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♣ Tyson's manager Shelly Finkel, stated to the media in a telephone conference that that plan is still for Mike Tyson to come back to the ring on July 31 against Irish fighter Kevin McBride. Finkel said that talks are still going on for a venue and there is a possibility that the fight could land on pay per view. The future plans also havent changed, Finkel wants Tyson to fight in July, once in October and have a showdown with undefeated Joe Mesi in December.

♣ We should have something definite by next week,' Finkel said. 'There's a lot of anticipation for him (Tyson) to come back.

♣ Freddie Roach, one of best trainers in the game, said he will train Tyson again, beginning next month in Phoenix. Roach previously trained Tyson for his bout with Clifford Etienne.

♣ I think he can beat any of the four guys out there that are champions.' said Roach, 'He just needs to have discipline and get in shape"

Source: Boxing Scene Dot Com - Freddie Roach: ''I Think Tyson Can Beat All 4 Champions''

"Mobile casino's round the corner"

Casino Phone Technologies, the company developing m-Casino is betting that gaming operators around the world will lap up its new technology it says could port casino games onto mobile phones, in other words allowing customers to play and bet � even when they�re away from the tables.

♠ It's a simple concept when you think about it. What makes it fly is that both the casino industry and casino users want the product ♠ says Peter French, communications director at Casino Phone.

The Nevada-based company though still in the process of signing up casinos to get on board, is yet to come up with any publicly named partners. Lack of customer references apart, industry observers say such mobile technology could effectively extend casinos� games from the floor to restaurants, hotels and possibly anywhere else a mobile phone can go.

More UK Casino News: Mobile casinos round the corner

The draft UK Gambling bill says that some punters on betting exchanges should be "identified, regulated, made subject to the appropriate levy arrangements and their status checked". In other words, punters who lay bets may find themselves taxed as though they are bookmakers.

Obviously, the betting exchanges aren't happy, and Bet Fair fired back last Friday with a letter to voice its disapproval. Sporting Options and Bet daq also backed the letter, addressed to John Greenway, chairman of the parliamentary committee reviewing the draft UK Gambling Bill....

More Betfair Blast UK Gambling Bill

Casino Slots ♣ Court Rules Advantage Gambling Techniques Legal Causing Casino's to Worry About Player's Taking Their Share of the Pot Legally ♣

San Diego, California/dataline. Advantage players/gamblers may be taking the advantage since the Nevada Supreme Court as well as other courts in gambling states have ruled that using your intelligence to increase your odds of winning was 100 percent legal to do

♣ Court Rules Advantage Gambling Techniques Legal
♣ UK Casino News: Algodec and the Profile Wizard is legal to use

Q: Would you like to understand more about:
♠ Motivating young players?
♠ How kids prefer to practice?
♠ Training sessions?
♠ Giving players the right feedback?
♠ How parents influence young players
♠ Take part in a completely interactive, flexible online learning environment where you set the pace at which you take part?
♠ Communicate directly with other coaches and parents as well as have questions answered by qualified Football Association staff

Football Association Online Soccer Coaching Qualification

ESPN - We sized them up. We measured them, top to bottom. We've done our own Tale of the Tape, and we've come to a surprising conclusion. Pound for pound, the toughest sport in the world is . . .
Boxing.

The Sweet Science.

That's the sport that demands the most from the athletes who compete in it. It's harder than football, harder than baseball, harder than basketball, harder than hockey or soccer or cycling or skiing or fishing or billiards or any other of the 60 sports we rated....

More from ESPN.com: Sport Skills Difficulty Rankings

UK Bookmakers have suffered a drop in telephone betting of between 20 and 40 per cent in the past few weeks, since the Attheraces UK horseracing channel went off air.

William Hill yesterday told The Independent that its takings were down 20 per cent since the screens went black on Attheraces on 1 April. The channel, owned by BSkyB, Arena Leisure and Channel 4, was forced to close after failing to generate sufficient revenues. It had been hoped that UK punters would make bets through interactive television, but most were calling up their own bookies from their sofa.

