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Alan Brazil Racing Runs Raza Club today. Alan is all over the radio this morning and is very bullish about Raza Club's chances of turning over the favourite Hypnotic.

Of course, Alan is biased because Raza Club hails from The Alan Brazil Racing Club and he has tipped his share of losers before. However, Raza Club should be favourite in my eyes and is 5-2 second favourite on the tissue prices, so we shall see. Anything around 5-2 is an excellent betting opportunity i'd say.

Lingfield 26th August 2004 2.20 Hays Montrose Novice Stakes (Class D)
£5000 added, 2yo only, 7f, penalty �3562, 8 runners
1) Hypnotic
2) Raza Club (Alan Brazil Racing Club)
3) Antonio Stradavari
4) Bunny Rabbit
5) Linngari
6) Aberdeen
7) Takhleed
8) Turtle Bay

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Mike Porky Parry returns to the radio on Talk Sport Radio at about half 8 to a quarter to 9 this morning, so tune in.

Mike The Porkster Parry is still unwell and needs a heart transplant, but has squeezed in an interview with the papers. Mike Parry does loves a newspaper heheh.

The Sun Newspaper have a full page spread about Mike Parry And His Dodgy Ticker

Sue Evison Says

MIKE "PORKY" PARRY is the man thousands wake up to every morning, hearing him rant about his football favourites as TalkSPORT radio's breakfast presenter.
Now Mike is just glad to wake up.
Five months ago he was given a clean bill of health in a routine check.

"One minute I was fit as a fiddle, the next doctors in hospital couldn't find my pulse because my heart was failing so rapidly. If I hadn't received treatment so quickly, I'd have had up to three months to live."

Weekend Football Betting Coupon 27/28/29th of August 2004 (odds/prices)

Click Here to Join Bet 365 and tke advantage of their football betting accumulator offer. The 20% for a six fold looks good, thats if you can get 6 easy home teams in the Premiership Only that is? Hmmm

Terms :: Special Bonuses On Premiership Accumulator Bets
Applies to straight accumulator bets on the match result involving Premiership games only. Does not apply to accumulators in Yankees, Lucky 15s etc. Maximum bonus �50,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus part of your winnings will be added to your account the day after your last selection has been played. Does not apply to Lay bets.
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Weather Bug Meteorologist Ryan Towell is a former TV meteorologist who earned the American Meteorological Society (AMS) TV Seal of Approval in 2000.

I struggle to blog or tie in Meteorologist Ryan Towell BLOGS HURRICANE CHARLEY LIVE to gambling or sport but hey, (1) this is my blog and (2) some UK readers will have absolutely NO IDEA what Hurricane Charley was like and may want to see for themselves. There are photos too for the "skimmers".

I found Ryan Towell's blog about Hurrican Charley a TENSE read and it gave me a great insight into what it was like to be anywhere near the danger zone. Eerily scarey ~ does that make sense?

Anyway, my advice is to read it, from top to bottom chronologically to get the feel of Bryan Towell's "Hurrican Charley" Live Chronicle Of Events ~ is quite a thing.

Source :: I found The Hurricane Charley Chronicled Blog via reading at The Business Blog Consulting Blog on the Hurricane Charley Weather Bug Blog write up page.

Internet Poker Boom Brings The TV Firms Running (not the other way around)

The San Diego Sign Newpaper have written a decent report about Online Poker and it's popularity on TV.

Excerpt From The Online Poker and TV Report

"With her black cat Little Oscar lounging on her arm, Madruga joins tens of thousands of poker players from across the nation and around the world who square off against each other daily at virtual tables in Internet Poker Parlors.

A game played on some level by an estimated 50 million Americans, poker is the engine driving a renewed surge in gambling, from Indian casinos and Vegas pleasure palaces to burgeoning Internet gaming sites.

Poker owes its new-found popularity to television, specifically a new technique that puts viewers in the middle of the high-noon, heart-thumping intensity of high-stakes showdowns in a deceptively simple game called Texas Hold 'Em". Read more about the Internet sees poker's resurgence on TV, then raises game's popularity to new heights

The Fair.dice Game Testing Project is run and maintained by Douglas Reay and is aimed pretty much solely at the Online Gaming Industry, although any game utilising a random number generator will do.

How it all works will have to be a matter of investigation for me and a learning curve so I will be visiting The Fair.dice Message Board frequently from now on to find out what gives about this open source random number generator/game testing project.

Anything that is Open Source, therefore the code is checkable by the public, is sure to be a welcome attempt at keeping an eye on the old enemy, ie the layers, especially online casino software/providers.
Transparency is King for the Honest Gambling Operations and Fair Gaming Advocates alike.

What is Project Fair.dice all about?
When you are physically sitting at a table, and see a dealer roll a die, shuffle a deck of cards, or spin a Roulette wheel, you can see what is going on. That's why you trust them enough to stake money on the outcome.
But who'd trust a dealer who insisted on rolling their dice hidden behind a screen, and who wanted just to tell you the results and have you believe him when he said you'd lost?

That's the current situation with the online gaming industry, and that is what Project Fairdice is setting out to change.

What is the Fair.dice Protocol?
Event Selection means picking one of a possible number of outcomes. So for instance, rolling a six sided die is one means of selecting between six possible outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Other examples are: shuffling a deck of cards, spinning a roulette wheel or flipping a coin.

