Posts made in June, 2015

A new system put in place to monitor suspicious Sports Betting Activities

A new system put in place to monitor suspicious Sports Betting Activities

Match fixing is a worldwide threat to sports and nothing regarding the competition will be in a position to work unless the officials, players and fans are sure of the results. Groups in the industry are coming up with a new system that is designed to assist in alerting in case of any suspicious betting activities that would arise in a match.

The World Lottery Association and European Lotteries launched the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS). Sportradar is powering the system and will make it possible for groups making use of it to make communications and issue alerts on any suspicious matches. The President to European Lotteries said that the EL and WLA have their commitment towards upholding honest betting and integrity around the globe.

This detection of suspicious betting has been a tool which will be used in bringing match fixing to an end before it starts or have betting stopped before a match starts. The system will make void if there is unusual volumes of betting coming in or if betting is proving to go against what the bookie might be expecting.

A recent report by the European Sports Security Association (ESSA) reveals that tennis seems to be the sport that is often associated with betting activities that are suspicious. The ESSA has for a while been monitoring betting activities and submitting alerts; over the first three months of 2015 they made 27 tennis match alerts and 17 of these were said to be suspicious after investigations were carried out. The tennis alerts were more than half of the alerts generated by the organization. Most of the remaining alerts were from soccer; others were from snooker, table tennis and snooker and they had at least one suspicious betting pattern in the quarter.

Comments from the WLA president said that this new GLMS will assist the gaming industry in corporation with the world’s sports magazine. Through this system, the organization will be in a position to work with IOC and FIFA in making sure that all information on irregular betting is addressed.

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Informative betting tips to defeat those dog days

Informative betting tips to defeat those dog days

BA and NHL are each a couple of games into their finals in the championship series. This means that you as a bettor are in several games in the dog days of summer when the sportsbooks are giving rivals the Guantanamo Bay menu.

Baseball always serves as the main course until when the football kicks off but this will seem like eating the same kind of food for 3 months. If you need to spice up your plate and have a change of the menu, I am here to advice you on how to do it. There are games out there that you could bet on even though they are not so attractive and you might not be watching them in your regular television cable.

Anyone who is great at betting will tell you that betting value is in these outlining events and this is because they do not offer wall to wall coverage like major sports events would do.

In this post, we will give you some interesting betting tips that will take you through the summer period.

Betting on WNBA

The WNBA just started on its 19the season. You might have a negative perspective on the league but this is one league you should be betting on.

One thing you should is hitting the overnight numbers. You will notice that the WNBA lines usually move during the game-day, the earlier you bet the better the value your spreads and totals will be.

When betting on the WNBA, do not put too much value on the players, this league does not have many players who might have major impact on the game when injured.

Smart bets on CFL

The Canadian Football League will start late June and will offer some exciting action each week.

For the CFL, you need to read a lot from their local newspaper websites so as to get extra information you hardly get from ESPN and other sports channels.

This is a highly competitive game and has major football players on the teams. This means you should put much emphasis on the injuries. The starters on the offense and defence are of significance.

Golf betting

For most bettors who wager on golf will rely on the major leagues like the PGA and Masters. What they do not know is that these big leagues prove to be hard to bet on. This is because there are many people betting on the game and the oddsmakers will have some tight odds on these games.

As a smart golf bettor, you should have your eye on the course, as well as, the current form. This is because a course can fit the golfer’s game and have their eye well which makes it possible for te player to have great score all year round.

You should have a good combination of players favoured by the course, as well as, the underdogs with good value.

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Mistakes to avoid as you bet on Belmont

Mistakes to avoid as you bet on Belmont

Most of the times, a horse will win the first two legs of a Triple Crown and as it arrives to the Belmont race, there is a lot of attention to it and has historical fame if it is able to attain the final victory.

This attention comes with huge amounts of money. The money that has been bet on Belmont this year is about $200 million. This is higher than the entire nation’s worth in the horse races that are bet on; on a normal Saturday.

Most of this money comes from dumb bets made by people who hardly know what they are doing. Through this, they do less and make way for smarter bettors to take advantage and make money from them.

We do not want you to make any silly bets, this is the reason we have this post prepared for you to make the best from Belmont and avoid some of the common mistakes you are likely to make.

