans described the game. Said newly appointed Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, after the game, ‘This is Roman Abramovich’s team and I’m honoured to train them. If we give enjoyment to our fans, it’s good. It’s one of our aims.’
No so happy was Sunderland manager, Steve Bruce. But he was full of praise for an unstoppable Chelsea. ‘That’s the strength of Chelsea. They can be without four or five and still bring in very good players. Their strength in depth is to be admired. Whoever finishes above this lot will win the League.’
Another exciting match took place between Everton and Manchester City, where Everton saw in the final whistle as the 2-0 victors to the disgust of Man City fans. The only thing that Manchester City got out of the game was ‘embarrassment’ as they failed to keep middle-of-the Leaguers Everton at bay.
Even Manchester City’s expensive Brazilian player, Robinho, failed to rate against Everton. He was brought on 15 minutes into the first half and was taken off – head hanging – 15 minutes into the second half by beleaguered Man City manager, Roberto Mancini. When asked after the match if there was anything he could take away from the match, Mancini simply replied: ‘Nothing’. Nuff said.
Here are the English Premier League Football results from Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17, 2010:
Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham Utd
Blackburn 2-0 Fulham
Bolton 0-2 Arsenal
Stoke City 1-1 Liverpool
Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland
Man Utd 3-0 Burnley
Tottenham 0-0 Hull City
Wolves 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Everton 2-0 Manchester City
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January 15th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
Make a note of Rhode Island bill S.2028, because you may be hearing more about it as the new year progresses. It’s a proposal now before the Senate Constitutional & Regulatory Issues Committee that suggests it’s time to lift the federal sportsbetting ban in order to boost state tax revenues, and follows similar moves in Delaware and New Jersey.
Authored by state Senators Tassoni, McBurney and Doyle, and introduced January 13th, the bill urges the United States Congress to lift the national ban on sports wagering imposed by the 1993 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act which prohibits states and local governments from authorising sports wagering, confining it solely to the state of Nevada.
The Senators point out that Nevada pulled in $81.5 million on 2009 Super Bowl wagering alone – an estimated mere 1% of nationwide sportsbetting potential – and attracted 287,000 visitors to Las Vegas.
The politicians also quote National Gambling Impact Study Commission statistics indicating that illegal sports wagering in the United States generates revenues around $380 billion every year.
The Senators argue that the federal sports wagering ban is not effective in curbing illegal sport gambling, and that lifting the ban on sports wagering would allow state gaming enforcement agencies to more properly regulate and police this activity, at the same time significantly benefiting the State of Rhode Island by generating additional tax income and by enhancing tourism.
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January 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
PokerStars and PokerStars players are offering their help to the people of the Earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation of Haiti. Tens of thousands of people are feared dead and up to three million affected by the huge tremor. Please promote this appeal as soon as possible.
Players can donate in two ways and all donations will be matched by PokerStars and donated to the Red Cross.
Players can either
a) transfer to the account "Haiti Fund" using the Transfer Funds tool under Requests menu. Or…
b) players can enter one of the dummy tournaments located under Tourney > Special called "Haiti Earthquake Relief". Please note these are not real tournaments, just a means for players to donate and publicly show their efforts for the relief efforts. Players can enter the "tournaments" for amounts ranging from $1 to $1,000.
At the time of writing this, thousands have already donated. Among those who have donated the maximum include Team PokerStars Online player Anders "Donald" Berg and American pro Steve Silverman
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January 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
To the new player, online poker tournaments can be very disappointing affairs. After having spent a few hours consistently bleeding chips, most online poker players are hungry for a win. If you fall into this category, take heart. We have compiled some of the best online poker strategies into this article to show you just how to win online poker tournaments.
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Tip 1- Don’t give up
The Lottery Commission used to have an advertising slogan that said something along the lines of “You cant win if you don’t play” and that slogan was not a bluff. If you give up because you are losing a few hands, then online poker is probably not your game. A caveat emptor here: This doesn’t mean to play beyond your means. If you are betting real money and losing consistently, by all means, run away from the table fast and spend that money on some good books regarding poker systems. Then come back and win the online poker tournament next time.
Tip 2- Start Small
This tip actually ties into the caveat emptor of Tip 1. New players who want to learn how to win online poker tournaments should start small, preferably in a realm where no real money is actually at risk. There are literally hundreds of game rooms to play online poker with fake money so why risk real money on a learning experience? Go waste a few million in fake money learning how to read peoples tells and control your own emotions as you play. It will make you a better player when the stakes are higher down the road.
