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31December2005Saturday

Sports Betting on Satellite Radio

READ MORE: Sports Handicapper

Fulfilling its promise, satellite radio takes on another subject matter that the FTC would not allow on radio frequencies – how about a gambling show on satellite radio? Following Howard Stern to the skies is Jim Feist, a guy......[MORE]

30December2005Friday

Sun, Peach, Independence... More College Bowl Games

READ MORE: College Football Betting

College bowl games continue.Tigers try to stop Hurricanes in Peach Bowl LSU will get another crack at a top 10-ranked team as the 10th-ranked Tigers will face ninth-ranked Miami-Florida Hurricanes in the 38th annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at the Georgia......[MORE]

NFL Football Week 17 Picks & Playoff Scenario

READ MORE: NCAA Football Betting

Regular season is almost over, what an NFL football year it has been. The Terrell Ownes saga reared its ugly head, Carolina Panthers cheerleaders go berserk in a bathroom at a Tampa bar, Minnesota Vikings sex cruise, Ricky Williams back......[MORE]

Who's Lurking in Vegas 'til 2006?

READ MORE: Las Vegas

Blame it on superstition that you just want to be surrounded by happy, beautiful people when the year turns. There's no shame in that, or owning a feather boa. After all, New Year's Eve is one occasion that calls for......[MORE]

30December2005Friday

Year in Sports: Top Stories of 2005

READ MORE: Sports Betting

Okay, so here we are, on the brink of kicking the old fart we call 2005 in the ass and ushering in the new and fresh aura of 2006. But before we do just that, let's take a look at......[MORE]

29December2005Thursday

Heat at Pistons - this is not the Finals!

READ MORE: Detroit Pistons

Crazy buzz around this game between a surging Miami Heat and a rock solid Detroit Pistons. Game starts in an 15 minutes - still enough time to read up and get a bet on the game. JJ Black called the......[MORE]

BCS Round-up, Emerald Bowl & Holiday Bowl

READ MORE: College Football Betting

Holiday Bowl: Oregon Ducks vs Oklahoma Sooners For the first time in their illustrious history, the Oklahoma Sooners are going to play in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl in San Diego. OU will collide with the Oregon Ducks, a team......[MORE]

Vince Young to Avenge Heisman in Rose Bowl

READ MORE: College Football Betting

Vince Young hates losing. His Texas Longhorns team went undefeated this season. They are the defending Rose Bowl champions and current Big 12 titlists. But Young suffered his very first lost of the season when all-purpose runner Reggie Bush beat......[MORE]

Just Don't Piss Him Off

READ MORE: College Basketball Betting

Basketball has it's share of very colorful coaches who all has his or her persona on and off the court.The Los Angeles Lakers, for example, has Phil Jackson, who is known for his calm and collected behavior in every basketball......[MORE]

End on an era for Manchester United?

READ MORE: Manchester

Manchester United's unexpected exit in the Champions League confirmed what many football pundits have suspected for some time - Manchester United's era of success is finally over, including Sir Alex Ferguson's job at Old Trafford. Since American tycoon Malcolm Glazer......[MORE]

28December2005Wednesday

Is it a Sin to Win a Million Dollars?

READ MORE: Online Casinos

Sure it ain't like Vegas where you'll have to dig into your pocket to let the good times roll, CASH ONLY and get this, ZERO BONUS. Although you get a free cocktail but better tip that waitress! As little as......[MORE]

For Love and/or Money

READ MORE: Celebrities

I (still nameless pending OJ's official relaunch) took a three-day respite from blogging, only to be welcomed back by news that the poker-showbusiness marriage has just got past its honeymoon period. Certainly, it isn't the most Christmasy of reports for......[MORE]

Heat will Get Their Asses Kicked by Deeetroooit Baaaskeeetbaaall

READ MORE: NBA Betting

Oh yeah, it doesn't get any better than this baby, the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat will finally face each other again since Detroit eliminated Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals last year.Miami was not short of excuses from......[MORE]

NCAA Hoops' One Tree Hill

READ MORE: NCAA Basketball Betting

Heh-heh... Okay, for all ya'll not familiar with the soap opera (yes, i said soap opera and I'm not ashamed to say I do watch this soap) One Tree Hill, it's all about two brothers who have different biological mothers......[MORE]

No, We're Not Ready for Kevin Federline!

