Sports betting is a highly volatile business. There is no such thing as a “sure thing”. That point is proven time and again as underdogs have come back from the worst of odds to defeat anticipated heroes. Whether by sheer desire, design or a twist of fate, sports bettors have lost millions of cumulative dollars over the last century to unbelievable upset victories.
An online dating fraud was uncovered recently, and oddly enough, it involves online poker, Facebook and a particularly handsome deceased soldier’s photograph. Apparently a man by the assumed name of Dylan Sorvino was meeting women on Facebook by using the strikingly good looking photo of the dead soldier in uniform, then playing online poker with them while getting to know them better over the internet.
There is a resounding question coming from online poker, casino, bingo and sports betting enthusiasts hailing from the United States. Are there any viable deposit methods left for US online casino and poker players?
There may be millions of people all over the world with registered accounts on the mega-social network Facebook, sharing thoughts, links, videos, photos and more, but who would have thought there would be even more activity around the world at online bingo games?
Titan Poker, the pride and joy of the iPoker Network, has reinstated its MT3 Multi-Table Tournament promotion. The new Tournament Race is awarding $150,000 in prizes that include WSOP Experience prize packages for the top competitors. Beginning February 1, 2011, members of Titan Poker will have another chance to participate in the phenomenally popular MT3 Tournament Races at the online poker room. The promotion will run through the end of May.
Marketing directors all across the online casino industry have been spending countless hours in search of fresh new ways to promote their products. Big bonus offers for new players are nice, but players have begun looking for something a bit more substantial these days. Calida Gaming came up with a unique idea by choosing to crown a Miss Online Casino each month in 2011.
Imagine being seated at a poker table, playing in a tournament where you’ve spent hours protecting your chip stack, waiting for the perfect hand to make your move. That hand finally comes, and just as you prepare to push your stack, or a substantial part of it into the pot, the lights go out.
For the last few weeks, members of the leading online poker site Party Poker have had access to a brand new card game called Double Hold’em. The game was in beta testing mode, so to speak, available only for practice play, but was just recently introduced to the online poker room’s real money poker tables.
For more than four years, proponents of online poker in the United States have argued the legality of playing real money poker over the internet. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) does not specifically criminalize the activity, but rather the responsibility of financial institutions to prevent transactions between online poker sites and US citizens.
Online gambling fans in the United States finally have something to cheer about in recent weeks as it looks inevitable that the government, or at least certain states, will definitely be issuing licenses to online gambling operators. According to a report from Daniel Stewart & Co., those licenses could be going out as early as Fall 2011.
The Super Bowl line-up was locked into place yesterday as the Green Bay Packers conquered the Chicago Bears, and the Pittsburgh Steelers routed the New York Jets. The AFC Champion Steelers will take on the NFC Champion Packers in the ultimate Super Bowl XLV showdown on February 6, 2011.
With probable online gambling legalization in parts of the United States projected for the near future, Gambling Invest is preparing to auction off more than 2,300 gambling domains, some with incredible potential for keyword domination. The company announced its intention to auction off the domains more than a month ago, but the official date has now been set for Wednesday, January 26, 2011.