It is claimed in the 2001 Australian Interactive Gambling Act that ‘click to call’ service is against the law. However, this did not hinder bet365 based in Australia in initiating the service. This comes even it is clear that the service has brought in a lot of controversies and has prompted the federal police to undertake a thorough investigation on the matter.

Bet365 becomes the third Australian based betting company to activate the project after Willian Hill and Ladbroke Australia had earlier opened the service to their platforms in April. The three betting firms claim that the service falls within the jurisdiction of the 2001 Australian Interactive Gambling Act.

The so called ‘click to call’ service is designed in a manner that a gambler can activate his microphone where he can have a conversation with betting firm’s agents who would in turn place a bet with clients authorization and on his behalf.

The three UK betting companies belief that the service will act as a telephone conversation between a bettor and a betting agent from which they claim would not have violated in betting rules. However, national operators argue otherwise as they claim that the service which has been offering clients live betting as a breach of law.

This prompted the Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) to review the rules and in end it handed the investigation matter to the federal police who would have the rights to conduct the investigation and get the real evidence.

There would be a massive loss in the Atlantic City of New Jersey if the case advocates for the eradication of sports betting. The case has been going on for some time now and the moment of truth is about to unfold itself once the final ruling is done this month.

A brief history of New Jersey’s battle for legal sports betting

It started back in 1992 when sports league asked the Congress to pass the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which claimed that no other state could legalize sports betting apart from Nevada which had initiated it before.

20 years later in 2012, New Jersey tried to legalize it but the sports leagues took a swift action where they forbid the act by moving to the court. In the first attempt, the state lost and this was the trend in the appeal case.

Since PASPA was unconstitutional, New Jersey went ahead in incorporating sports betting claiming that they were not under state laws but was governed by the federal laws. However, in 2014, Gov. Chris Christie claimed that sports betting would only take place casinos and racetracks.

What’s at stake?

If the state wins the case, it would promptly call for the strong partnership between Monmouth Park racetrack and British betting firm William Hill in incorporating sports betting for football which kicks off this September. In 2014, the total amount accrued from gambling was $3.9 billion with almost a half of this emanating from football betting. This explains why football is the most popular game in the state. It was followed by basketball with $1.1 billion with baseball coming in third with $722 million.

Why is the NBA suing to prevent legal sports betting if Commissioner Adam Silver has come out in favor of it?

Adam is for the sport betting legalization. Actually he demands the eradication of PASPA and the full control of gambling market be accorded to sports leagues and law enforcements. Some even argue that Adam wants some backing from other commissioners in attempt to eradicate sports betting.

The losing side can appeal the case but it would take a long time as it involves all 23 panel judges’ consideration unlike the three who would make the final call.

Online platform

The digitalization of sport betting in online platforms has been the killer to Baba Ijebu kiosk. Most gamblers prefer betting online rather than walking to these kiosks. However, some play at these kiosks who offer online betting but more often than not they don’t rush back to the kiosks to check the results but rather do it online. Cash winnings are automatically debited in player’s account online and no fraud has ever been reported.

Guessing vs. prediction

In most cases, Baba Ijebu would incorporate a lot of calculation and variation. However, a win is guaranteed by mere luck. Amazingly a player can go a mile of selecting any number that suits him on the plate number. However, luck will not only apply all times as information and history of the playing teams would increase winning chances.

Prize money

This forms the main frame in gambling. Despite being known to pay handsomely, Baba Ijebu has been surpassed by sports betting whose pay is far much better. A football match can cash in thousands in sports betting and many gamblers have shifted their mind to this platform.

Passion for Sport

This forms the base for football fanatics. In Nigeria, there is always a tournament that is taking place at anytime of the year. Those who worship Europe football will go to the extent of wagering any amount to their favorite team to win. There has been a rise in the number of people waging since most have extra knowledge on various teams to bet on.

Risk Factor

Risk factor is essential in betting. There is a high risk which would in turn bring about higher winning odds in Baba Ijebu kiosks. On the other hand, sport betting produces higher odds but will have a unique approach with diminutive risk. Football fanatic has in mind that one loss would lead to another win as there is always winning hope in football sports betting.

For the better part, a legend and a winner should be accorded with great honor and respect. That is what is happening on our site, in this post, we will be recognizing the existence of gaming legends and past winners. The Golden fraternity is pleased to show off their skills as well as exhibit some of the winning techniques. Moreover, the team is willing to share tales of some amazing lucky winners.