"Telephone betting is down something of the order of 20 per cent," David Harding, the chief executive of William Hill, said yesterday. "But it is a storm we can weather as it means that more people are coming in to our UK highstreet shops."

William Hill has one of the biggest telephone betting services in the sector, and telephone bets accounts for as much 15 per cent of the business. About 75 per cent of bets placed over the phone are on horseracing ♣

♣ More from UK phone bets collapse

David Beckham is reportedly about to sign a multi-year deal with Gillette to be the corporate spokesperson. Becks new deal is worth an estimated $30 to $50 million according to Adrants

♣ Becks also has endorsement deals with Pepsi-Cola, Adidas-Salomon and Vodafone.

♣ Adrants words on David Beckham's New Advertising Deal
♣ Gillette to sign David Beckham to Promo Deal by Adage.com

Gamblog comment : Seems like Rebecca Loos is not the only one at Beckham's beck and call.

Rebecca Loos, David Beckham's EX mistress spoke live and frankly on Talk Sport Radio tonight.

Speaking to James Whale Rebecca came across as quite sincere and had a decent sense of humour. Don't forget though - she is a Public Relations specialist.

♣ Ms Rebecca Loos denied the whole affair with David Beckham was a staged publicity stunt between her and Beckham and Beckham's wife - Victoria Beckham (includes popups) aka Posh Spice and maybe soon to be known as Victoria Adams again. In fact Rebecca said "hand on heart it was not a publicity stunt as far as she knows", although obviously she could'nt completely rule out she was just a pawn in the game of the Beckham's high-rolling publicity machine.

♣ Rebecca Loos also said the affair lasted only 10 days and ended abruptly upon David Beckhams behest.

♣ Ms Rebecca Loos admitted she first contacted publicist Max Clifford for advice and guidance in January of this year and called him because she so happened to know a member of Max Clifford's family - some bloke called Steve. She sought advice because she figured the story of her affair with David Beckham was about to break.

♣ On Rebecca's last return to Spain she said she needed a bodyguard/security and felt very unwelcome. In fact she said she thinks most of the Real Madrid fans want her dead. ♠ I think it is more likely most of the male fans want her in bed, not dead. As Rebecca is bisexual maybe a few of the ladies would like to have a go too.

♣ Cheryl Barrymore, ex agent and wife of Michael Barrymore is now looking after Rebecca's interests according to Max Clifford.

♣ Last but not least Max said Rebecca is in talks with many TV and Radio Shows from all around the world including the Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here TV Show.

Gamblog comment : To see Rebecca Loos struggling in a jungle with no food except for eating creepy crawlies somewhere in Australia would make for quite interesting light entertainment. How sad am I ?

I tried to get through to the James Whale Show but the lines were jammed. My question to Rebecca Loos was going to be would she like to carry on with her relationship with David Beckham if the Beckham's get a divorce. Once again - How sad am I ?

If I said I don't really care would you believe me?

Is Ron Atkinson racist?

Listen to the Ron Atkinson Tapes and decide for yourselves. (the recordings are hazy but certainly audible)

Quote : "in some schools Desailly would be called a lazy fucking nigger" (thats what I am pretty sure I heard)

Gamblog View : Big Ron is from the old school, a bygone generation where blacks were perceived as a threat, thick, lazy and a lower form of humanity by many sections of the white population.

Actually Atkinson clearly bumped that mentality and signed black players to play for him when many many football managers would not.

I heard Carlton Palmer (a black player signed by Ron) vehemently defend Rob Atkinson stating Ron was "not an inherrant racist" and also mentioned "friends poking fun at each other using racist wording was commonplace when he were a player." Problem was this was in public and was broadcasted, even if he had removed his microphone.

I do not think Big Ron thinks whites are superior to blacks due to their skin colour but he is definately a dinosaur who needs to brush up on his vocabulary. That said black people in general have heard it all before and will not forgive him. Some may but in general he will always be viewed as a racist from now on by the majority.

A sad affair all round.

Source of the recordings Fair Casinos

Scoop6 gambler wins 878,939 pounds but loses the 983,495 available if he could successfully predict the winner of the bonus race, the Betfred Gold Cup

Ron Nicholson failed to become Britain's first betting shop millionaire after his luck finally ran out at Sandown yesterday.

