Most avid punters would by now be familiar with the concept of in-play betting. It’s taken off like wild fire in the EU/UK and offered by most of the major online bookies. For those that aren’t it’s simply (as the name suggests) bets offered on events or outcomes during a game. Which team will...
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Received notification today from William Hill that effective immediately they’ll no longer be accepting new player registrations from Australia. The policy applies to all of William Hill’s online gambling properties including their casino brands Eurogrand and 21 Nova. Curiously the no Australian player policy only applies to new registrations. Existing Aussie players (that’s me!) are...
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Apparently Leonardo DiCaprio is busy working on a movie about online gambling starring Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck and titled Runner, Runner. If Leo’s struggling for ideas I’ve got a great plot line for him full of all the twists, turns, intrigue, drama and suspense that Hollywood loves to dish out… Chapter 1, setting the scene…...
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This week hasn’t been the most successful of weeks at the live tables. Today was a good example. Dealer gets blackjack on the first two rounds I play (VIP table, gulp). I change tables and guess what happens first deal on the new table? Roulette wasn’t much kinder and before long I was a...
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Betsson have just announced that they have come to terms to buy the Nordic Gaming Group (“NGG”). NGG operate three gambling properties, Triobet, Tobet and the flagship, NordicBet all of which are licensed in Malta, and all of which currently offer live games … more on that below. The purchase will cost Betsson €65 million,...
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Baccarat is the simplest of games. Once you’ve bet on Banker or Player (or Tie if you really want to throw your money away) the dealer does the rest and there is nothing more you can do to influence whether your bet will win or lose. But this isn’t how many Chinese gamblers see...
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This Saturday marks the running of one of the world’s oldest and most famous horse races – the Grand National Steeplechase. Forty horses face the arduous task of running just over 4 miles around Aintree Racecourse and jumping 30 fences while they’re at it. Better them than me! Fingers crossed all horses (and jockeys…although they’ve...
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Unibet have made their competing strategy pretty clear. Buy every other online betting site out there until they are the only one left! This is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. But fact is they are gobbling up medium sized operators at a rate of knots at the moment. They’ve just announced that they’ll be...
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In August 2010 I listened to Grant Frazer from Vuetec speak about his company’s grand vision to eventually be streaming games from a number of different bricks and mortar casinos around the world. At that that point in time, their Distance Gaming™ technology was being employed to take live vision from the tables within a...
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Fancy a brand spanking new 2012 Porsche Boxtser sitting in your garage? Prefer to have said Porsche parked there without having purchased it from your local Porsche dealership? Then read on because with a little luck, a little patience and a UK address the Porsche can be yours. On noon (GMT) on the 2nd of April 2013, Lucky...
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