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Tuesday 15 March 2011
By John on Tuesday 15 March 2011, 12:44 - General 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.
Monday 14 June 2010
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. 
Thursday 10 June 2010
By Caroline on Thursday 10 June 2010, 12:06 - Friendbet
Friendbet is the first website where friends bet against each
other, exactly like they would do in real life. They can also add
comments and banters for any predictions and recall everyone who’s the
daddy!
Friendbet is launching this week its semi-public beta version and looking for qualified beta testers as well as journalists. One condition only : you have to be a british resident...
Friday 14 May 2010
By Caroline on Friday 14 May 2010, 11:58 - General Betting
The amount of online and offline bets have increased by 12,9% to reach 1.7 Md€ from January to April 2010. Last year they were only of 1.4 Md€. As the world cup is nearing the numbers of bets increase in Italy.
The major italian operator Snai is confirming its lead with 582,3 M€ bet followed by Lottomatica with 359,2M€, Microgame (174,2€) and Sisal with 173M€.
As for online betting : Microgame is still leading the way with 28,3% of marketshares, followed by Lottomatica-Totosi that is eagerly taking market shares (25% in April 2010). The amount of online sports bets in Italy has also raised in April to reach 140,4M€ compared to 119 M€ last year.
Wednesday 12 May 2010
By Caroline on Wednesday 12 May 2010, 13:46 - Fun Bets
The electronics' company Saturn is willing to risk having
to give TVs bought before Mai 17 for free, if the French Team wins the World
Cup.
The company even contracted a special kind of insurance to insure itself
against that risk. The amount paid for that unusual insurance
is however unknown. Cynics will argue that it must not be too high, given the
chances the French team has of winning... However should the french national
team win the world cup, Saturn will pay all its customers that
bought a TV before Mai 17 back the worth of their purchase.
So if the french team wins, some people might have two causes to party : the World Cup title for their favorite team and a free TV !!
This type of promotional betting is not unheard of and comes in a period of
high sales. Mars organized a freezing bet in 2003 and was willing to refund up
to 50euros of ice cream bought between Mai and August should the temperature
rise to 31C in Paris on August 31.
Before the world cup, TV sales generally rise 20% to 50% so it is a perfect time for manufacturers and distributors to promote their products. Carrefour actually followed Saturn's example by offering it's TV bought from Mai 7 to Mai 25 should the french team win or a 50% refund should they arrive in semi-finals. Seems that according to TV manufacturers and distributors, the french team has little chance to win the cup this year...
So if you want to bet against Saturn or Carrefour and support the French team, you just have to risk it and buy a TV, chances are you will be happy with your purchase and will be able to watch the games whatever the result of the World Cup. Bets are on...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
By Caroline on Tuesday 4 May 2010, 16:29 - Office Bet
Wether it is online or offline everyone bets. People bet at home with their family on political challenges or Tv shows.
At the pub with their friends or colleagues on the outcome of the game they are watching or at the office on the private or public matters. The stakes can range from money, to bere, or a dare. But it is still betting, trying to see the outcome of something before the other ones.
And where it is you think private bets most commonly take place ? Well I bet you have guessed : it is at the place we spend most of our time : the office...
Office betting is the most common place to organize bets. At the office you can bet on the color of your boss' tie before he comes in or on the result of the champion leagues. You can bet with the colleague from the accounting departement you hardly ever speak too or with your best pals from work.
However betting at the office can be a bit tricky. First there is the tediousness of getting the excel file ready for the bet and of getting everyone to give the money. It takes time and the dedication of at least one person in the office that really want the bet to take place. Then there is the political aspect of it : should you bet with your boss, what if he wins or worse what if he looses ?
But isn't the best form of betting ? Don't you love the respect you get from your co-workers when you come back on the monday morning after a tricky game and you pronosticated the right would win? That definetly offsets the couple drawbacks...
Saturday 1 May 2010
By Caroline on Saturday 1 May 2010, 12:49 - Fun Bets
Wednesday 28 April 2010
By Caroline on Wednesday 28 April 2010, 09:47 - Betting Websites
The last of the big player under our review today...
Thursday 22 April 2010
By Caroline on Thursday 22 April 2010, 11:01 - Office Bet
Betting with your friends is fun and and entertaining.
However sometimes it can become a bit fustrating for some of us as the
others do not always take the bet seriously. In order to avoid
any kind of misunderstanding you should make your position
clear from the start:
Either you are betting money or you are betting just for fun.
But it as to be clear for your friends that whatever you all decide you will
have to keep the same mind at the end of the bet.
Sadly, we all know that people might be interrested in betting money or a bottle of wine and then change their mind at the end of the bet. Have you not heard before : Did you really think we had a real money bet ? I thought we were friends and that is was just a friendly bet. Sorry I don't have cash with me, I'll pay you back next time...
Actually it is already pretty bad when you bet with your friends, but it gets even worse when you start betting at the office. If you boss decides to forget about you winning a bet against him, it is a bit tricky to remind him over and over again isn't it ?
There is no real good way to do it, except if you put all the money of the bet before the bet in a safe place and divide it after amoung the winners. However that is not always easy as you might start betting in the heat of the moment and your friends and colleagues might not have the cash with them.
Friendbet endeavors to provide a solution to that kind of problem by setting up bets with your friends in just 3 clicks and securing the money for the winners.
Thursday 15 April 2010
By Caroline on Thursday 15 April 2010, 11:49 - Betting Websites
The american bragster.com is something else...
Concept
On this website you can bet that no one in the community is up to something. If someone in the community actually manages to be up to your challenge or make it better than the others, they can brag about it forever !
Lets say you don't think anyone can eat 25 eggs in a row. You can put up a challenge on bragster and see if anyone takes you on that. You don't need to give anything to the winner, victory is ofter enough for bragsters around the world as the website baseline points out : victory is sweet.
The website is more a community website made for the entertainement of bragters lovers and watchers than a betting website. You can of course connect via facebook and there is a lot of video watching.
One of my personal favorite is a video posted by carlisle one of the almighty King of the bragster (meaning he is one of the best bragsters around the world) where he puts on an alian mask and burns it up with it on his face. Carlisle manages to keep its composure although you can see the flames do burn him a little.You can check it out.
If you are up to that kind of challenge, you should check the website out ! Or if you just enjoy watching people I bet you will enjoy bragster.com.
Product
The website is very straight forward and very easy to use. It is organized as a community website with a lot of video you can view. The graphism is not really sophisticated but it works.
What is quite good is the
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