The 51-year-old hotel worker became the biggest ever betting shop winner when he bagged a staggering 878,939 pounds on the totesport Scoop6 for a 4 pound stake last Saturday.

He arrived at the Esher course in search of the further 983,495 pounds available if he could successfully predict the winner of the bonus race, the Betfred Gold Cup

Full story

Listen to Rebecca Loos live on the James Whale Radio Show on Tuesday 27th (April) at 10 pm UK time.

Live callers will be able to question Rebecca Loos about her affair with David Beckham. Anyone from anywhere in the world can ring in - if you can get through. The lines will be jammed with callers no doubt.

♣ The James Whale Show goes live over UK airwaves and the whole internet which is sure to get a lot of listeners from around the world tuning in on their PC's..

Live radio online is usually very poor quality due to buffering but Talksport use Abacast which greatly improves the listening quality from my experience. So all is good, listen in.

♣ Exactly what all this Beckham and Rebecca Loos live on the radio stuff has to do with gambling I am not entirely sure - although there is an online bookie laying prices as to when and if Beckham and Posh will get divorced.

No I have not had a bet on it.

♥ I wonder what the odds are for Beckham and Posh to get divorced followed by a whirlwind marriage for Beckham and ms Loos... I shall have to go check.

♥ ♥ Hey, lets have it right - Rebecca Beckham sounds a lot better than Rebecca Loos for sure.

I remember when Jordan aka Katie Price whispered to Neil "Razor" Ruddock in the Australian jungle something about Becks/David Beckham and Posh Spice blah blah.

Jordan, Beckham, Posh Spice and Razor Ruddock.. What a motley crew no?

Anyways, I was waiting for the Beckham and Jordan story to hit the headlines and it appers it has. The first report I found mentioning Jordan and Beckham in the same breath was funnily enough on an Indian Online News Site I think - titled Jordan spells more misery for Posh over Becks

I will leave it here for posterity.

♣ Oh, by the way - ALL bets are off - Mr David Beckham has become a phenomenon.

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona is heavily sedated in intensive care after suffering from hypertension.

The 43-year-old Maradona, who is well known to be suffering from a drugs addiction, was taken to a private clinic last night and has been put on a respirator.

Diego Armando Maradona has been admitted to intensive care, because of a crisis of hypertension related to miocardium. He also had respiratory difficulties so is aided by a respirator, as a result of which he's permanently sedated.

Gamblog comment : Maradona was the man in my time as a boy watching football, the man.

Excerpts and Diego Armando Maradona archive from Soccer Age

David Beckham Confession

DAVID Beckham has confessed his passionate affair with Rebecca Loos to his devastated wife, reckons the News of the World

After days and nights of mounting pressure from worried Victoria, he told her: "I did it. I'm sorry. Yes. I did have the affair and I did send Rebecca the text's".

♠ Gamblog comment : Funnily enough this will increase David Beckhams profile. Troubling my mind a tiny wee bit is the thought his good lady and mother of his children - Victoria "posh" Beckham - is somehow to blame and is deservant of such public and personal humiliation. Quite a point of order your honour - can it be so?

Being an ex spice girl is surely not all it's cracked up to be it seems. Hey, the bright side is she need not worry about buying him a return present for the 1.2 million diamond (pink) he just bought her.

To add i've been searching about for the "David Beckham sexy unedited text messages". The best url i've found is the Daily Mirrors version of the Beckham Unedited Text Messages aptly titled "Text Maniac"

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Jennifer Lopez's mother won a $2.4 million jackpot while playing $1 slots in Atlantic City.

Jennifer Lopez's mum Guadalupe Lopez, 58, of New York, was playing Wheel of Fortune at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa when she hit for $2,421,291.76 just before 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the casino.

♠ The Wheel of Fortune is 1 of 4 progressive slot jackpot machines at the Borgata. Maybe J-Lo's mum will now go for 1 of the other progressives. 3 other big slot jackpots are available amongst the many Borgata Casino Games

Mega Bucks Progressive

Jeopardy Progressive

Quartermania Progressive

Read more about Mumma J-Lo's Jackpot and weep.