Bets to avoid

One of the bets to avoid would be betting on gray horses. You should not bet on gray horses as their odds are whack. They are likely to stand out because of their colour which makes it likely for people to bet on them but they are not faster than the others. From research by top tipsters, it has been found that gray horses do not pay off in the long run.

The dumb bettors like to bet on the lottery ticket kinds of risks by placing bets on the biggest long shot. In lay man’s language, a long shot is the worst horse in the race. As you place your Belmont horse race bet, you need to avoid the long shot bets as you will lose your money.

As a smart and rational bettor, you are not supposed to believe that number seven is lucky, newbie bettors will usually bet on horse race number 7. To save your money, you need to avoid betting on horse number seven since the odds for the horse are too out of line.

I usually find betting on the biggest favourite a sad thing. This is usually a bad trade since everyone is looking at making easy money from what the news headlines are reading.

With these tips, I wish you the best for the bets you place. Always remember to place your bets with the bookies we have reviewed on our site.

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Betting on Formula 1 Races

Betting on Formula 1 Races

Formula 1 is loud, exciting, fast and glamorous. These are some of the things that should attract you to betting on Formula 1. Whether you are betting for fun or to make some money from it, I have all the information you need so as to know how Formula 1 betting goes down or make a smart bet.

The more you are furnished with formula 1 betting information, the better your chances are of betting the odds.

Main Formula 1 bets

Drivers’ World Championship is one of the bets to place on Formula 1 races. This is the bet on the driver that will win overall on the whole season. The winner will be determined by the points they accrue at the end of the race.

Another bet you can have would be the Constructors’ World Championship which is similar to the drivers’ world championship. This bet will combine the two cars that each team will run. The winner will be determined by the team and constructor that attain the most points.

Another bet you might consider taking would be the podium finish. This is similar to backing a place in horse racing. Opposed to backing a driver each way, you will be in a position to back them to get on the podium alone (first three) in any race. Similar to the podium bet, there is the top six finish which you will be betting on the top six and not the first three; and this is similar to a top 10 finish.

Other kinds of bets you might come across include; pole position and the fastest lap.

Advice to carry with you to a sportsbook

As you go about your Formula 1 betting, you need to be smart and do your analysis rather than depending on the odds being offered in the bookies.

You can have more than one sportsbook to bet on. This will make it possible for you to shop for more odds other than relying on one bookie. After comparing odds on more than 3 betting sites, bet on with the sportsbook that has the best odds.

As I said earlier, do not rely on the odds alone; check on things like the weather, and previous performances of the teams and drivers on similar race tracks.

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William Hill has exited the Romanian market after Back-Tax Demands

William Hill has exited the Romanian market after Back-Tax Demands

William Hill is one of the renowned UK gambling operators. Recently they pulled out from the Romanian Market. Punters were unable to continue with their betting endeavours from Tuesday 3rd June. This is after the company ceased their operations and suspended the Romanian accounts. They asked the players to make submissions of their winnings payouts.

All those webmasters who acted as the Romanian market affiliates were also instructed to get rid of banners and links which connected their sites to Romania. A Spokesperson for William Hill said that their actions were prompted by the developments around regulating the Romanian market.

A new online gambling framework is being institutionalised in Romania which is planned to attract a couple of international licensees. Last month, the government made announcements that they needed all license applicants to pay up back taxes worth 20% of all the winnings from their Romanian players dating back to 2009. William Hill’s exit follows what Ladbrokes did in January, as well as Bet365.

On May 28th the president of Romania signed the new amendments to Government Bill 92/2014 which left the law to be published in the Official Journal for it to be put into effect. Interested operators have until the end of 2015 to send in their application to the National Gambling Office for the licenses.

On other news regarding William Hill, they ceased their offerings for their poker rake-back offers as from 1st June. William Hill runs on Playtech’s iPoker network which prompted them to change to source-based rake model this year in February which was their model of rewarding skins for bringing in more players to their poker arena. For players who were on the rake-back deals will be switched to Hill’s VIP program.

Thanks to Inspired Gaming Group, Hills now has two new HTML5 mobile applications. These fascinating games include a Romanian themed omni-channel smash by the name Centurion which is at this time one of William Hills’ top 3 games. The other is the called Spirit of the Samurai which is a free spins slot. The SVP to the mobile section at William Hill; Dave Hammond said that he was excited with the performance of the two games which are exclusive to William Hill’s mobile platform.

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