The Fairdice Protocol is a means by which several people may collaborate to select an event in a manner which is provably fair to all of them. In other words, it remove the screen and forces the dealer to roll their dice in the open, where everyone involved can see they are not fixing the result

Unnecissary Olympic Rubbish

The Olympics have been great to watch up to now. Being a sports and gambling fan I guess I would say that though no?

Anyway, the Athens Olympic Official Guidelines on Linking are beyond laughable. Quite sad actually. Rick Bruner of Business Blog Consulting describes it as a Moronic Linking Policy and he knows about blogging and internet stuff better than I. Am glad to hear I know what I am thinking is actually correct.

More Olympic madness is one of sheer Commercial Greed

To quote the Official Olympic Website

♠ No external food and beverage is allowed into Olympic venues.
The venue concessions are tightly monitored for food safety and security, which are of primary concern.

♠ Protect the health of spectators by assuring the quality of all food served/consumed in the venues.

♠ Protect the safety of spectators as part of the security exercise for the venues (e.g. no cans, glass bottles or other objects that can be hazardous or dangerous will be allowed in the venues).

♠ Prevent over-commercialism as part of the overall IOC ideals for the Olympic Games.

♠ Protect the important sponsorship investments, necessary to the staging of the Games

♠ Spectators cannot bring in the Olympic Venues bottles or flasks with water, cans or bottles of beer or other beverages, tupperware with food, etc. Spectators can bring in the Olympic Venues candy bars, chewing gum, etc.

It's well and good to tell atheletes that they compromise their integrity and shame the games when they take steroids, but what about the perceived integrity of the game when a ticket-holder is turned away for carrying the wrong brand of bottled water?

Genuine Free-Play Crazy Golf Game

Funnyville.com Jokes and Films are free to use. The only drawback is the pop up ads etc they have onsite to pay for their hosting or whatever.

Anyway, the Free Crazy Golf Game is very good indeed if you like that kind of thing.

When I say Crazy Golf, I do not mean like "Crazy Golf " ~ I genuinely mean like the Crazy Golf you can play at the seaside. The instructions and gameplay are simple and the Crazy Golf Game actually worked on my computer, which is a good sign it may work on yours too.

A couple of other things caught my eye at Funnyville. (sound needed)

♣ Michael Schumacher's Nightmare Formula 1 Grand Prix Madness

♣ The Politically Incorrect Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay

Football :: Arsenal Versus Middlesborough Betting Prices

Arsenal v Middlesbrough (Live Football on Sky Sports 1, Sunday, August 22)

Full Time Result (betting/odds/prices)
♠ Arsenal (4/11)
♠ Draw (10/3)
♠ Middlesbrough (8/1)

Half Time Football (betting/odds/prices) (Live on Sky Sports 1)
♠ Arsenal (4/6)
♠ Draw (13/10)
♠ Middlesborough (10-1)

Half Time/Full Time Football Betting Arsenal v Middlesbrough (Live on Sky Sports 1)
Arsenal - Arsenal (5/6)
Arsenal - Draw (18/1)
Arsenal - Middlesbrough (50/1)
Draw - Arsenal (10/3)
Middlesbrough - Arsenal (28/1)
Draw - Draw (6/1)
Middlesbrough - Middlesbrough (18/1)
Draw - Middlesbrough (22/1)
Middlesbrough - Draw (18/1)

Winning Margin Football Betting :: Arsenal v Middlesbrough (Live on Sky Sports 1)
♠ Arsenal to win by 1 goal 13/5
♠ Arsenal to win by 2 or more goals 10/11
♠ Middlesbrough to win by 1 goal 9/1
♠ No score draw 12/1
♠ Middlesbrough to win by 2 or more goals 16/1
♠ Score Draw 5/1

Written for me by Mr Racetrack because I know eff all about Harness Racing. Everything horseracing related is of interest to me, just because I call Harness Racing Chariot Racing, does not mean I am disinterested.

By Mr Racetrack ::

Harness Racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They also usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies.

In most jurisdictions harness races are restricted to standardbred horses. Standardbreds are so called because in the early years of the standardbred stud book only horses who could race a mile in a standard time were entered into the book.

Standardbreds have shorter legs than thoroughbreds, and longer bodies. They also are of more placid dispositions, as suits horses whose races involve more strategy and more re-acceleration than do thoroughbred races.

Races are conducted in two gaits. In continental Europe all harness races are conducted between trotters. A trotter's forelegs move in tandem with the opposite hind legs -- when the right foreleg moves forward so does the left hind leg, and vice versa. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the United States, races are also held for pacers. Pacers' forelegs move in tandem with the hind legs on the same side.

Pacing races constitute 80% to 90% of the harness races conducted in North America. The horses are faster and, most important to the bettor, less likely to break stride (a horse which starts to gallop must be slowed down and taken to the outside until it regains stride). One of the reasons pacers are less likely to break stride is that they often wear hopples or hobbles, straps which connect the legs on each of the horse's sides.

Most harness races start from a motorized gate. The horses line up behind a hinged gate mounted on a motor vehicle which then takes them to the starting line. At the starting line the wings of the gate are folded up and the vehicle accelerates away from the horses. Some European races start without a gate.

The sulky (sometimes called a bike) is a light two-wheeled cart equipped with bicycle wheels. The driver carries a long, light whip which is chiefly used to signal the horse by tapping and to make noise by striking the sulky shaft.

Almost all North American races are at a distance of one mile, and North American harness horses are all assigned a "mark" which is their fastest winning time at that distance. Harness races involve considerable strategy.