Tip 3- Baby Steps
Okay, now we are rolling. We stuck it out as we lost our first ten million in fake money and smiled the whole time as we raked it back in ten fold in the fake money online poker tournament. Now we want to whet our teeth on something a little more risky. Start out with little steps and play the low risk games for as little as a few cents per hand. That way, if you let your new found skills go to your head, you won’t lose your shirt. Take it slow and work your way up to winning online poker tournaments for bigger money.
Tip 4- Practice, Learn, Practice
Read up on your game. Find articles discussing strategies, systems and tips on how to win online poker tournaments. Put those tips into practice and learn what works for you. Then modify them to your personal needs and practice some more. When you consistently win in small tournaments, then you are ready to move up to the bigger tables. When you do, keep learning. The game of online poker is in a constant state of evolution as new players enter the game and bring their own strategies and systems, as well as individual quirks and tells. Pay attention to what is going on around you and modify your style to keep up with the changes.
Tip 5- Repeat
Yes, you have made it this far because you were willing to take the time to learn how to win online poker tournaments. If you notice that your skills are starting to backslide, don’t fret over it. Everyone has a cold spell once in a while. Just go back to the first tip and don’t give up.
You can learn how to win online poker tournaments by applying yourself and recognizing the trends that exist in the game and its players. By doing so you can improve your ability to play the game and insure your future winning streaks.
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January 5th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
The Indian publication Tech2 estimates that the Internet gambling market in that country could be worth up to $5 billion in revenues as the market and Internet penetration grows.
Pointing out that gambling has always been a part of Indian culture dating back to 1500 BC, Tech2 reports that today cards, dice and the board have been replaced by PCs and the internet, with more than 2,000 small poker tournaments a week reportedly taking place – mainly in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad.
India now has 81 million Internet users of which nearly 75% are from the four main cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. Men within the age group 18-35 still constitute 76% of all users, and 52% of all users are active ecommerce participants who spent an average of $2,100 for online transactions in 2009.
Tech2 explains its arithmetic, basing its assumptions on Internet gambler target demographics of:
Age 18-35-(76% of all users), Male (86% of all users), Active Ecommerce User (Spending $2,500 a year), Bachelor Degree (90% of all users)
This equates to 4+ million potential users and, it is assumed that they will deposit an average of $250 a year, generating a potential market size of $1 billion.
The publication reports that India’s illegal betting market, which currently wagers on International sports books and other casino sites is more than likely to generate at least 10% (i.e. $4 Billion) with local operators when online gambling is regulated. The first official licensing will be in the province of Sikkim.
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January 5th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
Super Slots Casino Back before there were the technologically advanced online casino slot games of today, there was a simpler time in gambling. The Coral Reef slot game at Super Slots Casino brings players back to that simpler time.
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The game can be played at denominations ranging from $.10 all the way up to $10. The game can be played on four levels, meaning that a $10 wager on the top level would cost a player $40 a spin.
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With the progression of technology, many of today’s online casinos have slot games that play as video games would. The graphics and the intensity of the game has improved over the course of the last decade.
Coral Reef provides players with a safe haven, somewhere to go when the advanced games become just too much after a long days work. That is why the game has become one of the more popular attractions at Super Slots.
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December 31st, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
Cherry Red Casino Even though the holidays have come and gone, that does not mean that the Christmas spirit still does not live at online casinos. Santa Strikes Back has remained one of the most popular slot games at Cherry Red Casino.
The slot takes a twisted look into the holidays. Angry Santa’s are the theme of this game, and one of the symbols even has Santa swinging around a knife. The elves are also a sight to see, whether on a cold ice block, or standing next to a reindeer.
The object of this game, much like with any slot, is to gather as many like symbols on the pay lines as possible. Santa Strikes Back has twenty-five pay lines, and can be played for a maximum of $5 a line.
The symbols involved in the game are also similar to those found on other Real Time Gaming slots. There are nines, tens, jacks, queens, kings, and aces, and since no Santa game is complete without the misses,Mrs. Claus reading is another symbol.
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December 31st, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
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December 26th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
The government bans that shut down thousands of casinos and gambling parlours in Russia earlier this year spawned an exodus to the Internet, but also to lands both more climate and state-friendly, like Latin America. This week the news magazine Time examined the phenomenon, reporting that some Russian casino owners are content to stay in the motherland and relocate to four geographically remote regions to re-start their businesses, but that others have sought pastures that may be greener and friendlier.
