Betfair IPO prospectus values company at £1.5 billion

Posted under Casino News by admin on October 7, 2010 6:10 am ||

Confirmation of rumours that have been circulating for months came this week with the release of a prospectus on Betfair’s flotation of 10% of its stock on the London exchange.

The company has set a price range per share of £11 to £14, valuing the group at almost £1.50 billion. The wide price range reflects mixed views that have been expressed on the company’s prospects for growth in countries with strict regulations on gambling, such as the U.S., and for its new financial-trading platform, LMAX.

Betfair’s majority holders, which include founders Andrew Black and Edward Wray and Japanese telecommunication company SoftBank Corp., are offering at least 10% of the company’s stock.

The prospectus reveals that Betfair has some 3 million registered users, and that revenue in the year to April 30 was up 13% at £340.9 million.

Betfair has US horse racing interests in TVG, which is licensed in 17 states, and plans to use this as a bridgehead into the lucrative US market in the event of any relaxation in tough online gambling laws either at federal or state level.

The company advises that the final IPO price will be set October 22 and the stock will start trading conditionally on that day, going to full unconditional trading just under a week later. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are advising the company.

The Many Bonus offered in an Online Casino

Posted under Casino News by admin on September 23, 2010 3:08 pm ||

Online Casino began to grow tremendously and give a huge impact to many of the casino enthusiasts to access within their favorite casino games within the preferred portal. Because of the lucrativeness of casino business, the competency of casino sites become in great intense. That’s why many of the online casino sites intent to produce some of which promotional activities to be able to gain more new players and retain their old players. Casino Bonus is one of the promotional which casino portals are offering. Since it gives a lot of advantage to every players whether to play free or to spend money.

There are many of the casino bonuses offered online. And which we sorted out some of the bonuses that might help you in case you decide to play in your favorite casino sites.

No Deposit Bonus is one of the bonus that one player can get when playing in their favorite games. This type of bonus gives an advantage to players to play for free without putting any amount of money from his pocket. Most players preferred to play within there preferred site to gain these type of bonus since it lets the players to test the kind of game of the site. With these type of bonus, a player should first read all the terms and condition applied.

Welcome Bonus, this is the kind of bonus that is used to attract new online casino players. Sometimes it is referred as sign up bonus which offers a percentage of 100 to every new players to play with their favorite game as a form of welcome to them.

Referral Bonus is the third of the many bonuses offered in many casinos online. When you feel that the site you prefer for playing is one of the best, you can now refer it to a friend of yours or even to other casino enthusiast who wish to experience a different kind of excitement in an online casino. Once they registered with your referred online casino then these site will be happy to provide you the referral bonus.

One of the most attractive bonus online is the Match Bonus. These type of bonus provides the player a certain percentage of bonus. For example, when a site offers a 100% match up to $100, then the player will need to deposit an amount of $100 and will be automatically rewarded with the 100% of the initial deposit to spend in the gaming session.

After availing the above mentioned bonus, and you feel the luck in the casino site you preferred then its time for you to avail of the Monthly Bonus. These let the site to make sure that a player will do come back for more. These type of bonus is also called as a reload bonus. Because they tend to attract players to reload unto their accounts on the online casino for them to be able to gain the bonus.

There are many of online casino bonuses offered over the net: Sticky bonus, Loyalty bonus, high roller status bonus, deposit bonus, etc. You can choose from all of them, just be able to subscribe within the casino site to avail that. And also one thing that you should keep in mind before deciding to avail of the kind of bonus you preferred is that to read carefully all of the terms and conditions. With that, you’ll be able to enjoy the gaming over the internet.

NFL Divisional Winner Odds At BetUS.com – 09-12-10

Posted under Casino News by admin on September 10, 2010 8:37 pm ||

September 12 – With the NFL ready to rock fans across the country are buzzing with excitement and looking for answers regarding their favorite teams and players. With an entire off-season and pre-season’s worth of speculation percolating and ready to explode, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on all things NFL to give fans an inside look at all the angles.

