Aug 05, 2007
Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez have both been surrounded with controversy and criticism for most of this season, but when they awake on Sunday morning, they will both be one step closer to baseball immortality.
Rodriguez hit his 500th home run of his career on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in the Yanks blowout win over the Royals.
Aug 05, 2007
On Friday, 8-3-07, Congressman Adam B. Schiff [CA-29] joined a growing list of co-sponsors to Rep. Barney Frank's Bill H.R. 2046, meant to repeal the UIGEA by legalizing and regulating Internet gambling, bringing the total number of co-sponsors of the IGREA Bill to 35.
Congressmen have been hearing from constit
Aug 04, 2007
The NFL is getting ready for a spectacular weekend leading up to the enshrinement of their latest inductees, and while all spirits will be high, it once again shows why baseball carries the highest standards when related to the hall of fame.
The NFL has done a far superior job compared to Major League Baseball over the past ten to fifteen years in almost every aspect of business.
Aug 04, 2007
The Seminole Indian tribe is getting close to their ultimate goal when they began their venture into casino gambling in the state of Florida, full casino gambling.
The date set is August 22nd, which is just 18 days away. That is the deadline date for Florida governor Charlie Crist to make a deal with the Seminole Indian tribe to allow class three gambling at their casinos.
Aug 04, 2007
Preseason polls have always been a staple in the college football world, but after the release of the coach's poll for 2007, it is apparent that anyone following college athletics could come up with a preseason poll.
USC is the number one team in the poll, followed by LSU, Florida, Texas, and Michigan.
Wow, must have really took some deep thought to come up with those teams. USC is in the middle of a dynasty and as long as they are, they will be the preseason #1.
Aug 03, 2007
In a letter to the United States Congress, meant to counter-act the lobbying Casino Gambling has done on behalf of the American people, Focus on the Family and other religious groups attacked the Internet gambling community, claiming all online casino operators are money launderers and/or terrorists, and/or supporters of terrorism.
"Internet gambling...
Aug 03, 2007
According to some studies more than 80% of United States online searches are made through Google. Using those numbers it would be fair to say that 80% of online gamblers find the casinos, poker rooms, and sportsbooks they play at through Google.
Considering that Google filters out all sites that use spyware, sp
Aug 02, 2007
Poker has been around for years and years, and for as long as I can remember, the thought was that it was the game itself that draws players worldwide to the tables.
After doing some investigation into this matter, I have changed my opinion. I have come to realize that the bad beat, above all else, is what keeps players coming back for more.
Aug 02, 2007
Grand Prive Group is thrilled to announce its most ambitious promotion to date.
From the group that brought players the wildly successful $66,000 Points Challenge and the infinitely popular Wheel of Fortune, comes another thrilling and thoroughly ambitious promotion - "The Prestige Adventure Challenge".
Aug 02, 2007
All Jackpots Casino, a proud member of the Jackpot Factory Group and one of the world's biggest online jackpot casinos, announced today the launch of Sensational Slots, an exciting promotion built around the casino's unique Multi-Player Viper software, which launched two months ago. Slots tournaments are running daily and there is up to $112,000 in prizes at stake, casino management confirmed.
Aug 01, 2007
Harrah's, owner of the
World Series of Poker , has just released the new schedule for the 2007-2008 season. The WSOP Circuit Tour has increased the amount of tournamenets from last year to 12.
The '07-'08 Circuit begins August 29, 2007, at Grand Casino Tunica and includes stops at Harrah's casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans, Indiana, Iowa and California.
Aug 01, 2007
Many baseball fans around the World were anticipating the usual moves at this years trade deadline, let's see, all the small market teams would give up their best players for young unproven talent, the young players would eventually become star players and be traded off for more young talent.
The big market teams would dabble some highly touted prospects in the face of the small market teams and come away with the likes of say, oh, i don't know, future hall of famers.
Aug 01, 2007
Mobile casino downloads have increased around the world since the introduction of mobile casino software years ago. The casinos started as very buggy programs that failed to keep their connection for more than a few minutes and downloads took longer than customer patience allowed. But now that mobile users are using sophisticated devices they can now handle upgraded casino interfaces along with uninterrupted game playing technology.
Aug 01, 2007
Yahoo entered the online gambling market with the introduction of their Yahoo poker portal and the industry got a taste of things to come. In July AOL announced they were entering the online gambling market as they teamed up with Jaxx UK Ltd., a sports betting subsidiary of FLUXX, a German sports betting company. With that partnership the future of the online gambling industry became clear.
Jul 31, 2007
We here at Casino Gambling took the time to dissect the AFC divisional odds, and now its time to move on to the NFC. The usual suspects are favored to win the division, but rest assured, there will be a team that comes out of nowhere to be crowned division champs.
Let's begin in the NFC East, where the favorite to win the division is the Donovan McNabb led Philadelphia Eagles, at +175. Unless T.O.
