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Playtech, one of the leading companies in the online gambling industry, has recently reported powerful revenue gains in the first half. The cause of the increase is the expansion of online gambling across much of Europe.
Over the past few months, two new gambling markets had opened through regulation. Italy and France had decided to regulate online gambling, and subsequently allow law abiding gambling companies set up shop within their borders.
With the addition of the French and Italian markets, Playtech’s gross income increased from $103.7 million to $136.3 million dollars, which represents a 31 percent increase over the same period from the previous year.
Playtech’s expansion has not been limited to simply entering the French and Italian markets. Earlier in the year, Playtech had also entered several partnerships. A five year deal had been made with William Hill, and partnerships had also been made with Scientific Games and Sportech.
Playtech is widely regarded as one of the best brands of online gambling, though they do not currently operate within the United States. The company has expressed repeated interest in offering USA online gambling, though there is a patient wait until the United States decides to regulate online gambling.
The online gambling industry in the United States is currently unregulated, though not technically criminalized.
Last week, the Chargers face the Cowboys, and lost that one 16-14. Rivers was solid however, completing 11 of 15 passes for 125 yards. Predicted rookie sensation Ryan Mathews carried the ball 12times for 53 yards. Defensively, the Chargers surrendered just 194 of offense to the Cowboys.
The Saints blew away Houston 38-20 in their last preseason outing, in what was a minimal outing for Brees and the rest of the Saints starters. Brees threw just 10 passes, completing five, for 36 yards. New Orleans should feel encouraged that the back up and reserve players were able to move the ball into the end zone.
For the match up this week, USA Online Sportsbooks have set the Saints as three-point favorites to defeat the Chargers. The over/under for the contest is installed at 42 1/2 points.
Offensively for the Saints against the Chargers defense, Brees and the other New Orleans quarterbacks will look to exploit mismatches. Looking at the New Orleans Saints 2010 Preview, they have a variety of weapons that they can use against San Diego, like trying to throw to running backs like Reggie Bush and let him make plays. Again however, it is undetermined how much field time the starters will get in this one.
Defensively for the Chargers, they will try and make the Saints one-dimensional. That will likely mean stopping the run game, though Brees and the passing game would still present a real threat. Still, the Chargers are a solid unit on defense and will be able to make some big plays in this one.
On offense for the Chargers against the Saints defense, they need to protect the ball. New Orleans had a habit last
season for creating turnovers, which they turned into points. That is something that San Diego must avoid. Establishing Mathews in the first quarter will be important. He will be a key to the Chargers success, looking ahead at the 2010 San Diego Chargers Team Preview.
For the Saints on defense, their main priority should be to shut down the passing game with Rivers, and make the rookie Mathews the focal point. The Saints have plenty of play-makers on the defensive side of the ball, and the match up between the Charger receivers and the Saints’ secondary will be fun to watch.
Since the game is in New Orleans, weather will not be a factor, as it will be played in the Super Dome. Game time temperature should be a steady and cool, complete with air conditioning.
Offensively, the starters for the Packers match up well with the starters of the Colts defense. The key of course will be the offensive front of Green Bay, against the defensive front of Indianapolis. The Packers allowed among the highest sacks per game last season, and will need to protect Rodgers better this year. At the same time, the Colts have one of the better pass-rush defenses in the NFL, among active defensive end like Dwight Freeney.
Look for the Packers to let Rodgers play a few series in this one, and if things continue to go as they have all preseason,
expect Rodgers to be productive. The Packers were pretty balanced on offense last week, with Brandon Jackson rushing for 80 yards on 11 carries with one touchdown.
The Colts offense against the Green Bay defense will present a match up between one of the best defenses in the NFL, against one of the best offenses in the NFL. The Packers have arguably the best secondary in all of football, and against Manning, they should get their stiffest test outside of their own in Rodgers, during the Preseason. Fortunately for the Packers, they get to go up against Rodgers in practice, which is a good preparation for Manning and company.