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on NFL Divisional Winners (included are links to our Divisions Previews and Divisional Odds):

To Win NFC North
Minnesota Vikings 3/2
Green Bay Packers 11/10
Chicago Bears 9/2
Detroit Lions 20/1

NFC North Betting Preview and Odds

To Win NFC South
New Orleans Saints 5/8
Atlanta Falcons 2/1
Carolina Panthers 15/2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20/1

NFC South Betting Preview and Odds

To Win AFC East
New England Patriots 13/10
New York Jets 7/5
Miami Dolphins 13/4
Buffalo Bills 25/1

AFC Easy Betting Preview and Odds

To Win AFC North
Cincinnati Bengals 11/4
Baltimore Ravens 5/6
Pittsburgh Steelers 9/4
Cleveland Browns 18/1

AFC North Betting Preview and Odds

To Win AFC South
Indianapolis Colts 10/17
Houston Texans 7/2
Tennessee Titans 7/2
Jacksonville Jaguars 10/1

AFC South Betting Preview and Odds

To Win AFC West
San Diego Chargers 1/3
Denver Broncos 13/2
Oakland Raiders 7/1
Kansas City Chiefs 7/1

AFC West Betting Preview and Odds

To Win NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 6/5
Philadelphia Eagles 12/5
New York Giants 11/4
Washington Redskins 6/1

NFC East Betting Preview and Odds

To Win NFC West
Arizona Cardinals 5/2
San Francisco 49ers 5/6
Seattle Seahawks 11/4
St Louis Rams 20/1

NFC West Betting Preview and Odds

Entertainment Betting Just Got Better With Odds On The Rich & Famous

Posted under Casino News by admin on September 4, 2010 2:07 pm ||

Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have shown the best way to keep their name in the headlines is to break the law. It seems as if these two party girls can not seem to get their act together, or at least make sure the law is not around when they let their party lifestyle get the best of them. Over the past several years, LIndsay Lohan has been the center of attention for the gossip columns. She has seen the inside or a courtroom more in the past year than most people see their entire lifetime. It seems as if she just does not get how the judicial system works, so she keeps putting it to the test. Lucky for her, celebrities do not receive any real punishment for their crimes. It appears as if the resort like jails that the judges continue to send these Hollywood bad girls are over crowded with to many hard criminals, you know the ones that have to many parking tickets. The jails seem to magically be over crowded each and every time celebrities are sentenced to jail time. Maybe if they would send them somewhere other than the luxury California jails, they would actually see the punishment for their mischievous behavior.

Paris Hilton was recently arrested for allegedly having an illegal substance in her possession. Now of course she is claiming it was not hers, and of course she must be telling the truth because a rich celebrity would never lie to officers of the law. It is likely that this incident will be brushed under the carpet and Paris will see no consequences for her actions. After hearing the excuses that these young Hollywood stars have come up with, if nothing else, they should be charges with being completely stupid.

The public is so used to hearing about things like this, they are actually having a little fun with it this go round. Online sportsbooks are offering entertainment betting odds on which of the two Hollywood trouble makers will be behind bars first. Even if it is for a limited amount of time. Online bettors are all over these odds and most likely, a good bet would be that one if not both will get themselves in trouble again. They have not let us down in the past.

Current Affairs Prop: Will Paris or Lindsay be the next to be jailed?
Lindsay Lohan     -140
Paris Hilton     +100

$100K Lord of the Rings Promo at All Slots

Posted under Casino News by admin on September 2, 2010 2:03 pm ||

People in the online gambling community have been talking about it for months, but the Lord of the Rings slot is finally available at All Slots Casino. To celebrate the launch of the new online slot, the casino is holding a promotion for the game where they are giving away $100,000 in prize money.

The promotion is called the Lord of the Rings $100,000 Quest and it runs from September 2 through October 30. That gives players plenty of time to enter and take a shot at the prize money. This is a unique promotion, where players must guess the correct combination to win the prize. During the promotion period, you play the new Lord of the Rings slot and for every 75 credits you wager, you receive two entries in the $100,000 quest. For every 75 credits wagered on any other game, you earn one entry.

For the $100,000 Quest, there is a scroll with 36 numbers. For each guess, you enter your account number and then submit a guess for a winning combination. You can either pick your own numbers of do an auto-pick, so it’s kind of like the lottery. Each week for nine weeks, a top prize of $1,500 will be awarded to one lucky player. Up to 200 additional participants will win 50 credits each.