Bolivia is one country in the region where the Russian presence is being felt. Time quotes Marco Antonio Cardenas, the director of the National Lottery of Bolivia, which also regulates casino gambling. In the last year, he says, gambling operations in Bolivia have nearly doubled – there are now more than 80 casinos and about 10,000 gambling machines in this country of 9 million people.
Cardenas attributes the rise to foreign investors taking advantage of Bolivia’s loose regulations. Once a gambling company is granted a license to operate, there are no limits on the number of sites it can open in Bolivia.
One of the operators in Bolivia is the Moscow-based Ritzio International, the largest casino operator in Eastern Europe. Ritzio does $1.2 billion in business annually at its 1,000 venues worldwide. The Russian giant is the majority shareholder in Lotex S.A., whose 15 purple and orange Bingo Bahiti clubs have become a fixture in Bolivia’s major cities over the past two years. Inside the venues, large Bingo rooms are the main attraction, although there are also hundreds of blinking slot machines and other automated games that accept dollars or bolivianos.
Ritzio says its international expansion is not a consequence of the Russian government’s tough restrictions. “The law has intensified the process of our internationalization, but not radically,” a Ritzio spokesman told the newspaper, explaining that when Russia announced the ban the company already had assets in eight countries. Today, that number has doubled and includes Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.
There are other opinions, among them that of Samuel Binder, deputy executive director at the Russian Association for Gaming Business Development, who told the Reuters news agency: “It’s preposterous to think these (gaming zones in remote locations proposed by the Russian legislation) could be up and running soon. Even those who have investments for gaming have realized they’d rather take their money elsewhere in the ex-Soviet Union or to Latin America.”
Mexico and Colombia have also seen the opening of new Russian-owned mega-casinos this year; Chile’s gambling sector is rapidly expanding despite the economic downturn; and Lima, Peru is now known on the South American travelers’ circuit as a sweet spot for gambling. Argentina’s casino business, the largest on the continent, brings in between $4 and $5 billion a year, the Time reports reveals.
Bolivia only allows “soft” gambling – no dealers and no wheels, only machines programmed to give a win at least 80% of the time. Despite this enforcement officials are less than enthusiastic about continued expansion. “It’s a dangerous topic,” says Santa Cruz District Attorney Hector Cornejo, who’s part of a special unit on corruption and gambling-related crime.
He and others “in the know” – journalists, investigators, public officials – speak in hushed tones about a growing Russian mafia. Cornejo alludes to casinos being the gateway to an underworld of money laundering, drug trafficking and recent spikes in crime in Bolivia’s wealthy city of Santa Cruz, though he offers no specifics. Even Cardenas, who is wary of condemning the sector he runs, has this admission: “Gambling, drugs, prostitution and arms – they go together.”
Time says that Cardenas and other enforcement officials like him are less concerned about major, legal operators than the smaller and more quickly developing sector of operators. The Corhat group is one such entity, comprised of 67 gambling venues in which the group legal adviser claims there is no Russian involvement.
Cardenas and Cornejo insist that Russian interests are involved in Corhat, and a gatekeeper at one of Corhat’s operations seems to reinforce their doubts, telling Time: “The Bolivian manager is just a front. There are three Russian guys who are the ones running the show.”
Bolivia is not likely to limit gambling operations, however; its newly approved constitution allows for the maintenance of the industry.
“Indeed, gambling looks set to be a growth industry in the region,” concludes Time. “Even Latin America’s economic powerhouse, Brazil, is currently considering lifting its longstanding prohibition on casinos.”
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December 26th, 2009 / No Comments » / by admin
MGM Mirage With only one day left until Christmas, MGM Mirage received good news on Wednesday regarding their stock price in the US. The stock climbed 5.91%, closing at $9.67 heading to Christmas Eve.
MGM has rebounded nicely from a dip in stock price back in the early part of the year. At one point, MGM stock had dropped as low as $1.89 a share. That was in March. Since then, the stock has climbed as high as $13.51, but has settled Wednesday just under $10 a share.
Other gaming companies also experienced a strong trading day leading into the holidays. Century Casinos was up almost nine percent, finishing the day at $2.67 a share. Monarch Casino & Resort was up 3.38%, at $7.95.
On the other end of the spectrum was the bad news for US casino operators. Melco Crown Entertainment stock fell to $3.40 a share. It was a drop of $.11, or 3.13%. Pinnacle Entertainment fell just over one percent, to $9.12.
Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands were two gaming companies that had initial public offerings in Asia in the second half of the year. Their US stock prices closed Wednesday at $59.98 and $15.60, respectively.
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