Entries from February 2007

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

The European Union Strikes Back

I just watched an interesting video blog on the European Union’s reaction to the recent clampdown by the U.S. on online gaming companies. Apparently our friends across the pond are sick and tired of their executives being harrassed and arrested and are starting to fight back against draconian U.S. legislation using the power of [...]

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Now that Neteller is gone – how do I fund my sportsbook account?

Just found a decent article on how to fund your sportsbook accounts now that Neteller is out of the picture (for all of us in the States at least).
“Banks only will do it if they don’t know what it’s going for,” said one long-time professional gambler, who had around 20 offshore accounts. “Banks are starting [...]

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Odds on Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daddy? Call Miss Cleo.

I always wondered how the various sportsbooks came up with the odds for the so-called “entertainment” betting lines. According to an article in today’s NYPost, it’s all very similar to how sporting lines are determined – through extensive research:
“Although there are no hard formulas . . . analysts do tend to attack [...]

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Es tu Israel?

Israel adopts the U.S.’s misguided online gambling policies…
“Israel bonds with US over online betting ban
According to the online edition of the Globe, Judge Abraham Heiman ruled last week that a foreign company may not take online bets from Israeli citizens, regardless of where it is headquartered or its servers are located. Israeli authorities [...]

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Dr. Bob – the Yoda of sports picking

This guy is my new hero..

“Gamblers wagering against a point spread must win more than half their bets (about 53%) to make a profit and must be closer to 55% to make a comfortable living. This is no small feat. Experts say there may be fewer than 100 people who can sustain these rates [...]

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Welcome Technorati users

This is a link to our Technorati Profile. Hopefully this will help spread the word about the new blog.

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Neteller to U.S. customers – sorry but you can’t have your money…yet

As a Neteller customer, all I can say is this sucks:
“The return of funds to our US customers is a top priority for NETELLER” said Ron Martin, Group President and CEO. US customers wishing to withdraw funds from their NETELLER e-wallet accounts will experience ongoing delays while these discussions continue, and a further update will [...]

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

iBet.pro – sports betting and technology blog

Welcome to iBet.pro.  I’ll be posting about sports, gambling, and technology and how the three relate.