Bookmakers are almost as old as mankind. If there was a contest on somewhere, there would always be someone willing to have a bet on the result. Over the years, bookmaking has become more organized and far more skilled. The arrival of computers brought a new challenge. Smart computer users who were not even professional [...]
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Cambridge Favoured To Take Out The Boat Race
One of the longest standing events in Britain is the Boat Race – the annual rowing race between Cambridge and Oxford universities. The event is 180 years old and still going strong with Cambridge leading the two 80 races to Oxford’s 75 wins. Although there have been a number of years (particularly the war years) [...]
What’s Your Favourite Online Poker Game?
We often talk about online poker and in most cases, we are referring to the Texas Hold’em version of the game. Of course, there are many other forms of poker played, and many of them have a huge following. I noticed one specialist poker site had as many as 28 different types of poker. [...]
How Many Hands Of Blackjack Can You Play At Once?
Blackjack is one of the oldest card games played in casinos. These days, it is still popular and is widely played in online casinos. Players sit at tables where up to five players can play and just like the traditional casino game, play rotates from the dealers left to the right with the dealer playing [...]
How To Find A Good Online Casino
There are hundreds of online casinos floating around now. Some are extremely good and extremely safe while others sit at the other end of the scale being both unsafe and not terribly good. Of course, there are a lot that sit somewhere in the middle as well. So how do you go about finding the [...]
Arsenal Ease Following Champions League Draw
Arsenal have drawn the short straw again this season following the draw for the quarter finals of this season’s Champions League. For the second consecutive year they have drawn tournament favourites Barcelona and again the first game will be at home. Last year they battled well for 2-2 draw at the Emirates before being crushed [...]
Online Games – Virtual Sports A Big Hit
Love your sport? Then you’ll love some of the latest online games to hit the marketplace. Online games have been a big hit for years with players enjoying games such as Deal or no Deal, Monopoly and the age old Bingo. Technology is such now that virtual sports run seamlessly providing players with a [...]
Cricket Betting Facing New Spot-Fixing Claims
International cricket, particularly any matches involving Pakistan, seems to roll from one cricket betting scandal to the next. It would seem incredulous following the storm in recent weeks over spot-fixing that Pakistan would again be involved. The International Cricket Council certainly has some concerns.
The third One Day International played on Friday is now being investigated [...]
What Makes Online Bingo So Popular
Why is online bingo so popular these days? In the past, ‘housie’, bingo, whatever name you wish to use, was very popular, but only amongst single mums and pensioners. They would gather once or twice a week in a local hall and spend the afternoon playing. Why was it popular then? It was cheap, it [...]
Do Online Casinos Offer Better Value?
Online casinos are a favourite with many gamblers, mainly because of their convenience. You can log in at any time, play for five or ten minutes then log out and continue with your day. Some question whether or not you get good value with online casinos considering the range of options available through offline casinos.
In [...]