You can guess a combination as many times as you want and each week you have a chance at the top prize. To get the most of your wagers, you should play the new Lord of the Rings online slot, but you earn an entry for wagering on any other games as well.

To take part in the Lord of the Rings $100,000 Quest, visit All Slots Casino.

England to face Bulgaria on Friday – Online Casino News

Posted under Casino News by admin on August 30, 2010 9:58 am ||

The initial round of qualifying matches for football’s 2012 European Championships takes place later this week with England set to face Bulgaria in London for the first time in over a decade.

England has been placed in a relatively easy qualification group for the tournament, which gets underway in Poland and the Ukraine from June of 2012, with Switzerland, Wales and Montenegro joining Bulgaria as its opponents.

The ‘Three Lions’ go into the match on Friday as a heavy favourite with Coral.co.uk, SportingBet.com, WilliamHill.com, BetFred.com and Ladbrokes.com offering odds of 2/7 on a home triumph.

Slightly longer, Bwin.com, ToteSport.com and BoyleSports.com are listing Fabio Capello’s men at odds of 3/10 to win against Bulgaria while StanJames.com, Bodog.com, BlueSq.com, 888Sport.com, SkyBet.com and PaddyPower.com are offering 1/3 followed by BetDaq.com and Betfair.com with 6/17.

Bulgaria has met England eight times going back to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile but has not managed a single victory while only scoring two goals. Ladbrokes.com, WilliamHill.com and Coral.co.uk show odds of 7/1 on this changing come Friday evening while BetFred.com is offering 15/2.

The eastern European side is rated as the 43rd best team in the world while England is ranked seventh with punters able to get odds of 8/1 from PaddyPower.com, BlueSq.com, StanJames.com, 888Sport.com, SkyBet.com and ToteSport.com on Bulgaria pulling off a win. This is followed by BoyleSports.com, Bwin.com, Bodog.com and SportingBet.com with 9/1 while Betfair.com and BetDaq.com show 25/2.

The last two meetings between the sides, which came during the qualification campaign for the 2000 European Championships in Belgium and The Netherlands, finished in draws and SkyBet.com is showing odds of 3/1 that this week’s contest will finish the same way. This is followed by ToteSport.com showing 10/3 while bettors can get 7/2 at BetFred.com, Ladbrokes.com, 888Sport.com, PaddyPower.com, Coral.co.uk, BlueSq.com and SportingBet.com.

Bulgaria has only qualified for the European Championships on two occasions, in 1996 and 2004, while England has appeared in seven of the 13 competitions including five of the last six. Bwin.com and Bodog.com has odds of 15/4 on a draw on Friday while StanJames.com, Betfair.com and BetDaq.com are going with 4/1.  

Bookmaker.com Improves Mobile Betting Features – 08-27-10

Posted under Casino News by admin on August 25, 2010 3:20 pm ||

August 27 – Bookmaker.com offers one of the most advanced mobile betting platforms available today.

The BookMaker Mobile applications pouts sports and race betting and in the the palm of your hand with a a no-download version, as well as complete support for iPhone, Android and Blackberry phones.

The sports bettign giant now also offers a downloadable software application for Windows Mobile devices, PDAs including Blackberry, and other popular, web-enabled cell phones.

Players are able to access their BookMaker account directly from their handheld device to bet on sports and horses, and even to redeem their BetPoints. Other features include checking open wagers and wagering history, with the swipe of your finger.

Read more about Bookmaker.com.

New movie inspired slots from Intercasino – Online Casino News

Posted under Casino News by admin on August 23, 2010 3:17 pm ||

Intercasino has made a number of additions to its Hollywood Jackpot slot series with fans of eighties movies likely to enjoy them the most. The new releases include a slot based on cult eighties classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The 25-line game includes Fake the Parents and Kick the Car features as well as actual footage from the film. Movie buffs are also likely to enjoy the Conan The Barbarian slot which is also joining InterCasino’s Crazy Jackpot series.

InterCasino has also announced details of even more new slots including Bonus Deuces Wild Bonus Video Poker which features a progressive jackpot. For those who especially enjoy classy animation and fun graphics there is the DC Comics inspired Green Lantern which offers some top prizes as well as a variety of bonuses.

