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Tuesday 15 March 2011

History of Betting

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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Monday 14 June 2010

Kuzeo : the french gambling reference

Anticipating the opening of the online gambling secteur in France to controlled competition, Kuzeo was created in 2009. Kuzeo

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Wednesday 9 June 2010

The French Market is now open.

Arjel 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.

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Saturday 20 March 2010

Betting Dictionary

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

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

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 !