Indianapolis runs a lot of formations and Manning likes to call the plays as the game comes to him. However, Manning will likely be limited in this one, and Green Bay will see a lot of Painter.
A Londoner turned his luck around on Friday 13th after scooping £75,000 at Ladbrokes Online Casino on the progressive slot, Mega Moolah Isis.
The win came off the back of Ladbrokes’ single day prize draw promotion, giving players the chance to win either 50, 25 or 10 free chips just for playing Mega Moolah Isis.
Charlie Goodenough, Head of Marketing, said: “A £75,000 win on Friday the 13th is amazing. It just goes to show that this day can be lucky for some! We have had so many big winners in the last few months that 2010 is starting to look very good for our customers. So much so that it would not surprise me if someone scooped the eye watering £4m jackpot on Mega Moolah soon.”
This is the second massive win on this casino game in as many months with another player, also from London, winning £88,341 in July.
More fantastic prizes are up for grabs, with several of Ladbrokes Online Casino’s progressive games boasting enormous jackpots. King Cashalot’s jackpot is currently over £750,000, while Mega Moolah’s jackpot is now over £4,000,000.
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Fresh from its opening day demolition of Wigan Athletic away from home on the opening day of the season last Saturday, newly promoted Blackpool face a much tougher test tomorrow afternoon as the side travels to London to take on Arsenal.
Blackpool remains one of the favourites to be among the three teams relegated to the Championship come the end of the 2010/11 English Premier League season but briefly stood atop the table last weekend thanks to a four goals to none hammering of its Lancastrian rivals.
However, Arsenal is one of the English Premier League’s top sides and Blackpool will have to put in a stunning performance to have any hope of coming away from the Emirates Stadium with anything.
These two sides last met for an FA Cup match at Arsenal Stadium in 1999 with the home side running out winners by three goals to one. Blackpool was then in the third-tier of professional English soccer and would be relegated the following season to the lowest division while Arsenal would eventually finish a close second to Manchester United for the English premier League title.
BetFred.com and EuroSportBet.co.uk list Blackpool at odds of 12/1 to win followed by StanJames.com, Bodog.com, ToteSport.com, Coral.co.uk, SkyBet.com, Ladbrokes.com and SportingBet.com with 14/1 and Bwin.com offering 29/2.
Even longer, PaddyPower.com is not giving ‘The Seasiders’ much hope at odds of 15/1 while bettors can get 16/1 from 888Sport.com, BoyleSports.com and BlueSq.com.
The news just gets worse from here for fans of the Lancashire side as Bet365.com, WilliamHill.com and VictorChandler.com are going with odds of 18/1 on an away victory for Ian Holloway’s men followed by Betfair.com showing 22/1 and BetDaq.com and WBX.com with 23/1.
For its part, Arsenal kicked off its season with a late draw away to Liverpool and will be looking for a win to get its title challenge well and truly on its way. EuroSportBet.co.uk, ToteSport.com, WilliamHill.com and BetFred.com show the London side at odds of 1/7 to defeat Blackpool while SportingBet.com is listing 3/20 followed by Coral.co.uk and Bwin.com with 3/19.
Both Manchester United and Chelsea won on the opening day of the season and Arsenal will not want to fall too far behind the other contenders for the title this early on with manager Arsene Wenger eager to collect his first piece of silverware since 2005’s FA Cup.
Bodog.com, VictorChandler.com, SkyBet.com, Ladbrokes.com, BoyleSports.com, WBX.com and Bet365.com have ‘The Gunners’ at odds of 1/6 to defeat Blackpool followed by BlueSq.com, BetDaq.com, PaddyPower.com, 888Sport.com and StanJames.com with 2/11 and Betfair.com at 3/16.
A draw would still be a favourable result for the newly promoted side but online bookmakers are not holding out much hope for this coming to pass with 888Sport.com, EuroSportBet.co.uk, BlueSq.com and BetFred.com showing odds of 5/1 on this eventuality.
Even longer odds of 21/4 on a tie are available from SportingBet.com while BoyleSports.com, Bwin.com, PaddyPower.com and StanJames.com are going for 11/2.