First of all, drivers try to avoid getting boxed in as the horses form into two lines -- one on the rail and the other outside -- at the beginning of the race. They may decide to go to the front, to race on the front on the outside ("first over", a difficult position), or to race with cover on the outside. On the rail behind the leader is a choice spot, known as the pocket, and a horse in that position is said to have a garden trip. Third on the rail is an undesirable spot, known as the death hole. As the race nears the three-quarter mile mark, the drivers implement their tactics for advancing their positions ? going to the lead early, circling the field, moving up an open rail, advancing behind a horse expected to tire, and so on. Unlike thoroughbreds, harness horses accelerate during the final quarter mile of a race. The finishes of harness races are often spectacular and perhaps more often extremely close. The judges (equivalent to thoroughbred stewards) often have to request prints of win, place, and show photos to determine the order of finish.

Harness races are run over 4 various sized tracks. A half mile track, where the horses go around twice, a 5/8 mile track, where the horses start in the backstretch, and a 7/8 and a mile oval, the later two having wider, sweeping turns, opposed to the "sharp" turns a half mile track has, and a longer stretch. Some horses cannot negotiate the smaller ovals, as their stride and maneuverability are better suited for the bigger tracks. Horses for courses would be applicable.

Many different methods are used to "handicap" these races, and I will discuss some of these, along with the various "betting propositions" offered, in my next installment of "HARNESS RACING"

Bad 2004 Olympic Games Stuff

Fucked Sports.com report the news in the Sporting World in their own sweet way. Sometimes they are very funny, other times crude.

The Olympics are big news and Fucked Sports.com have spotted a couple of bad things happen at The Olympic Games already worthy of a mention.

We have The Olympics Hit by Crisis Over Iran-Israel Contest which was covered by Reuters entitled the same Olympics Hit by Crisis Over Iran versus Israel Contest :: Pretty much an Iranian Judo contestant won't fight against an Israeli contestant. Now that just makes much sense right? The 1 chance for a legal fight with an Israeli and the Iranian guy says no?

Secondly there is the Sprinters suspended from the Greek team for failing to turn up to a drug test together, followed by a second missed drug test, for a rather mysterious motorbike crash that happened while on route? Hmmm.

A GOOD Olympic thing is the Olympic Betting which the bookies struggle with because of lack of knowledge.

Olympic Gambling Plug :: Bet Here Ladbrokes

Gambling On Crickets? Not Cricket But Crickets, The Insect Ones.
In Hong Kong there have been arrests made for illegal gambling ~ On Insects (crickets).

$1,025 was seized believed to be illegal gambling money, along with 115 men believed to be betting on Cricket Fights. 300 Crickets were taken away for questioning too.

Gamblog Comment :: These Insect Fight Gamblers face up to 3 months in jail for their troubles and possible fines of up to $1,280 each.

I have only seen the likes of Insect Gambling on the television in films before now, but must say betting on animals fighting each other is pretty abhorent I think. I dunno what people be so silly for.

Maybe a better punishment than fines or jail for these insect fight gamblers, would be to stick them 1 by 1 into a ring with a proponent of the art of Gracie Jujitsu

Place Your Bets Ladies and Gentlemen! (just be quick though eh?) Don't forget the ear mufflers to drown out the screams and don't blink.

Find Olympic Blogs Day

For me, today, was Find as many Olympic Games Blogs as I could DAY.

I found a few olympic related blogs, I knew of a few too, then I found miss-information.net who have very kindly listed every 2004 Olympic blog there could ever be.

If an Olympic Blog is what you wanted, then why are you here? You should be there by now. I will be spending Gam blog Find Olympic Blogs Day downstairs relaxing, probably watching the Olympics heheh.

The Manila Times have caught on to the value of running stories about gambling.

Unsurprisingly, it is another negative of gambling with a wonderful headline entitled Slot Machine Mania, addictive gambling sweeping all over Russia

In most slot machines in Russia, the minimum deposit needed for a play is five rubles, or about 15 US cents, just half the cost of a bus ticket.

The games are practically unregulated, meaning anyone from the country's few super-rich oligarchs to its many destitute pensioners, children and alcoholics can take a spin at the wheel of fortune.

"You can't even get into the store to buy milk in the evening because all the shopkeepers close up to go play the slots," complained one Moscow resident.

"The school principal cancels all meetings whenever she gets a little cash. She wears the same dress every day, she's lost all her teeth, but she runs off to gamble every chance she gets," another resident said.

Fred Done the well known UK bookie from up North who loves a bit of Man Utd, and Victor Chandler who was the first UK bookmaker to leave for the shores of Gibralter to circumvent the 9% UK Betting Tax, thereby heading the forward movement toward the abolishment of said Betting Tax ~ have had a bet.

The bet is who will finish highest in the Premier League table.

The bet is for £1 Million ~ on the nose.

Man Utd or Chelsea?

Fred Done is with Man Utd and Chandlers have Chelsea.

My head says Chelsea, my heart says Man Utd ~ I am a QPR fan afterall.

Go Fred! Go Man United!

Bet-Fred Versus V-Chandler ~ links
Online Bookmaker Betfred - 1 Million Pound - Chelsea V Man Utd Match Bet

Talk Sport Radio Head Of Sport Broadcasting Mike Porky Parry has sent a very sad message to the kisteners to thr breakfast show via his co host Alan Brazil.