Christopher Costigan aka Sting of Gambling911 is having great fun with the Sarah Marbeck, Rebecca Loos and David Beckham shagging each other story. Not to mention the sexy sex text's shared between Beckham and ms Loos. Other blogs and news rags talking about Beckham and his schlonging activities are as follows :

Rainy day

"Beckham's best bit(s) tonight on TV "

ITV News/Beckham

"Beckham girl claims she knows his body"

Amorous

"David Beckham's distinctive penis"

Gongkapas

"If David Beckham really did the nasty, I give up on all men"

Bladder

"I slept with Beckham: 83-year-old man"

I think thats plenty enough of Beckham for 1 day. Oh, don't forget - Theres more on the tele later with the Rebecca Loos expose on what happened, of course thats if the Beckham lawyers don't get it stopped. I somehow think the SKY 1 lawyers will not have that happen.

♠ Of not such worldwide noteriety is the not so notable online casino owner and RX Forum man Marty Jensen has "performed" an interview with Sting with a few of Infopowa's Brian Cullingworth questions thrown in to boot.

Can you say memorable?... Well don't.

Raymond Sobeski The Coolest Lottery Winner In The World is being called the most patient man in Canada.

Raymond Sobeski waited nearly a year to claim a $23 million lottery prize, saying he "didn`t want to do anything rash." The single biggest jackpot in Canadian history was drawn last April, Sobeski stepped forward just 12 days before the ticket would have expired.

♣ Lottery officials say "he`s a laid-back, cautious kind of guy who takes his time". ♣

♣ Gamblog comment : Hoohah! (Al Pacino. scent of a woman) ♠ ♠

Source : Quote.com

Ireland and Man Utd captain Roy Keane will play for his country again.

Reports or rumours that Keane is to play again are surfacing all over which lends weight to the story.

♣ What I want to know is if Keane will get the captains armband back as he was the captain before his bust up with ex Ireland manager Mick Mccarthy at the last world cup finals.

To be honest you don't play and get the best out of Roy Keane unless he's captain, as on field influence is his strongest attribute, especially as physically he is on the decline due to his age.

♣ I personally think it's odds on Keane will retain the armband on his first outing after his absence. ♣

6:46 PM ♠ ♠ additional Roy Keane update ♠ ♠

Gamblers Anonymous are being hit with online casino pop-up advertisements

The self-help group can't block the ads or take legal steps against the oversea based online casinos.

♠ Gamblers Anonymous warns visitors to its Web site, Gamblers Anonymous AU not to open the casino ads and is trying to update the Web site so as to stop the ads. ♠

Full Story at Reuters

In an interview on Talksport radio Ashley's pal mentioned the "sell all and let it ride" idea was binned only to be brought back to life after some badgering on his friends behalf. I think Ashley owes his friend a drink or 2.

Betting on red, all $135,300 went round and round with the roulette ball deciding his fate and boom, lucky 7 was the magnificent result. Oh I love to see the punter win over the old enemy, the casino.

Amazing as 7 is many many gamblers lucky number.

Catch up with the full story at Yahoo News

Cynthia Carley, founder of the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association and webmistress of Video Poker Junkie amongst many other various popular online gambling related websites, has been an outspoken critic of scumware via the Scumware Battle Forum for many moons now.

Cynthias latest anti scumware drive is a call to everyone, gambling affiliates, all other internet webmasters and surfers alike and goes as follows ♠ ♠ ♠ (reproduced with permission)

♠ On April 19, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop to explore the issues associated with the distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge. ♠

If you care about your revenues as affiliates and about the safety of Internet, go to the FTC Spyware Workshop and file your complaints. The Federal Trade Commission is waiting for them.

♠ File your complaints today! Just hit the "submit comment" button and send a short email to get your voice heard.

Here's mine - From: Cindy
To: spywareworkshop2004@ftc.gov
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:14 PM
Subject: Spyware Workshop - Comment, P044509


To Whom this may concern..