READ MORE: Celebrities

Did you know that Gone With The Wind nearly lost it's most powerful line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn..."? But Jack Warner was a visionary. Because he allowed it in the final cut. And because he could......[MORE]

MLB All-Star turned jewelry robber

READ MORE: Major League Baseball

MLB PITCHER BLAMES MEDICATION FOR ROBBERY ATTEMPT An ex-pitcher for both the New York Mets and Yankees is in police custody after being charged with armed robbery after he allegedly stole cash from a Florida jewelry shop. Police reports say......[MORE]

27December2005Tuesday

NFL playoff picture now becomes clearer

READ MORE: NFL Football Betting

So it's set in the AFC and NFC. The Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos drew first round byes in the AFC while the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears are the top seeds with the conference running through Seattle in......[MORE]

It's the BCS, stupid!

READ MORE: College Football Betting

The surest bet of college football's annual overload of wild and woolly bowl action is simple, Southern California will not capture a third consecutive national championship, no matter what everyone keeps saying. It's the BCS, stupid! [Dan Wetzel, Yahoo.Sports] Rutgers......[MORE]

Paris Hilton Is Hot in 2005!

READ MORE: Paris Hilton

"I'm like an American Princess!" [MSNBC]Paris Hilton quips in one of her media interviews. Whether it's wisecrack or witty social commentary she is, indeed, the closest to a tabloid-tracked royalty this town will ever have. Unfortunately, it doesn't get any......[MORE]

ABC Folds Monday Night Football, ESPN to the Rescue

READ MORE: Monday Night Football

The party's over for the most successful prime-time sports show in the history of network television. ABC turned out the lights on Monday Night Football. Next season, Monday Night Football moves to cable on ESPN. Only 60 Minutes lasted longer......[MORE]

26December2005Monday

Santa Anita Park's winter meet starts

READ MORE: Horse Racing

Santa Anita Park's winter meet signals the start of 2005's juvenile horses starting their three year old campaigns in a week's time! Santa Anita, together with Gulfstream Park, provides top notch thoroughbred horse racing action in the winter. Santa Anita......[MORE]

Online Poker Players Play Naked?

READ MORE: Online Poker

Paddy Power's forthcoming PaddyPowerPoker's report “Poker 2006: The State of Play” reveals that: • Over 50% of all poker players have played the game naked or in their underwear. • More than 10% have injured themselves playing poker. •......[MORE]

25December2005Sunday

Changes for Oddjack in 2006

READ MORE: Oddjack Announcements

Christmas Day is winding down, can't help but entertain some thoughts for the incoming new year - what's in store for Oddjack in 2006? Here's a short list that belong to the MUST, WILL HAPPEN, DONE ALREADY category. dump......[MORE]

Christmas Day Poker Tournaments

READ MORE: Online Poker

Merry Christmas y'all! What to do on Christmas day? What else but fire up that computer and make lots of moolah playing poker online. Here's a rundown of some online poker tournaments scgeduled for today - Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005.......[MORE]

23December2005Friday

Ho ho ho! It's a Gambling Christmas

READ MORE: Gambling

To many people, the holiday season culminates in waking up on Christmas morning and th entire family opening presents. After sifting through gifts good and the disappointments set in, there's often a sense of "What do we do next?". Thank......[MORE]

Week 16 NFL Football Action

READ MORE: NFL Football Betting

Meltdown in Indianapolis Condolences to Tony Dungy and family on the death of James Dungy [Indianapolis Star]. The COLTS are visiting the Seattle Seahawks as 10-pt underdogs (opened at 7.5). Colts fans are worried, just when things looked so promising......[MORE]

Golden Globe Betting: Will Heath Ledger Be The (Gay) Man?

READ MORE: Golden Globe

There's a huge Oscar buzz for this new gay movie, Brokeback Mountain. One thing this movie does is push the limit, what with the two main characters being buffalo-riding cowboys from the heartland. Thirty years ago even the über sexy......[MORE]

22December2005Thursday

Men Indulge in Soap Opera

READ MORE: Entertainment, Wrestling

For all ya'll red-blooded wrestling fans, ya'll very well know by now that Vincent K. McMahon, owner and chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) bought his competition by purchasing both the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and, more importantly, the World......[MORE]

21December2005Wednesday

Oops! A Britney Spears Sex Tape?