Read Mike Parry's Messages about his heart condition and how things are progressing.

Mike Parry, who only last year was blasting out "I Want To Paint It Black" with The Rollin' Clones has sadly informed everyone via Alan Brazil that his heart condition, CARDIOMYOPATHY, has not improved. The Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, Chief of Cardiology, has told Mike he needs a Heart Transplant

Mike Porky Parry did not hesitate to go on the transplant list as apparently some people do, which figures really. Our Mike will never be backward on coming forward.

I wish Mike well ~ yeah the guy drives me nuts but you know, he does not deserve this for just annoying a few people every morning right?

Womens Olympic 800 Metres Betting

Maria Mutola is a standout Betting opportunity at EVENS with Ladbrokes Olympic Betting Section to win the Womens 800 Metre Olympic Title.

Maria Mutola is the standout athlete at the 800 Metre discipline for women and has been so for nion a decade.

Maria's Training Partner Kelly Holmes cannot be a bad bet at 14-1 to land one of the places for EW gamblers. However, in my opinion the win portion of the bet is pretty much a waste of a stake because Maria Mutola will win bar injury.

I have found no reports of Maria Mutola being drastically out of form this year over 800 Metres and am very surprised to see Evens being offered about Maria draping the 800 Metre Womens Olympic Gold around her neck.

I suppose the biggest worry or doubt about Maria Mutola landing the 800 Metre spoils is that it is Ladbrokes that are out of line with other bookies about Maria's chances. I am loathe to take on Ladbrokes aka "The Magic Sign" when they take a view on an event, albeit an Olympic one, but hey ~ Evens is wrong. Maria Mutola will win. Probably not by much as per usual, but she will win.

Well I think she will.

Take Maria Mutola At Evens With Ladbrokes Online Betting Shop To Win The Women's Olympic Games 800 Metres.

(Olympic 800 metre betting odds/prices subject to change but Maria Mutola is definately EVENS at the moment ~ she won't be that price for long I reckon)

Chris's Sports Blog begs the question of whether Star American Swimmer Michael Phelps Will Fail in his bid to break Mark Spitz's Olympic Swimming Record of 7 Gold Medals In A Single Olympic Games

Chris's Sport Blog says ::

With the media focused on Phelps' attempt to break (or tie) Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics, anything less than those seven golds will be a disappointment.

But can five gold and three silver medals really be a letdown?

It will be for NBC, who will make Phelps the showcase of their first week of Olympic coverage. The peacock network has been breathlessly hyping Phelps' quest for seven golds for the past two years and will certainly be doing much of the same during their primetime coverage beginning this weekend.

Speedo, one of Phelps' sponsors, also has a lot to lose if he should fall short. The swimming apparel giant has promised Phelps a $1 million bonus if he ties or beats Spitz's mark. The publicity Speedo will earn for doling out the bonus will far outweigh what they pay to Phelps.

Liverpool Football Club Legend or indeed Leg End, the one and only Michael Owen is off To Real Madrid for �8 Million apparently.

24 Year Old Michael Owen will be joining the Liverpool FC Official Hall of Hame in the not too distant future. He will do so not having reached his full potential at the club.

Michael Owen was frightening footballer as an 18-19 year old. Too good was the boy Owen, Liverpool manager Roy Evans I think it was proceded to run the kid into the ground alongside the England International Team, season after season. All the while Liverpool and Evans were doing the same to Robbie Fowler, at the same time as destroying Stan Collymore by subbing him, forcing Stan to sit and watch 2 little guys running around up front in his place.

Maybe now Michael will be off to Real Madrid, they might not rush him back into games 3/4's fit. I mean let's have it right ~ Michael Owen is prone to an injury or 2. He's not really the type of player that can be played until he's really ready. Playing Michael Owen in early to get his touch back has a bad affect on his physical wellbeing, therefore his general form. At Real Madrid he may get a rest long enough to see the best of him. If that be the case, �8 Million may be the nip of the century judging by Michael Owen's precocious form as a youth.

Gambling On The 2004 Athens Olympic Games


Gam blog's choice of bookies to Gamble with at the Olympic Games | Ladbrokes
First off before I rabbit on about the Olympics and Gambling I will first ask you to take a record of how my Olympic Games Betting Tips get along. So you can wind me up like The Burnley Wallet Fantasy Football Freaks often attempt to do. To no avail so far may I add.

My Olympic Games Betting Tips ~ or Guesses
♣ Mens Olympic 400 Metre Gambling Tip
♣ Womens Olympic 100 Metre Gambling Tip
♣ Mens Olympic 100 Metre Gambling Tip
♣ Womens Olympic 800 Metre Tip

The Olympics and Gambling do not necissarily go hand in hand. Some bookies are fearful of pricing up gambling opportunites for punters where the Olympic Games are concerned.

Olympic Games participants form and statistics are hard to collate. Worldwide experts in shooting and archery, swimming and the hammer throw are thin on the ground. Therefore the bookies are open to mis-pricing any given Olympic Event depending on their Olympic advisors expertise.

2 Olympics Games ago, a firm of Finland or Finnish Gamblers who knew their "Olympic Games" stuff hit various UK highstreet bookies for many hundreds of thousands of pounds. Well, so the bookies reported.