♣ I'm writing to add my comments to the many others here regarding spyware programs. All of the spyware programs that exist, with Gator being the largest and most pervasive, present significant ethical violations on many levels, most of which the average consumer/victim isn't even aware of.

Violations of Personal Privacy - It's widely known among those that do business on the internet that these programs exist solely to monitor the user's internet behaviour, gather information about him/her, and send it back to the company, purportedly for advertising purposes. The average internet user/victim, however, is not usually aware of the program's existence on their computer, nor of the fact that it's tracking their behaviour and reporting it to a company.

♣ These programs are typically downloaded onto the user's computer stealthily, added to a "free" service advertised to the user. If the spyware is even disclosed (and many times it's not) it's not truthfully disclosed as what it truly is, nor is the internet user/victim asked if they give permission for the company to track their behaviour and use it for their own purposes. It's all done very deceptively and in many cases, it's done to children under the legal age of consent. But children rarely live alone, and now the spyware is there to track all the users on that computer, including their siblings and parents; none of those people were even given the opportunity to accept or decline the monitoring of their internet behaviour.

In addition to that, when users have tried to remove the spyware from their computers some of the companies leave "trickle down" files on the user's PC. These "trickle down" files, usually buried in the registry, gradually re-download the program back onto the PC until the whole program is back and operating fully again. This is not the work of any company that gets permission to be on the user's computer.

♣ Unfair Business Practices - After all they do to violate the consumer, these companies then turn around and use the information they've gathered to violate the business owners on the internet.

Most of the websites on the internet are owned and operated by individuals seeking to make a living on the internet, but the spyware companies' primary source of business is these websites. They hover like vultures waiting for the consumer to click on an advertisement from one of these sites, then they swoop down to throw an ad for another, competing company, in the consumer's face, oftentimes obliterating the view of the site the consumer wanted to go to. In the real world, this would be akin to Walmart placing employees in front of KMart to block shoppers from going into KMart, while trying to persuade them to go to Walmart instead. This would never be tolerated in the real world, by either the government or the consumers - why is it being tolerated on the internet?

♣ ♣ In summation, spyware is nothing but a program designed to steal from everyone it touches on the internet; it steals the consumer's information and privacy, then it uses that to steal business from honest business owners. It should not be allowed to operate.

C. Carley

Ted Loh, fair gaming supporter, staunch player advocate and boss of the Got2Bet Online Gambling Guide has described the banning of robot play in online casino's as a Stupid Casino Trick

♣ I strongly agree ♣

I mean i've begged this question of my peers many times spanning over 2 years. Microgaming have fairly recently built an automatic play facility into their new Viper Software so I guess my question has finally been partly answered.

Unless the games have a negative expectation to the house there is no good reason to ban the use of robots. The best reason put forward by various casino's that forbid the use of bots is gamblers make more mistakes when playing by eye.

I find that reasoning quite patronising to be frank and am going to urge Ted to contact his Microgaming contacts to find out whether the introduction of automatic casino play has indeed been a success profits wise or just the opposite, therefore debunking his, various other knowledgable gambling sources and my thoughts on the matter.

♠ I will not be moved until I see some form of proof. It is indeed a stupid casino trick that has been used as an excuse to stall perfectly legitimate casino winners time and time again.

Q: What is your name or online moniker?

A: Deaning

Q: What organisation or website do you represent or own?

A: Along with my wife Ellen we run a network of 30 or so sites which we expanded from 4 initial sites, 2 each originally, before we got married videopoker 1 - good casinos - videopoker player and pokerpokerandmorepoker

Q: Could you explain what your organisation or website offers the public?

A: Initially we were offering videopoker, poker and general casino information. We have since expanded on that to more niche information such as my poker tournament search site. I feel the public is more interested in finding valid information rather than having banners and promotions shoved in their faces.

♠ Education is an important aspect and we have integrated such things as paytables, pot odds and anything we felt was not readily available elsewhere. I feel most visitors want to learn, if they just want to blow their money there are a million sites that will help them do just that. LOL.

Q: Any comments as to the current state of play regarding the online gaming industry?

