Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
With the increase and development of betting in-running, snooker betting is set to become ever more popular. Snooker games constantly twist and turn, and it promises to be a great game to bet on with its different markets such as game betting and highest break. Snooker betting is mainly focused around the major ranking events [...]
Posted on 17. Jul, 2011 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
In 2000 Hansi Cronje, captain of South Africa, was banned for life from the game of cricket after being found guilty of match fixing on behalf of some shadowy, illegal Indian bookmakers. The general public, and most cricket lovers, were shocked not only by his betrayal of his team, but also by how much gambling [...]
Posted on 25. May, 2011 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Modern greyhound racing is another ideal opportunity for gambling. The first mechanised hare, which entices the dogs to sprint and try to catch the animal, was developed in the UK in 1912. The sport is international and is followed across the globe, from Mexico to Vietnam. Facts and Figures Around 3.2million people a year attend [...]
Posted on 27. Dec, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Online Casino, Sports Betting
Gibraltar has long been a haven for online gambling companies due to the low tax rates levied on those firms. However, it seems that Gibraltar will be increasing their gaming taxes tenfold, moving them from 1% to 10%. Although this may seem a massive hike experts suggest that it is unlikely to cause any of [...]
Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Horseracing was originally considered the sport of the nobility. Luckily that has changed and racing, both at the track and with off track betting, has become a favoured gambling sport for many. Betting is a relatively simple process of picking your race, your horse, or horses, and whether you believe the horse will “Win” in [...]
Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Online Casino, Sports Betting
One of the few pleasures left in our hectic and increasingly pressured lives is a spot of gambling and betting. Gambling has been a favourite pastime since the dawn of history, with gaming boards and dice found in excavations in Iraq from more than three thousand years ago, and no doubt our Palaeolithic forebears used [...]
Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
To begin your online betting career, it is first important to understand the precise meaning of all the terms and expressions which are regularly used on online betting sites; from football betting to horse racing betting to casino gambling, there are expressions for almost everything. Here you will find a selection of some of the [...]
Posted on 24. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Online Casino, Sports Betting
Gambling underwent a revolution in 1999. The cause? There were two, really: the advent of the online betting exchange – and Betfair. Knee-high to a grasshopper in comparison with market-dominating traditional bookmakers back then, Betfair is today the gambling business everyone else is racing to catch up with. In 2003, it won the Queens Award [...]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
The excitement of a sporting event can often be enhanced by the placement of a small bet or wager, raising the stakes of the outcome for the sports enthusiast. For this reason sports betting has long been a popular pastime with people from all walks of life. Unlike casino betting, sports betting can be practised [...]
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Let us just assume for a minute that your favourite stock, the one you just invested heavily in, has suddenly stalled or begun to retreat from its recent high. All of a sudden you are faced with a vacuum. There is suddenly no news available, or even worse, bad rumours are beginning to circulate regarding [...]
Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
People have been compelled to bet or gamble on sporting events since the introduction of sports in ancient times thousands of years ago. However, the growth in popularity that was experienced in both the 19th and 20th centuries was unprecedented compared to the earlier centuries. Sports betting involves wagering on the outcome of a particular [...]
Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Online Casino, Sports Betting
The internet has grown exponentially as download speeds have improved, broadband is now practically ubiquitous, and PC prices have tumbled. Most of the population now has access to the internet either from home or from a public hot spot, and the virtual world has been filling up with all manner of enterprises. Online gambling has [...]
Posted on 05. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Online Casino, Sports Betting
One of the world’s largest online gambling groups, Bet 365 offers a broad repertoire of sports betting including Rugby Union, Rugby League, racing, cricket, tennis, golf, motorsport and snooker. But heading the popularity stakes is the site’s football betting, where you can take a flutter on over 30 soccer in-play markets including Next Goal Method, [...]
Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by bingocall in Online Casino, Sports Betting
Invented by a mathematician from Connecticut who eventually became a bookmaker in Chicago, the concept of spread betting spread to the UK in the early 1980s, and has since revolutionized the sports betting industry and transformed into one of the major types of wagers placed by participants. As it relates to sports betting, a bookie [...]
Posted on 27. Sep, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
There are many forms of gambling to satisfy every taste, and gambling has always been big business, never more so than today. With the opening up of the internet to practically every part of the world, broadband replacing dial-up connections to deliver faster download speeds, and the cost of home computers dropping by the week, [...]
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Just about all bookmakers and online betting sites offer free betting offers these days. When you open an account and deposit some money to start playing, the site will match your deposit, usually up to a value of about £200, and if you win you keep the money. This is one of the ways in which [...]
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Traditionally, one of the only ways to become involved in sports betting or spread betting was to deal with a bookmaker. Bookies always offer bets that favour them rather than the punter, which means there is always an inherent “loss” of sorts, because everyone knows that the bookies are there to make money off of [...]
Posted on 13. Sep, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Sports betting is a popular pastime for many people who enjoy watching sport and predicting the outcome. Sports such as football, basketball, horse racing and rugby are all watched by a large number of people, and many of these people might wager an amount of money on the outcome of the match. There are plenty [...]
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by bingocall in Gambling, Sports Betting
Sports betting has grown to form one of the largest parts of the current gambling industry. Sports betting allows a customer to actively bet on a sport or team they are directly interested in. This increases the excitement that sport generates and allows customers to literally cash in on the good form of their own [...]