My advice to Olympic Game Gambling FOLK is to stick to events where you know the form of the Olympic Participants by eye ~ ie in your head. If not search through some bookies for value gambling opportunities based on the prices you see ~ that's if you can't watch the Olympic Games without having a Gamble

Decent stats for Olympic Game Participants for the purpose of Gambling are not very good atall. There are some Athens 2004 Olympic Game Blogs out there though.
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Athens Olympic Games Blogs :: From Elsewhere and Greece

There is the Olympic Fanatics Blog from a couple of Olympic Game Nuts. I think 1 is a male teacher who likes a Yoga, the other a lady from Macromedia i think?

You can Submit Olympic Games Articles To This Blog ~ although there is no guarantee your story will be used.

There are a couple of Olympic Games Blogs from bloggers that live in Greece and a Canadian one too that is a decent read aswell.
Greek Resident Olympic Diary Blog
Greek Resident Olympic Blog
Canadian Olympic Blog
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Gam blog's choice of bookies to Gamble with at the Olympic Games | Ladbrokes

Jailed Rapist Iorworth Hoare Wins £7 million Lottery ~ While Out On Day Release

Scotsman.com News reports on a convicted Rapist "Iorworth Hoare" winning 7 milion quid on the National Lottery while out on day release from a bail hostel.

For his troubles, Iorworth Hoare is now back behind bars for his own protection in case a perturbed public lynch him.

The judge at Iorworth Hoare's trial 15 years ago told him: "every moment you are at liberty some woman is at risk".

According to newspaper reports at the time, lottery winner Hoare was jailed for life on May 17, 1989.

Mr Justice Rougier told him: "You have been found guilty on overwhelming evidence and your previous record shows you are a menace to women."

"It seems from the psychiatric reports that I have read that there is no psychiatric illness."

"Paramount in my mind is that every moment you are at liberty some woman is at risk and I believe it to be my duty to protect, so far as I am able, women from the risk you represent."

"This is the last in a long line of appalling offences committed against women and the only sentence I can pass is one of imprisonment for life."

Hoare showed no emotion as he left the dock

Mike Mendoza on talksport radio 1089 and 1053 is talking to a gregarious sounding American businessman. His the boss of a firm selling Speed Camera Spray to defeat Photo Radar, Speed Cameras and Red Light Cameras.

"This spray makes license plates illegible by traffic-enforcement cameras by reflecting the flash back at the camera"

Interesting yet illegal to use in England. Maybe I should be a bit quicker on coming forward and just use the License Plate Spray Speed Camera Blocker regardless of the law.. Naagh, could'nt possibly condone that.

The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games Official Website is a mass of information about the Olympics much too varied and large for me to cover here.

I am after Olympic Games Betting, Odds and Prices and have had a look around and plumped for 3 bookies or betting firms that will be covering the Athens 2004 Olympic Games across the board. Prices can vary alot in Olympic Games Betting so a range of prices is needed by all Olympic Games punters.

Gam blog's choice of bookies to bet with this Olympic Games
| Ladbrokes Betting
♠ Punters will get paid if they win unlike with some online bookies I could mention.
♠ Bet 365 and Sporting Bet are offering sign up bonuses for first time gamblers.
♠ Ladbrokes take big money bets on the Olympics like no other so they are a must recommendation-wise

♠ These are the Olympic Events covered by the Big 3, Ladbrokes, Bet 365 and Sporting bet.

♠ Join Ladbrokes For Olympic Rowing Betting

These are the Ladbrokes Olympic Games Betting Coverage Events.

Men's Track and Field Betting Odds/Prices Available

Online Casino News.com report on the World Gaming.inc and sportingbet.com contract.

World Gaming and Sportingbet Revise Their Agreement

World Gaming Plc and Sportingbet have released details of a new agreement they have formed, making revisions to their existing partnership. World Gaming is a provider of software used by online casinos and sports and horse betting sites, Sporting bet is one of their licensees. In fact Sporting bet is their largest licensee being responsible for 80% of the royalty revenue that World Gaming earned last year. Sporting bet also currently own a 29.5% share of World Gaming's outstanding equity, as well as holding a convertible loan of the value of US$900,000, which when converted would translate into them owning a 39.2% stake in the equity of World Gaming.

The new agreement now dictates that Sporting bet will make staggered payments worth US$10 million to gain a 50% interest in their software, and an additional US$3.3 million which will cancel the $900,000 loan as well as the economic and voting rights currently earned by the existing 29.5% stake they have in the company. Other aspects of the agreement deal with future development plans, with both parties agreeing to devise a joint development plan :: Sporting bet agreeing to funding US$4.5 million worth of the development (over the period of four years); Sporting bet in return to gain a now royalty free license for its own use and World Gaming to undertake an exclusive hosting agreement for the US branch of Sporting bet.

The Chief Executive of World Gaming, Daniel Moran said of the new agreement :: 'We are pleased that we have now successfully resolved this issue with Sporting bet allowing for continued growth in the World Gaming software and infrastructure. The restructured relationship not only stabilizes World Gaming's future but will allow us to move forward and expand into new markets as well as open new investment opportunities that previously were not possible.'

Chief Exec of Sporting bet, Nigel Payne, released his own statement concerning the changes in their agreement: 'We are pleased to have agreed new arrangements with World Gaming which will give Sporting bet greater control over the software platform for its U.S. facing business and, importantly, over the future development of that software. Furthermore, these arrangements will also reduce our costs significantly going forward. We are also pleased that these arrangements will allow World Gaming to emerge a stronger, more profitable business independent of Sportingbet's revenue streams.