A: The industry exploded as does any venture where entrepreneurs see an opportunity for a buck. Unfortunately this industry has some of the lousiest around. Poor business savvy, ignorance and dishonesty have taken their toll. Look around though, the honest casinos are still standing and that says a big something. There is, I feel, great change just around the corner

♠ The incredible popularity of poker is one example and I think this is due to the interactivity and social aspect of the game and I think interactivity will play an ever increasing role in online entertainment. 90% of what we do on the net is interactive, email, chat, forums and messaging. The current advances in 3D technology means it is only time before you can immerse yourself in an interactive casino world.

♠ ♠ I remember a long time ago reading somewhere that in even the most troubled times gambling, entertainment and bars are the best industries to be in as they fulfil a need unaffected by economic and political climates. I guess the short of it is we always need fun.

Q: Is there anything else you would like to add that is pertinent to your work online or off?

A: Most of my work is online. 20 years ago I wouldn't have believed it would be possible to work from home, doing what you love best and earn a living. The public perception of the portal webmaster has always been of some concern. In any industry you get all types, but those webmasters I know online are great people. I can't think of any area online or off, where people are prepared to share so much information and help others out. I look foward heartily to what the next few years will bring.

♣ ♣ Much obliged to you Deano for taking the time to answer so heartily. ♣ ♣

Regina Guzior doesn't need to the see the cards to play them.

The legally blind Midland woman is ranked among the best blackjack players in the country.

"She's an incredible blackjack player," says Kevin Belinkoff, vice president of programming for GSN, the new moniker for the Game Show Network.

Read more from the Blind Blackjack Ace story.

Egold deal in gold, silver and troy ounces whatever that means. In effect they are an E-money exchange outlet.

You can exchange real money and fund your casino accounts with Egold much like with Neteller cash.

♠ The problem with gambling online via using Egold though is the apparent Egold hacking software that is on sale around the net at the moment.

♠ Also I hear the early bird catches the worm. Well it's name is Dumaru according to Paul Wood, chief information security analyst at MessageLabs who said " Dumaru.J/Y is thought to be listening out for the passwords of people using the eGold electronic currency service".

Scores of gambling type sites have popped up run off of $100 dollar scripts instead of multi million dollar software utilising Egold accounts mostly. Are they fair? Are these firms giving a fair game? Can you win? I doubt it very much.

Here are a few of the better script gambling sites 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and with terms and conditions like quote : " We have honest game without insincere. If you experience problems or unexpected errors when completing payment, please contact our support". You just have to laugh.

♣ ♣ I won't be gambling at anywhere like these double your money joints - Will You? ♣ ♣

Egold are not helping problem gambling or fair game play advocates with so many people taking advantage of thier system and need to sort it out. Neteller actively shake up possibly unscrupulous gambling operators, Egold should try to do the same.

The pre-legislative scrutiny committee has congratulated the UK government on its decision to regulate the remote gambling industry within the UK and has agreed with its stance to allow operators to offer their services in other jurisdictions.

The committee�s stance will disappoint the USA, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden which were hoping that the report would recommend the remote operators not take bets from territories where online gambling is prohibited.

Instead the committee said: �We agree with the government�s vision of �a global market where a well-regulated British based industry is able to establish itself as a world leader� and would not generally consider it appropriate to prevent UK-based operators providing remote gambling services to non-UK customers"

More details and original story from ATE Online

UK Radio presenter and ex Irish International professional football player Tony Cascarino is a dab hand at a bit of the old Poker.

Now he and co-presenter Patrick Kinghorn with the help of the Talksport Radio listeners have agreed upon his new poker playing handle or nickname - Cool Hand Cas -

Apparently Big Tony is of a professional poker players standard, whatever that means.

Yes, I said ♠ ♠ Cool Hand Cas ♠ ♠

Heheh.

Plans to allow Las Vegas-style casinos in every UK city could lead to a surge in problem gambling, a committee of MPs and Lords has Warned

The joint committee on the draft gambling bill said the government's plans should be toned down.

In a 300 page report, it says large "resort" casinos should only be built in areas of high unemployment.

