In the Roman and Greek Times wherever there was a
sport competition, there was betting. The famous “bread and games” could
therefore also be expressed as “bread and bets”. In some cases, competitions
were even created for the sole purpose of giving wealthy gamblers an
opportunity to bet.
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Tuesday 15 March 2011
History of Betting
By John on Tuesday 15 March 2011, 12:44 - General Betting
Monday 14 June 2010
Kuzeo : the french gambling reference
By Caroline on Monday 14 June 2010, 14:34 - Betting Websites
Anticipating the opening of the online gambling secteur in France to
controlled competition, Kuzeo was created in 2009. 
Wednesday 9 June 2010
The French Market is now open.
By Caroline on Wednesday 9 June 2010, 14:38 - Betting Legislation
After several
months of anticipation, speculation and debate, France officially
opened Tuesday its online gambling market by granting 17 licenses to
11 operators, just three days before the start of the FIFA World Cup in South
Africa - according to a decree published in the Official Journal-. Three types
of online bets will be covered by the new dispensation: for horse
racing, sport betting and online poker. 8 operators will be able to
offer sport betting in France in the coming weeks. 35 applications had been
submitted altogether and between 15 and 20 for sport betting.
Saturday 20 March 2010
Betting Dictionary
By Caroline on Saturday 20 March 2010, 14:44 - General Betting
You just started betting online or off-line and you love it !
However it can sometimes get a bit confusing with all the new
vocabulary. Here is a little post to help you out :
Basic Vocabulary
- Bet : To risk money on the outcome of an event.
- Action : A sports' bet
- Ticket : A wager
- Private Bets : Bets organised in your home or in your office with people you already know. (colleagues-friends-friends' of friends)
- Office Bets (or Worker's Bets) : Bets in the office with colleagues.
- Tote or Parimutuel Betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool. Taxes and a house "take" or "vig" are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets. In some countries it is known as the Tote after the totalisator which calculates and displays bets already made.
During the Bet
- Chalk : the favorite of a sport event.
- Chalk Player : A better that always bets on the favorite.
- Square : An unexperience Better
- Underdog or in short form a Dog : A team not expected to win
- Longshot : A big underdog
- Push : A tie no winner or looser on a bet.
- Sharp : An experience Better
- Juice : A Bookies commission on a loosing bet.
- Future : A bet for a team or a player to win something in the long term (ex World Cup)
Sunday 14 March 2010
Betting and Gambling Population in the UK
By Caroline on Sunday 14 March 2010, 15:44 - General Betting
Guess what is one of the most popular form of betting in the UK ?
Private betting (betting with family, friends, colleagues,..) is very popular among the British population, according to the extremely serious NatCen – Gambling Commission “British Gambling Prevalence survey – 2007” : 10% of the population declared they took part at least one time in private betting in the last 12 months.
This figure is extremely high considering the population which declared gambling online on casinos is 3% of the population.. Still the most popular form of gambling is the lottery : According to the survey 52% of interrogated persons participated in the National Lottery over the past 12 months!
Sunday 7 March 2010
Giant Dice Roll
By Charlie on Sunday 7 March 2010, 15:51 - Fun Bets
How cool is this ? Ok it's one year old but still it's my favorite online casino ad !
Giant Dice Roll
Have you guys other fun video like this one ? Post them as comments !