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Thursday 24 June 2010
By Caroline on Thursday 24 June 2010, 13:41 - General Betting
Gambling is traditionally like sports a man’s
game. But like sports, women are starting to be more and more
interested by it. Of course there is still a majority of men playing poker,
gambling or betting on sports, however women are more and more active in the
gambling industry. 
Wednesday 9 June 2010
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.
Sunday 6 June 2010
By Caroline on Sunday 6 June 2010, 10:44 - World Cup
Eighteen years after the World Cup in 1998 and thirty-two years after Euro 1984, France has been designated Friday in Geneva by the UEFA Executive Comittee, to host the Euro 2016. The French bid beat its Turkish and Italian rivals. It is both a great reward, and a great promise for the future of French football.
Michel Platini remained speechless when announcing that France would organize the Euro 2016. Indeed, the French President of UEFA had a hard time pronouncing the name of his country, probably remembering that he was himself lifting the trophy as captain the last time the Euro had been organized in France in 1984.
Yet, this result is not surprising. We all knew that the French bid was well placed, with a big issue in terms of capacity and infrastructure, communication and transportation. After the uncertainties related to the readiness of Ukraine for the 2012 edition co-hosted with Poland, UEFA wanted to play safety for the first Euro with 24 teams participating.
This has however been very tight since the French case has forestalled the Turkish candidacy with only one voice on the 13 expressed by members of the executive committee of UEFA. Needless to recall that the French case had also a weakness that will need to be changed: the antiquated stadium. Eight stadiums are to be renovated and 4 will be built from scratch, for a total investment of 1 billion 700 million euros. A lot of work for France, which has six years to prepare.
It is always difficult to estimate the financial impact of such an event but the Euro should at least be able to generate 15,000 jobs, according to the FFF, and 4000 other sustainable position to ensure the functioning of the new stadiums.
Friday 4 June 2010
By Caroline on Friday 4 June 2010, 15:02 - World Cup
By Caroline on Friday 4 June 2010, 10:32 - World Cup
ABIO CAPELLO has finally announced on Tuesday June 1 the 23 players’ names he will take to this summer's World Cup in South Africa.
Seven unlucky stars, who had made the England boss' 30-man provisional squad, were told they were not included today.
Arsenal's Theo Walcott omission from the coach Fabio Capello roster was quite surprised. The 21-year-old Walcott, who has won 11 caps, would have been the youngest member of the party.
He was definitely the most high-profile omission with Darren Bent, Adam Johnson, Leighton Baines, Scott Parker, Tom Huddlestone and Michael Dawson that are also misssing out.
England football fans were surprised by this decision and were wondering why Fabio Capello has not included some best players in the list of England World Cup squad.
Gareth Barry is on the plane despite a troublesome ankle injury, which is likely to rule him out of England's opener against USA on June 12.
England squad left today for South Africa, where FIFA World Cup 2010 is schedule to play from June 11 to July 11. England is in Group C with United States, Algeria and Slovenia. The English team will kick off World Cup 2010 against United States in Rustenburg on June 12.
So here is the list of England's 23-man World Cup squad:
Keepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.
Defenders: Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Strikers: Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.
Thursday 3 June 2010
By Caroline on Thursday 3 June 2010, 10:39 - World Cup
This one rocks !
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...
Wednesday 21 April 2010
By Caroline on Wednesday 21 April 2010, 00:09 - Friendbet
Soon the private version of Friendbet will be launched on www.friendbet.com.
You will soon be able to bet with your friends on your favorite games, show your friends that you are right and that you supported the right team !
Register now and be one of the lucky first beta tester !
Sunday 18 April 2010
By Caroline on Sunday 18 April 2010, 16:34 - Office Bet
You are planning to organize office bets for the World-Cup
?
Typical sweepstakes are fun: everyone sports a team, but
the problem is that you can’t show your co-workers how good you are at picking
the right team... And there are many people like you around: Bob in the
accounting department, Peter the sales guy and even Stephen: they all think
they know better than you which team will make it to the semi-finals in June!
It’s high time everyone put money where his mouth is… So you
decided to organize an office bet! Great idea, but what would the game be? The
rules? Let’s see what you should determine.
What’s the rule? Pool betting is the best way to
make an office bet: everyone puts the same amount in the pot (let’s say £10)
and makes his/her predictions. The winner(s) takes it all. Simple as
sweepstakes, but much more fun! What’s important is to keep it simple and easy
to play in order to get the entire company in the pool bet: office bets are a
true social event in the company. This will also make the pot bigger for the
winner(s)… But how do you determine the winner? You could give
points for each right prediction, and sum the points in the end. You could then
split the pot among the first 3, or give it all to the winner, that’s your
choice! Just be careful when writing the rules: how do you get points? What if
some people have the same number of points in the end?
What will you bet on? You need to explain how
people will get points. Picking the 1st and 2nd of each group? Picking the best
scorer of the group stage? That’s a good ideas! What’s fun is to follow in real
time, who has the lead in predictions among your co-workers after every game.
Try to organize a bet for the group stage and a second bet for the knockout
stage when everyone knows the remaining teams. You can have everyone bet on
each game of predict his/her final stage.
How do you organize the office bet? You’ll have to prepare clear rules, send e-mails to announce the bet, make some marketing at lunch time, gather the money (before June 11!) keep track of everyone’s predictions and have a follow-up interface to know who’s the leading predictor! And don’t forget to make your own predictions..!
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