Katrina’s Toll: Wil Wheaton Pleads For Your Help
READ MORE: Hurricane Katrina, Poker, Wil Wheaton
Seriously. No jokes here. If you want to combine your transcendant love of gambling with your just-more-than-lukewarm love of the human race, Wil Wheaton wants you. Um, wants you to play poker for hurricane relief. PokerStars’ Lee Jones, by way…...[MORE]
Remainders: The All-International Edition
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· UIC CEO Lim Hock San to chair the Singapore National Council on Problem Gambling. Is it wise to put a guy whose middle name is a synonym for pawning all your shit in charge of problem gamblers? [Channel News…...[MORE]
Deconstructing the UK Gambling Boom
READ MORE: Pools, UK Gambling
The UK’s gambling addiction has swelled nearly six-fold in the past three years, jumping from £7.6bn waged annually to £40bn. Once the domain of shifty fellers with the form guide stuffed in their overcoats heading into a smoky bookmakers’, gambling…...[MORE]
The Legend of Pittsburgh Phil
READ MORE: Daily Racing Form, Frank Deford, Horseys
Creepy looking Grandpa Munster-like journalist Frank Deford waxes poetic about legendary gambler George E. Smith—or “Pittsburgh Phil” as he was known by his contemporaries— and the 100th anniversary of the Daily Racing Form: The tendency of most gamblers — at…...[MORE]
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Chopping Lines: Attack of the Devil Dogs
READ MORE: A.J. Benza, Boston Red Sox, Chopping Lines, MLB Betting, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (55-78, C. Fossum) at Boston Red Sox (76-54, T. Wakefield) Best Line: BOS -200, TB +195 I always have a hard time distinguishing between Tim Wakefield who leads the Red Sox in wins with…...[MORE]
Just in Time for Footbal Season: Reduced Juice
READ MORE: Juice, NFL Betting, Pinnacle Sports, Side Bets
PinnacleSports is making things very lucrative for football bettors this year, reducing all sides to -104 instead of -110: Instead of paying $110 to win $100 on the Patriots versus the Raiders in the NFL season opener, customers only have…...[MORE]
Gambling 911 Staff Gets, Um, More Well-Rounded
READ MORE: Gambling 911, Lisa Perry, NFL Football
Who says hot girls don’t know anything about football? Ugly dudes, that’s who. And Gambling 911 unveils its own version of Peter King in former Indianapolis Colts cheerleader Lisa Perry. We hope you just didn’t accidentally get a mental image…...[MORE]
Chopping Lines: Indians Will Treat Tigers Like They Stole Their Land
READ MORE: A.J. Benza, Chopping Lines, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, MLB Betting
7:05 p.m. Detroit Tigers (62-67, N. Robertson) at Cleveland Indians (74-58, C. Lee) Best Line: CLE -154, DET +149 It’s funny you say “breaking balls,” because I was just thinking how Cliff Lee’s breaking ball will have Tigers’ batters unable…...[MORE]
Best NCAA Football Betting Pick So Far
READ MORE: NCAA Football Betting, Sedge Court Journal
Via the cranky cappers at Sedge Court Journal: Temple (+31) at Arizona State. I am rolling with the Owl’s on this one. 31 points is a lot to give against a suspect and cocky Arizona State. I say who gives…...[MORE]
Bo-Diddy?