Athens Olympics 400 Metre Betting

The Mens Olympic 400 Metre Crown will be lifted by the favourite Jeremy Wariner this time round.

400 Metre runners need to break the 45 second mark to have any chance of winning a high quality 400 Metre race and Jeremy Wariner manages to do just that more often than not.

Alleyne Francique will be in the Olympic 400 Metres Final bar injury and so will Michael Blackwood.

Welsh or Great Britain's 400 Metre entrant Timothy Benjamin (pictured above) will do well to get to the 400 metre final. For sure Tim Benjamin has the times under his belt to manage to get to the 400 Metres Final, he is slightly erratic though and just a touch off the top 400 metre runners times to challenge for a medal.

At odds of 75-1 Timothy may prize a few quid from UK EW Punters Wallets, however I doubt he will make the podium.

All in all the odds of Evens about American 400 Metre Specialist Jeremy Wariner could well turn out to be a standout price. I can just see Jeremy wearing down the opposition early on in the 400 Metres Olympic Final and holding on to the line without much of a problem.

Olympic 400 Metre Betting

Betting :: Jeremy Wariner (USA) Evens
Betting :: Alleyne Francique (GRN) 7/2
Betting :: Michael Blackwood (JAM) 13/2
Betting :: Brandon Simpson (JAM) 9/1
Betting :: Leslie Djhone (FRA) 9/1
Betting :: Avard Moncur (BAH) 16/1
Betting :: Lewis Banda (ZIM) 16/1
Betting :: Derrick Brew (USA) 16/1
Betting :: Otis Harris (USA) 20/1
Betting :: Gary Kikaya (CIV) 33/1
Betting :: Saul Weigopwa (NGR) 33/1
Betting :: Eric Milazar (MRI) 50/1
Betting :: Marc Raquil (FRA) 50/1
Betting :: Ingo Schultz (GER) 50/1
Betting :: Timothy Benjamin (GBR) 75/1
Betting :: David Canal (ESP) 75/1
Others Runners On Request / Each-way 1/5 1-2-3

Gamblog Comment :: Take Evens on the Favourite Jeremy Wariner to lift the Mens 400 Metres Olympic Gold.

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Lee Hughes Guilty ~ Lee Hughes Gets 6 Years

West Brom striker Lee Hughes has been found guilty of causing death by wreckless driving and is to serve a 6 year jail sentence.

Lee Hughes was reported to be driving like a madman in his £100,000 5.5 Litre Mercedes Coupe. The collision in Pickford Grange Lane, Coventry, took place on the morning of the 23rd of November 2003.

West Brom unofficial website "The Baggies Boing" reports ::

It was alleged that Hughes had driven "like a madman" leading up to the crash. Motorist Deborah Vallance, not directly involved in the incident, told the court that Hughes rounded a bend "at some speed" on the wrong side of the road before he hit the Renault Scenic and added "The only way I can describe it, to be honest, is that he was driving like a madman. It looked as if it was on the wrong side of the road."

She then told the court of a conversation she had with the man who climbed out of the Mercedes: "All I can remember is the driver getting out of the car and putting his hands on his head and bending down and saying: 'I can't believe what has happened, I was only doing 30mph'. I just remember saying: 'There was no way you were doing 30mph'"

Hughes' defence counsel, however, suggested that she had made up the story, because it was not included in her statement to the police. Mrs Vallance answered by saying "You forget things and they come back".

Evidence was also presented regarding the actions of Hughes in the pubs before the incident. One barmaid at the Queen's Head said she served him a double Jack Daniels and Coke, and the licensee also said she had served the same drink but could'nt remember what measure of the whisky was in it.

The UK Gambling Blog reports on whether there are Children At Risk To Big Stakes Gambling

The UK Gambling Blog says ::

The Guardian reports on the negative aspects of internet kiosks that are offering offshore gambling 'to children'. Essentially, it seems that legal internet kiosks are acting as portals to offshore casino sites and since these kiosks are allowed anywhere in the UK, naturally there's been a strong reaction to their accessibility by kids. The operators argue that since the casino is registered offshore - its not covered by UK law.

Whilst the operators are no doubt correct in their interpretation of the current laws, there needs to be some restraint in place to allow the gambling regulation to go through without too much restriction on the part of online casino operators. Whilst I have no issues with offshore gambling in the privacy of someone's home (thats what the internet is all about) - allowing a physical box in a public unlicensed area to offer offshore casinos is really giving gambling a bad name - that it doesn't need right now.

Lottery Scam By Email

WTAP have a report about an Email Lottery Scam doing the rounds at the moment.

The jist of the story is one of a similar nature to my last entry about Scam Lotteries where some bunch of idiots tell you that there is a million pound prize for you to claim. All you gotta do is get in contact the lottery firm yourself and claim your winnings. The catch is it will cost you a pretty penny and you won't be seeing any unclaimed millions coming your way either.

Wtap lottery scam excerpt ♣

Old Scam Reinvented.

Attorney General Darrell McGraw says his office is being inundated with calls about a new approach to an old scam.

Consumers say they have received e-mails from various companies notifying them they've won money in an "international lottery"

One such company, Lottery Winners International, e-mailed consumers saying they'd each won a million dollars.

The e-mail warns consumers to tell no one about their good luck, but to call a telephone number outside the United States to find out how to get their money.

The consumers who call are told they have to send a fee ranging from $25 to more than $1,000 to the company to claim their winnings.

