Favorites in boxing do extremely well and Floyd Mayweather Jr. certainly matches that criteria in his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night at the MGM Hotel in Vegas. Mayweather Jr. was now priced at -450 at BetUS.com. Marquez, on the other hand, would pay 3/1 odds. But BetUS.com analysts advise that there is so much "uncertainty" in Marquez’s training camp that the steep price tag on Mayweather might be worth the reward – a $100 profit for every $450 bet or a $10 profit for every $45 bet. A recent report has suggested that the morale and confidence level [ Read More ]
Archive for September, 2009
Bwin are known for their fearless innovation within the online gambling market, and recently have expressed this by taking out a majority shareholding in UnitedGames, the EU Massively Multiplayer Online Game developer & Publisher. This deal follows closely the recent deal carried out with Gioco Digitale, the Italian Poker & Casino operator and is Bwin’s first entry into the MMOG industry, giving Bwin access to UnitedGames profile of 17,000,000 players in over 178 countries. UnitedGames is based in the Netherlands and was founded in 2007 and provide marketing, translations, community support with localization services. Chief Executive Marjin Hanrick has commented [ Read More ]
Despite the ridicule generated by the ban on Tweets by the International Tennis Federation imposed recently the National Football League in America has followed the same course. The NFL has announced a ban for players, coaches and the media on the use of social networking services such as Twitter on game days over fears that they could pass on sensitive information to gamblers. The NFL season began this week and the new ban is in effect from 90 minutes before the start of a game until after the conclusion of post-game interviews. Guidelines on the media’s use of Twitter were [ Read More ]
Moving on from its clash in the courts with the national sports leagues the state of Delaware has released details of what sort of sportsbetting it will offer as it debuts the new sports lottery service this week. Minimum wagers in the new lottery will be $2, with maximum wagers capped at $3000, depending on the type of bet. For each wager, gamblers must pick the correct outcomes of at least three NFL games, called parlay bets, or as many as 12. This is in compliance with the recent court ruling, which restricts the state to parlay bets. Gamblers cannot [ Read More ]
Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin has scored a major coup and some formidable positioning in the Italian market following an agreement to acquire the Italian group Gioco Digitale. With hopes high for an imminent and positive regulatory system in Italy the agreement is especially valuable and significant. Closely held Gioco boasts it is Italy’s first independent online gaming site and offers mainly poker, betting and skill games, but there is clearly good potential for expansion into other genres under the Bwin banner. A timeframe for the takeover has yet to published, and the terms of the deal have not been [ Read More ]
Through 10 episodes, the 2009 WSOP has earned an average rating of .75, which translates to 741,311 household impressions. That is up about 3 percent from 2008′s .73 rating through this time period, which translated to 704,826 household impressions, according to ESPN. The real test will come with the "nearly live" World Series of Poker final to be played out and broadcast in November. What should be a blockbuster event thanks to the "Tiger Woods of Poker" making the cut, Phil Ivey, is anything but. So far, he’s a practical "no show" on the promo circuit. Michele Clayborne, who oversees [ Read More ]
Leading online poker room PokerStars.com has announced that its virtual school at PokerStars.net has signed up to be the official sponsor of the all-women High Heels Poker Tour (HHPT). Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the HHPT was created in 2007 to empower women that had a desire to become world-class poker players. Its next event, a $125 no re-entry poker tournament, will take place in Dania, Florida, at the Dania Jai-Alai from four o’clock in the evening local time. “PokerStars.net has all the attributes in an online partner that female players crave,” said Lauren Failla, Founder of the HHPT. “An [ Read More ]