READ MORE: Bodog, Diddy, VMA Awards
Most inexplicable quote from Bodog owner Calvin Ayre about Bodog’s MTV Video Music Awards’ Miami weekend: “This is a milestone moment for us, particularly our collaboration with Diddy. It’s rare to find two industry leaders with so much in common…...[MORE]
Betfair Wants to be Racing Industry’s Sugar Daddy
READ MORE: Australian Gambling Industry, BetFair, Horse Racing
Betfair has said it will deliver “tens of millions of dollars” to the racing industry and significant jobs, as well as “tens of million of dollars worth of investment”, if it is licensed in Tasmania. Betfair, which will have a…...[MORE]
More Katrina Fallout…
READ MORE: Hurricane Katrina, NCAA Football
Three college games have been cancelled this upcoming weekend as teams in the Gulf Coast region try to collect themselves and fish their floating blocking sleds out of the water in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. That means bettors with…...[MORE]
Fantasy Football: It’s an Absolute Nerdfest at Yahoo Sports
READ MORE: Brandon Funston, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports
Come September, all of these types of stories will be gone. Hopefully. However, right now, until every fantasy sports reporter goes through their 897th draft, we’ll have to read about their scintilating draft strategy. And today’s is a doozy. Yahoo…...[MORE]
Katrina’s Toll: Why Did The Riverboat Casino Cross The Road?
READ MORE: Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Casinos
One of the lasting images we’ll have from the aftermath of Katrina is seeing the Grand Casino well off her moorings, sitting askew a couple hundred yards from where she should be. Maybe we’re not seafarin’ folk, but aren’t boats…...[MORE]
When Two Geek Worlds Collide…
READ MORE: Poker, Poker Geeks, Poker Padz
Poker Padz [Poker Padz(via Love and Casino War)]…...[MORE]
Chopping Lines: Make Your Own Wood Joke
READ MORE: Chopping Lines, Kansas City Royals, MLB Betting, Minnesota Twins
2:10 p.m. Minnesota Twins (70-62, K. Lohse) at Kansas City Royals (42-88, M. Wood) Best Line: KC ROYALS +153, MINN -156 We love Mike Wood. Even though he got dinged by the Yankees his last time out—before pitching 5 inning…...[MORE]
The New Face of BetUs.com
READ MORE: BetUS, Jesse Ventura, Online Gambling
“I feel strongly that people should be able to choose how they spend their entertainment dollars,” said Governor Ventura, “It’s none of the government’s business.” Jesse Ventura Named New BetUs.com Spokesperson [PRIMEZONE] BetUs [BetUs]…...[MORE]
Katrina’s Toll: Casino Profits
READ MORE: Casinos, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi
Beverly Martin, executive director of the Mississippi Casino Operators Association, said many casinos did not carry business interruption insurance. For every day they are closed, the state loses $400,000 to $500,000 in tax revenue. And, of course, the casinos lose…...[MORE]
Chopping Lines: El Duque Will Stop the Hit Parade
READ MORE: Chicago White Sox, Chopping Lines, MLB Betting, Texas Rangers
2:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (80-50, O. Hernandez) at Texas Rangers (63-69, K.Loe) Best Line: TEX +100, CHISOX +100 So, these lines are kind of all over the place. Obviously some of the books think that Texas’ hot hitting at…...[MORE]
What Happens in Vegas…Can’t Happen During the NBA Offseason
READ MORE: Basketball, Las Vegas, Minnesota Timberwolves
According to ESPN. com, NBA front-office sources said the league has fined the Timberwolves $200,000 for holding a two-day minicamp in Las Vegas during the offseason. The voluntary minicamp was suggested by new coach Dwane Casey as a way for…...[MORE]
Useful or Useless? NFL Gambling Stats
READ MORE: NFL Betting, Online Sportsbooks
Every year about this time the online sportsbooks ratchet up the intensity, sending us a little something every day to try and convince us to take our action somewhere else. We especially look forward to the magazines, as they’re chock…...[MORE]
Football Pools: Beat Up on the Wall Streeters
READ MORE: Football Pools, NFL Betting, Trader Daily
One thing that’s even more fun than winning money from people is winning money from people who have a much bigger salary than you do. If anybody else has subtle, checking account envy of some of those white collar…...[MORE]
Vegas Poker - Look Beyond The Bellagio
READ MORE: Las Vegas, Poker, Poker Rooms
Flipchippro at Las Vegas Vegas writes today about one of the “hidden gems” in Las Vegas, the Tuscany Suites and Casino’s poker room: “The room currently has 5 tables that will be increasing to eight tables in the very near…...[MORE]
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