McGraw warns that once you send money to another country, there's virtually no way to get it back. ♣

Athens Olympics Womens 100 Metre Betting

The Womens Olympic 100 Metres will is an open affair with Marion Jones not competing this time round to defend her Olympic crown.

The favourite will likely be Christine Arron from France. A fluent mover Christine Arron will be surely pushing hard to lift this years female Olympic 100 Metre crown.

My choice to lift the Womens 100 metres crown for the women's this time round is experienced Bahamian sprinter Debbie Ferguson.

Debbie Ferguson is not new to the sprint scene, an experienced runner and funnily enough yesterday ran the favourite for this years Athens Olympics 100 Metre crown Christine Arron to 1/100th of a second in Zurich.

The Olympics 100 Metres is not quite a 2 runner race and there are other ladies who are in with a fair shout of lifting the Womens 100 Metre title. Aileen Bailey (Jam) is a lively outsider, Veronica Campbell (another Jamaican sprinter) and American Lauryn Williams will be in the final no doubt. It would be remiss of me to not mention Gail Devers and Merlene Ottey, neither of whome has been in the greatest of form this year, but are always dangerous. Ela Thanou is always strong too and there are others to consider so do your homework before you bet.

2004 Olympics 100 Metre Betting | Odds and Prices

Prices/Odds/100 Metres/Women Each-way 1/5 1-2-3

Betting :: Christine Arron (FRA) 9/4
Betting :: Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) 4/1
Betting :: Ivet Lalova (BUL) 5/1
Betting :: LaTasha Colander (USA) 8/1
Betting :: Torri Edwards (USA) 8/1
Betting :: Lauryn Williams (USA) 11/1
Betting :: Sherone Simpson (JAM) 11/1
Betting :: Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 14/1
Betting :: Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR) 16/1
Betting :: Veronica Campbell (JAM) 16/1
Betting :: Aleen Bailey (JAM) 16/1
Betting :: Zhanna Block (UKR) 18/1
Betting :: Marlene Ottey (SLO) 50/1
Betting :: Kim Gevaert (BEL) 50/1
Betting :: Muriel Hurtis (FRA) 50/1
Betting :: Yuliya Tabakova (RUS) 50/1

Others Runners On Request

(prices will change as the womens 100 metre races and betting goes on but they are correct as of now :: August 5th Olympic Betting/Prices/Odds/100 Metres/Women

Gamblog Womens 100 Metre Tip :: Debbie Ferguson EW/14-1

The Burnley Wallet is a blog run by 3 blokes (Peter, Keith, and Mike) who no doubt would consider me a Southern Softie.

They have also just opened A Premiership Football League Blog which is not really much use to me because I am a QPR fan but hey, they seem to have a sense of humour so I read their stuff anyway.

My message to them ~ "Beware The Fallen Ranger"

3 things I found on their Burnley Wallet Blog I quite like are.

(1) Jengajam's flash technology built In My Burberry

(2) Clown Staples website e'balloon which is just a Balloon On A String or indeed a ball on a string? Why I liked it I know not.

(3) Lastly Clown Staples again with this Sound Thingy which you need speakers for obviously.

If you have a warped sense of humour the Burnley Wallet Crew will make you laugh. No they are not comedians, they are Middlesborough fans. Most likely a contradiction of terms because surely you must be a joker to support Boro.

The UK Football Association Letter To All Football Fans ~ Bar Those In The Premier League

Dear Supporter,

Welcome to the start of the 2004/05 football season.

It is a pleasure to welcome Coca-Cola to their sponsorship of the Football League. To have one of the world's most recognised brands onboard is a genuine boost for League football.

By introducing the names "Championship", "League One" and "League Two", The Football League has begun a concerted effort to refresh the public's perception of the competition. In doing so we are seeking to reclaim rather than dispense with our heritage. Our top clubs will be competing for the same trophy that has been used since the end of the nineteenth century - a Trophy that is engraved "The Football League Championship Cup".

The aim of this re-branding exercise is to make our matches more attractive to a wider audience, so that more people regularly choose to spend their Saturday afternoons at Football League matches and in addition to make our competition and clubs more attractive to commercial partners. By achieving these ambitions we will help to ensure the long-term viability of The Football League.

The supporters are central to these plans. Last season 16m supporters attended League games; the most for 40 years. We are looking to build on this to attract 21m supporters to League games by 2010. To achieve this goal we as a League must ensure that the next generation of football supporters follow their local club.

How are we proposing to do this? By focusing our attention on the integral role all the clubs play in their local communities.

Our 72 clubs are the embodiment of community :: in many cases they are the biggest communal activity in their towns and cities. We want to further enhance the value of each club to its local community.

What does this mean in practice? During the next twelve months The League plans to develop a series of initiatives in conjunction with the clubs. These will enhance the relationship and links that clubs have with their supporters and communities, encourage more people to attend games at their local clubs, increase the number of children playing football and deliver vital new commercial revenue.

The Football League is developing a sense of renewed confidence and an enhanced appreciation of its values, and its value for money. Our competition is about "real football for real fans".

Thank you for the support you give your club and the Football League.

Sir Brian Mawhinney
Chairman, The Football League

More From Faria Alam
(Sunday August 8 Update) Faria Alam has sold her story about "Sven Goran Eriksson, the F.A and Faria Ferrari Alam" to the papers.