At the far end of the spectrum are VictorChandler.com, Bodog.com, Bet365.com, Ladbrokes.com, SkyBet.com, Coral.co.uk and ToteSport.com offering a draw at odds of 6/1 followed by 13/2 from WilliamHill.com and 36/5 from WBX.com, BetDaq.com and Betfair.com.
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Fans of soccer can now enjoy a range of new games at established pools site FootballPools.com alongside the Classic Pools title and additional features such as a live statistics section featuring improved usability.
Owned and operated by London-based Sportech, FootballPools.com recently underwent a facelift and is offering players the chance to win up to three million pounds in cash every week.
In addition to the Classic Pools title, FootballPools.com now features new games including Super 6, which lets players predict a home win, draw or away win for six fixtures from Championship, European or international matches. There is also Premier 10, the official game of the English Premier League, where players can win up to £30,000 every week by correctly predicting a home win, draw or away win for ten top-flight matches. In addition, Score 3, Head To Head and Spot The Ball competitions have been included while additional gaming content includes Challenge Hansen, where players can try to out-predict pundit Alan Hansen for the chance to win weekly bonus prizes.
“The expansion of gaming content coupled with the trusted brand’s established liquidity, presents an attractive new offering for gaming operators,” read a statement from Sportech.
“The new site offers considerable improvements in website usability as well as innovations such as live pools statistics to enable customers to see where other players are placing their bets and find out the best value. This will only increase its appeal to the savvy bettor and further boost revenue for operators. Website integration has also been made significantly easier with the flexibility of being able to customise The Football Pools offering to the operator’s site.”
“The Football Pools was the world’s first football gaming company founded in 1923 and, over the years, we have been famous for creating winners by paying out over ten billion pounds in prize money to millions of satisfied customers,” Ian Penrose, Chief Executive Officer for Sportech.
“Last season alone we paid out over £21 million.
“As part of our continued modernisation of The Football Pools and with the launch of our new online football pools technology, we are able to offer business partners a broad suite of exciting football pools games at guaranteed gross margins on the world’s most popular sport with established liquidity and the reassurance of a trusted brand. It’s a potent combination for any operator.”
Sportech revealed that players across all of its games can also earn loyalty points on every pound that they spend while a new VIP loyalty scheme will award ‘money-can’t-buy prizes’ including tickets to unique events featuring the firm’s brand ambassadors Alan Hansen, Tony Cascarino, Roger Hunt and Gordon Banks.
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It has been an exciting week for Californian online player Catherine M, who hit a progressive jackpot at the Vegas Technology-powered Go Casino to win almost a million dollars. Catherine was playing the Red, White and Win progressive slot and hit the jackpot of $990,529.74 having staked $7.50.
“This is not the first progressive win at Go Casino” said Danny Michaels, promotions manager for the casino. “But this is certainly the biggest one in our history. Our progressive jackpots were over 2 million dollars before Catherine’s hit, so there’s still over a million dollars to be won”.
“I have been playing at Go Casino for years now”, says Catherine. “I couldn’t believe I hit the jackpot, I have never won anything like this in my life! I am now going to buy a house for my mother and me to live in”.
Official statistics for July 2010 show that Atlantic City land casinos again experienced a decline in revenues – 5% lower than the comparable period last year – as competition from neighbouring Pennsylvania added to New Jersey casino woes.
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission reported Tuesday that revenue for the 11 Atlantic City casinos fell to $363.9 million.
The Commission’s numbers show that casinos won $252.9 million at the slot machines and another $111 million at table games. Slots revenue fell 5.2% from July 2009; table game revenues decreased by 4.5%.
Competitive pressure from two neighbouring states contributed to the decline, with Pennsylvania gambling parlours introducing table games on July 8, a few weeks after Delaware did likewise.
Casino analysts have predicted that the stepped-up competition could cost a quarter of its annual table games revenue, or $300 million a year.
For the first seven months of the year, Atlantic City casinos won $21.4 billion, down 7.9% from the same period in 2009.
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