Talking of these lucky winners, one should have in mind that most of them have emerged to be heroes in the platform while rarely do they have villains. Under this category and as part 1 of the ongoing segment on the gaming history, it has come to our knowledge that you need to have an idea of famous gamers who can be deemed as legends as they have had their lives transformed through winning ways. Initially we are going to look at two prominent gamers; Steve Wynn and Terrence Watanabe.

Steve Wynn

Steve is an American business tycoon who is very popular in Las Vegas. This is due to the fact that back in 1990s, he was on the front line in making sure that Las Vegas fate have been revitalized. It was his company that took up the task of initiating several major casinos in the city. It was also responsible for renovating some of the old casinos to more modern ones. Casinos such as ‘The Strip’, Treasure Island, Golden Nugget, The Mirage and Bellagio trace their fame from Wynn’s company. Wynn an art fanatic is believed to be worth $2.5 billion.

Terrace Watanabe

Dissimilar to Wynn’s fame, Terrace has done little than Wynn to be famous. Terrace is a millionaire who made his income through family business as well as active gambling. In fact, unlike others, Terrace was not siding when it came to responsible betting. With this in mind, he is believed to have lost $100 million at one time when betting in a series of Las Vegas casinos in 2007. He is known to have enriched a certain casino in Las Vegas through his huge losses. He is also seen as one of the highest loss gamble at our present days.

There has been intense pressure on mounting on the Hesse ministry of interior and Sports (HMDIS) for them to come up with another structure when it comes to the framework in sports betting. The regulatory body has been receiving plenty of criticisms pertaining legislation processes.

The German Green Party was the last critics when it came to the framework. There were statements claiming that HMDIS should get rid of the 20 license cap and have the licensing provisions that are based on the operators fulfilling the required quality requirements and not coming up with their policies which are set to a number of bookmarkers that have been pre-qualified by the regulator.

The Green Party came to learn that they would be supporting all their attempts to change the framework to sports betting which was developed by the HMDIS.

Their support for the reform emanated from June’s news that the European Court of Justice would carry out investigations on the legislative procedure after complaints from the European operators that HMDIA was breaching the interstate competition practices and business policies on best practises.

Media houses from Germany have delivered reports that about 80 operators had sent in quest to acquire 20 HMDIS licenses. The ones who had their application rejected complained that the regulator did not have any detailed reports on why they had rejected the applications.

The Luxembourg based ECJ court is expected to have their verdict from their finding delivered by September.

Analysts from the industry believe that the reforms to Germany will be passed. They also believe that the operators who aim at entering the market need to look forward to further delays to the implementations of the frameworks.

This tension came to be in April when the sports betting licensing came to a detour after the resignation of a sports advisory body that was tasked with helping the gaming regulators in achieving their mandate.

With fantasy sports betting legalization still an ongoing battle, the NFL has claimed that it is on the verge of expanding and this may entail initiation of a team based in Las Vegas. This comes after New Jersey appealed a case where NF, NBA, MLB, NCAA and NHL had moved to the court in 2012 to block a move by the state in legalizing sports betting. They opposed this since they claimed that match fixing especially on single betting would be frequent and hence tarnishing the fame of the game. According to Brian McCarthy the league spokesman, they were not backing of from blocking the move ever.

However, their move was faced by various problems as some representatives of various teams had other plans. Robert Kraft the owner of New England team joined hands with Steve Wynn Las Vegas casino developer in building a casino believed to be worth $1 billion next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough back in 2011.

NFL had earlier banned the advert banners in the stadium as a way to deter any casino initiation move. However, it claimed that it would allow advertising money from casinos. The league claimed that this would be accompanied by several rules such that no logos or club marks are present on the advert and that players would receive divides from the income generated from these adverts.

There has been however partnership between fantasy firms DraftKings and FanDuel with 21 league teams, Steelers included. NFL commissioner Roger Goodwell described this as family reunion and said that fantasy sees people come together for fun as they enjoy football. McCarthy echoed these words by saying that generally fantasy football is a non gambling event that entails skills of the game.

Nevertheless, despite all this, NFL was on the front line in cancelling fantasy football conference that was scheduled for 10-12 July at the non-gambling Las Vegas site the Sands Expo. The expected in attendance included Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

The league was later involved in cautioning three Miami Dolphins players from indulging in poker events in Coconut Creek casino, Fla. This attracted criticism from events’ host Andy Slter who claimed that NFL was based on gambling.