There should be a strict limit on the number of big prize slot machines allowed on the casino floor.

The report also recommends:

Banning smoking at gaming tables and fruit machines, partly to encourage gamblers to take a break

Allowing drinks to be served at tables

Banning advertising that can be seen by under-18s

The board of directors of player protection body e-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance eCOGRA has appointed Tex Rees as Fair Gaming Advocate operating from the London office of the organisation.

She will be responsible for the fast and fair investigation of all player disputes involving seal-holding eCOGRA casinos, and has already successfully resolved a number of issues. continued

I am of the opinion children should not be allowed in arcades by the seaside to play the crazy cranes and the kiddies rides because of the lure of the fruit machines and penny pusher flippers.

The powers that be are slowly getting there but have fallen short of Banning Fruit Machines.

Quote: We are concerned about the difficulties in ensuring that illegal machines are not sited in premises like cafes and taxicab offices and that children are adequately supervised when using machines in these premises.

Although Quote: The committee did state that the prohibition should not extend to motorway service stations, pubs or bowling alleys.

Sometimes these scrutiny committee people just go round and round in circles but things are slowly moving forward on this one. Many children play fruit machines in kebab shops and the like so it's important unlicenced venues are curbed, even though the seaside amusement arcades can carry on as usual.

Alan Brazil has been Reinstated to the Breakfast Show on Talksport by popular demand apparently.
The fact that the show was shit without him on it was not lost upon me or the big boss Kelvin Mackenzie I reckon.

Anyways, the station played up Brazil's wayward(ish) lifestyle and love of the horses. I don't think Talksport should bitch and moan too loud when the Big Brazil ends up smashed out of his brains on champagne lager top and misses the odd 4am wake up call. Especially after 3 days in the Cheltenham races beer tent.

Original Brazil Is Sacked blog entry.

Thanks Ken C.

No Big Deal Says 128 Million Pound Lottery Winner

Quote: "It didn�t excite me all that much. It�s no big thing to me".

He can take his 128 million quid in 26 annual payments or a lump sum of 76 million pounds before taxes.

♣ If it's really no big thing maybe Mr Tripplet will forget to collect the installments ♣

Yeah right.

Only in England.

England shirts are banned by school

heheh. Political correctness gone mad.

Cyrille Regis, who played for West Bromwich Albion, said: "There's nothing wrong in wearing the colours of your team. It's all about respect and tolerance."

He added: "Everyone should have pride in where they come from and be able to wear their team's shirt."

If you thought those "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" ads were over the line, you'll love this.
One of New Mexico's biggest American Indian-run casinos has pulled a controversial TV ad that promoted gambling as a financial solution to people who are short on cash or deeply in debt.

The Isleta Casino Resort commercial ran earlier this month featuring a young woman who suggested that the "answer to unpaid bills piling up from holiday-season shopping sprees" could be found at the casino, which operates just south of Albuquerque.. Original story Yahoo/Reuters

Blog item great moments in casino advertising

Read more at love and casino war blog

Listening to the radio the other morning, Mike Parry said Alan Brazil had left Talksport amicably. I heard that with my own ears.

Alan Brazil insists he was SACKED.

After 4 years of Alan working there I think the least Parry could do is tell it like it is. Trying to pretend sacked presenters never even existed is childish.

I received this today....

ALAN BRAZIL RACING FREE NEWSLETTER - Friday 2nd April 2004

Message from Alan Brazil
========================
"Hi Joey,
I am overwhelmed by the hundreds, literally hundreds of emails that I have received regarding my sacking from talkSPORT - I will certainly miss talkSPORT as I loved the job - it has been a big part of my life for the last four years - I missed a day at work after 3 busy days at Cheltenham, I basically slept in !.. More from Brazils Blast

♣ I say good luck Alan and i'll look out for where you go next. I doubt though if i'll stop listening to Talksport Radio.

Yes it's April fools day and the gambling webmasters are at it.

The Casinomeister reckons he sold his online gambling watchdog site and the new owners don't employ robots.

Sting's Gambling911 sportsbook watchdog site has been taken over by the Russians by the looks of it.

Can you say cheese?