This is the News Of the World's next addition to the long running Faria Alam Saga. Stuff about Faria and Sven on the stairs etc. You probably know the drill.

The Daily Mail Go with the probably more interesting headline of The Knives are out for Sven warns Alam It seems Sven is in a very difficult position at the moment, maybe he should listen to Faria?

Also Max Clifford has been on the radio today saying that Sven Goran Eriksson and Faria "Ferrari" Alam are in contact every day and seem very close, which is nice is'nt it? Aaah
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Sven , Faria Alam and The F.A update

Sven Goran Eriksson is in the clear after a meeting of F.A officials today. Sven will keep his job, Mark Palios and Colin Gibson (chief communications expert) are gone.
Read the Full Official F.A Sven and Faria Alam Statement

Sven Goran Errikson has been reported by his agent as saying he is "relieved" the Faria Alam story has not cost him his job.
Immediately after Faria Alam Resigned from her job as secretary for the F.A and will be selling her "F.A and Faria Sex Story" to the highest bidder.

Max Clifford is reported to be Faria Alam's representative now which ensures this story of sex, lies and deceit will rumble on further.

The F.A have decribed this whole Faria "Ferrari" Alam, Sven Goran Eriksson and the F.A Affair as "regrettable and bad for English football all round".

Gamblog Comment :: I should Coco. Faria Ferrari Alam is a name the F.A and Football will never forget.

Read more about :: Sven Goran Eriksson and the Faria Alam Affair
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(August 6th 9am) Max Clifford, PR Guru and representative of Faria Alam Speaks.

Faria Alam's PR Man Max Clifford has just had a chat live on Talk Sport Radio to Presenters Patrick Kinghorn and Tony Cascarino.

Max said in part that Faria Alam has sold her story to The News of the World and the Mail on Sunday Newspapers.

Max added that Faria Alam speaks and thinks highly of Sven Goran Eriksson and is not enamoured by the treatment her and Sven have been subjected to by The F.A. "Treated Badly" to quote Max was the exact wording used by Max in relation to Faria Alam's thoughts on the matter.

Max Clifford's job as a PR Guru amongst many things is to "steer people who are his clients through the minefield of the media" said Max.

Max said Faria Alam, her lawyer and some of Faria's friends contacted Max while he was in Spain last week for advice on how to handle the "Svengate" situation.

Max Clifford's advice to Faria Alam was to wait and see how meetings with the F.A pan out beforeshe makes up her mind what to do. According to Max, Faria turned down a lot of money during this time, but after the F.A and Faria met, she decided she needs to speak out to level the playing field as she was being treated shoddily by the F.A.

Additionally in the meantime apparent friends of Faria were all over the press with stories of her sex life and whatnot, so she figured that was another good reason to air her side of the story.

Max gave 3 reasons why Faria decided to speak out ::
(1) Faria could make a lot of money.
(2) The F.A treated her badly and she wants the truth to be told, ie her experiences and what was said in cetain conversations within the F.A.
(3)So called friends of Faria's were talking total nonsense about her and she needs to set the record straight.

Max Clifford added " the F.A waged a campaign to get rid of Sven Goran Eriksson, all the while they were supposed to be protecting Sven". Bear in mind the F.A were supposed to be "Sven's protectors" added Max.

Max went on to say that "how can Sven trust the F.A to look after his interests or indeed trust the F.A atall after this".

All in all Max said "sex sells and if the media are looking to make a few quid from Faria Alam's story, then why should'nt she"?

Gamblog Comment :: Faria Alam has every right to make as much money as she can as her position at the F.A had become untennable and she is effectively unemployed. Faria Alam is allowed to shag who she likes, when she likes, married or not and if people like me are going to write about her, then get paid she should indeed and handsomely so if people want to read about her and Sven.

Faria Alam Links Update
Spoof - Faria shagged me senseless says sacked FA Chief
Faria Alam Says Her Life Has Been Ruined By Sven Affair
The Faria Alam Story

I also Read that Faria Alam will be on The Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Show?

Athens Olympics 100 Metre Sprint Betting

The Olympic 100 Metre Crown will go this year to either Maurice Greene or Asafa Powell.

Maurice Greene is coming into good form right now and broke the 10 second barrier in his last 100 metre race. Greene will be in the final for sure bar injury. In fact Maurice Greene will pretty much jog to the Olympic 100 metre final.

Asafa Powell is a 21 year old Jamaican sprinter of both the 100 metres and 200 metres disciplines. This year Asafa has broken the 10 second barrier regularly and even managed to do so after a stumbled start. Asaafa Powell will too jog through to the 100 metre Olympic final.

Kim Collins will be the liveliest outsider in the 100 metres this year and could well be the one for the EW betting punters. Collins too is almost guaranteed a 100 metre final berth bar injury.

My choice is to side with the more experienced sprinter in Maurice Greene. It will be tight but Greene will prevail over Asafa Powell in a tightly run affair. The Olympic romanticists will be thinking a new 100 metre record will be set under the backdrop of the Athens skyline, but I doubt that will happen personally.

All in all I say a bet on Maurice Greene to win the Athens 2004 Mens 100 Metre Final in almost what amounts to a betting match with Asafa Powell. 11-4 on Greene is a standout wager, and is a decent betting opportunity with the full knowledge of an assured run for your money.

Take MAURICE GREENE at 11- before the price shortens which it surely must. When the 100 metre Final is run Maurice Greene will be a starter and will not be available at a price of 11-4 then.