Jul 30, 2007
On Monday morning, US Casino Industry investors may be shocked to learn that Macau, touted as the new gambling capital of the world, saw a 17% decrease in Chinese visitors last month due to tighter border policy restrictions by the Chinese government. According to reports, the neighboring province of Guangdong brought in heavier Visa restrictions in late May.
Jul 30, 2007
An aerial shot of a high school football field in a rural town in New England on Saturday may have appeared to some to have been a photo of some sort of music festival. Large tents bulged at the seems with people who could not come close to fitting underneath. Lawn chairs filled the lawn and excitement was in the air. But this was no Lollapalooza, this was a town meeting before a vote on a new resort casino in the town south of Boston.
Jul 30, 2007
At 9am this morning, July 30, 2007, Neteller began to allow United States customers to enter their account and withdraw the full amount of funds that have been frozen in their account since the middle of January.
American users have the option to withdraw their money via a check or via electronic transfer. The
Jul 27, 2007
On July 26, three more congressman signed on to co-sponsor Rep. Barney Frank's H.R. 2046 (Internet Gambling and Enforcement Regulation Act) to bring the total number of co-sponsors to thirty-four.
Reps. Joe Baca [CA-43], Lynn C. Woolsey [CA-6], and Neil Abercrombie [HI-1], have joined a growing list of congressional representatives that are in full support of regulating Internet Gambling in the United States.
Jul 27, 2007
Neteller has finally announced plans for when American members will be able to withdraw funds from their account. The funds have been stalled since the beginning of the case brought against them by the US State Attorney's Office in February of this year.
United States members of Neteller will be able to enter their account on July 30th and will be able to request a withdrawal of all remaining funds in their account at that time.
Jul 26, 2007
Europe's premier poker publication Bluff Europe
(http://www.bluffeurope.com/) has joined forces with Borders to have the magazine distributed in its stores.
Retailing at £2.99, Bluff Europe is now available to buy on newsstands at Borders book stores across the UK.
A spokesman for Borders said: "Bluff Europe is an established European poker magazine and we were keen to get the most widely-read poker publication in Europe into our stores.
Jul 25, 2007
Top casino industry conglomerate Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE: LVS) said today it expects higher than average sales at their new Venetian Casino facility in Macau, China - expected to open sometime in early Fall.
Occupancy is predicted to reach close to 100% approximately one month into business, said company President William Weidner.
Jul 25, 2007
The San Francisco Giants had visions of Barry Bonds breaking the all time home run record in their home park, that is the only logical explanation to why they brought back a player who offers as little as Bonds does these days.
This season, Bonds has been a shell of his former self, going through two of the worst slumps of his career. His defense is a liability, and his overall value to the Giants comes down only to his chase of the home run record.
Jul 24, 2007
Gus Hansen is a professional poker and backgammon player, widely
regarded as the best dual discipline player in the world and winner of the 2007 Aussie Millions poker and 4-time WPT title winner. John Clark, an experienced backgammon and poker commentator, is an acclaimed backgammon player who has been ranked UK #1 for much of the past decade. Jessie Cantrell is the well known anchor of the Black20 News, the popular broadband entertainment network.
Jul 24, 2007
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied again today, or rather, was dogmatic in his speaking, when asked by Senator Jon Kyl from Arizona what his position and views are on Internet gambling.
Alberto Gonzalez said that he agrees with Kyl's views on the issue and that there is money laundering going on heavily in the industry and that Internet gambling is highly addictive.
Jul 24, 2007
Point shaving scandals in the sporting world is nothing new. There have been incidents of gambling by players, managers, and referees as long as there has been sporting events.
This is a bad thing for any event where a wager may take place. Unfortunately, when there is money to be made, someone will find a way to take advantage of it for their own personal gain. It does not matter how much money a player, coach, or referee makes, it is never enough.
Jul 24, 2007
The controversy surrounding the NBA right now regarding illegal gambling by an official, brings a cloud over the industry of sports gambling. That will not affect us, though, as my time off this summer was long enough, and its time to get down to the business of how to make some money, and our first stop is NFL AFC Conference odds on teams to win their division.
We begin in the AFC East, where, of course, the odds makers have chosen the New England Patriots, with a price of -520.
Jul 22, 2007
Poker is a game of skill and is not considered gambling. That is the ruling of a Danish court that was faced with the decision to convict or acquit the president of the Danish Poker Association on illegal gambling charges.
The ruling has no direct effect on American poker, but the ruling is important to the gam
Jul 22, 2007
According to John Miller, a Charleston West Virginia Councilman, God would vote no for table game expansion in the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center.
Miller rallied a South Charleston crowd on Saturday, asking them what they thought God would vote on the upcoming table gambling referendum. The crowed yelled 'NO!'
"Be proud and say it loud," Miller said, and they did.
Jul 20, 2007
On July 19, 2007 three more congressional representatives signed on to co-sponsor Barney Frank's bill H.R.2046 (Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act) to bring to 31 the number of congressman that hope to see it become law.
Representatives Michael M. Honda [CA-15], Albert Russell Wynn [MD-4], and Steven R.