The football season is now in full swing and InterCasino is getting in on the action with Free Kick Frenzy and Striker Fortune.

InterCasino has also revealed that Cash and Clover will be its first ever 100 line online slot game. Huge credit prizes and free online games, not forgetting the Rainbow Bonus feature will be on offer courtesy of the leprechaun duo.  

World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event Day 2 Set To Begin

Posted under Casino News by admin on August 21, 2010 3:14 pm ||

The Legends of Poker Main Event, a major poker tournament sporting a $5,000 buy-in, had been scheduled for Days 1A and 1B of play. Both of these days are done and gone, and players are gearing up for Day 2.

A total of 462 players had come out to the Legends of Poker event. With Day 1 done, only 241 players remain. Amongst these numbers are some of the biggest names in poker, and the tournament is set to commence once more at 4PM EST.

The largest chip stack in the room belongs to Michael Reyes, owner of 205,350 chips. At the bottom of the charts is Jennifer Tilly, who seems to have taken a brief hiatus from the side of the ATV injured Phil Laak.

Amongst the other contestants are Mike Baxter, Barry Greenstein, Chris Moore, Chris Kassela, Phil Hellmuth, Eric Lindgren, and Allen Cunningham.

Day 2 will set these players against each other once more, going into play with Blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50 chips. The nine players with less than 10,000 chips will be working hard in order to stay in the games.

Daniel Negreanu had come into the tournament, and went on a solid run until his luck wavered. A large loss came to Negreanu when he dropped to 10,000 chips after being hit by a royal flush. Negreanu ended up going home early, so the four time WSOP bracelet winner will not be taking his third WPT title.

This early in the event it is possible for any player to take the game.

Satellites to the remaining WPT events are operating through many of the USA online poker rooms.

New Orleans Saints Installed As Slight One-Point Favorites Over Houston Texans

Posted under Casino News by admin on August 19, 2010 3:11 pm ||

The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints square up against the Houston Texans at the Louisiana Superdome Saturday night in the second preseason game for both teams.

The Saints began their preseason with a 27-24 loss to the New England Patriots last Thursday. Offensively, the squad was unimpressive, though, some of that can be chalked up to rust. Brees was accurate, but didn’t do much damage with a 9 for 13, 55 yard passing performance. After Brees got his break, Patrick Ramsey went seven for 11 for 111 yards, and Chase Daniel followed that up with a six for nine, 50 yard and one interception performance. P.J. hill got most of the carries with nine attempts for 30 yards. Look for newly signed running back, Ladell Betts to get some carries in against the Texans. For receivers, Adrian Arrington had four catches for 87 yards, while tight end, Jeremy Shockey chipped in with three catches.

USA Online Sportsbooks have set the Saints as one-point favorites in this one.  The over/under for the game is 41 points.

Defensively, Jonathan Casillas led the team with 10 tackles and one sack, and Usama Young chipped in with four tackles. Demario Pressley also had a sack, on a defensive unit that stayed almost identical to the way it looked last season. On special teams, Larry Beavers took a kick back 93 yards for a touchdown.

The Texans meanwhile had an average first preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals despite the eventual loss. They lost the game 19-16 to the Cardinals, though the Texans reserves are the main reason for the defeat. The biggest problem with the game, however, is that the team ended up losing running back, Ben Tate for the season with an ankle injury.  Looking ahead at the Houston Texans 2010 Preview, they will need to avoid injuries.

Offensively, Matt Schaub led the way for the Texans as he went five for six for 78 yards. He got a lot of help from receiver, Andre Johnson who caught three balls, including a 44-yard touchdown pass. Adrian Foster got the nod at starting running back and came up with a 31 yard on four carry effort. Steve Slaton chipped in with 22 yards on 10 carries, while Ben Tate got injured. For the reserves, Dan Orlovsky got the majority of the playing time under center and went 12 for 21 for 129 yards.

Defensively, Darryl Sharpton came up with seven tackles, while Mario Williams contributed three tackles and two sacks. Given the depth on this side of the ball, the Texans seem to be perfectly equipped to deal with the offensive firestorm that are the New Orleans Saints

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