READ MORE: Britney Spears, Celebrity Betting, Sex Tape

A new sex tape (rumor has it) is on the verge of surfacing this time involving Yahoo's top search item in 2005 - "pop sweetheart - gone - wild - newly - minted - MILF" and her couch-hogging (reportedly) spouse.......[MORE]

V for Vegas (and Other Vulgarities)

READ MORE: Casinos, Hotels, Las Vegas

Pardon the Alan Moore allusion but something tells me I'm about to don a mask and and put on a show. I mean this literally: I'm being told I might be off to Vegas next year. Not only does......[MORE]

Bodog and Celebrity Babies

READ MORE: Bodog, Bodog Nation, Celebrity Betting, Tom Cruise

Cole Turner, awwww godammit I bit my tongue! I mean, Calvin Ayre...yes, that gorgeous hulk of a bookie... doesn't he and Bodog just have a thing for celeb babies? He and his Bodog oddsmaker gang are the trend-setter in celebrity......[MORE]

Phil Jackson: A Coach In Search for a Win

READ MORE: Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Betting, NBA Futures, Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson is an idiot.After winning six NBA Championships with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and the rest of the Chicago Bulls, after winning three more with Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers, after saying......[MORE]

Johnny Damon: Modern Day Judas?

READ MORE: Boston Red Sox, Johnny Damon, MLB, MLB Betting, New York Yankees

Boston Herald called him a "soon to be wearing pinstripes idiot". Now, ex-Boston Red Sox hero Johnny Damon will be Boston's most-hated man and Fenway Park's "Modern-day Judas" after he and the New York Yankees have reached a preliminary agreement......[MORE]

20December2005Tuesday

Las Vegas Gaming in Gulfstream Park - Slots are coming

READ MORE: Gulfstream Park, Indian Casino, Racinos, Slot Machines

South Florida is not exactly lacking in gambling options but allowing Las Vegas style slot machines is such a touchy subject that it was put to the ballot in the last national elections. Pari-mutuel horse betting is available year round,......[MORE]

18December2005Sunday

Who's Watching the Watchdogs?

READ MORE: Advertising, Gambling Ads, Gambling Problems, Watchdog Sites

The business of watchdog web sites is a common practice in the online gambling industry. Put up a site, pretend to be independent minded, tout some, downgrade some, issue warnings. However, the same web sites accept advertisements from the companies......[MORE]

No Perfect NFL Season for Peyton and Colts

READ MORE: Indianapolis Colts, NFL Football Betting, Peyton Manning, San Diego Chargers

Colts nation relax, there's still the Super Bowl. Indianapolis Colts were 7.5 home favorites versus San Diego Chargers. On the line for the Peyton Manning and the Colts was their bid for a perfect season. The visiting Chargers were desperate......[MORE]

 2December2005Friday

Oddjack '05

READ MORE: Oddjack, Yearbook Post

Nickname: "Franchise Killer" Favorite food: Liverwurst, whitefish salad Favorite band: Pearl Jam Favorite quote: "Am I woman enough to be your man?" Extracurricular Activities: Key Club, JV football, Jazz Band, Cross Country Thank you Mom, Dad, sis Col, b-in-law......[MORE]

Oddjack...One Last Encore With the Lights On

READ MORE: Announcements, Farewell, Oddjack

So, this is a legitimate farewell. I'd like to take this opportunity to let those with gambling problems and shoddy credit that there are plenty of other places out there to get your daily fixins of picks and lines and......[MORE]

 1December2005Thursday

Celebrity Betting: Capture the Nick Lachey Vapor

READ MORE: Celebrity Betting, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Running of the Nudes

There's an old saying about shitting where you eat that comes to mind when examining this whole Nick Lachey/Jessica Simpson collapse. We have to think that ape-faced Nick wil come to his senses about his bubble-headed wifey being the only......[MORE]

G'Morning. It's Thursday.

READ MORE: BG, Gambling Blues, Oddjack, Thursday

G'morning. It's Thursday. Apologies for the late posting, but we'd like to point out that our West Coast readership is just getting up right now. And happy casual Friday to our readers in Vladivostok, Russia. As this is our last......[MORE]

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