The 3-day Northumberland Plate Festival has become one of the biggest Flat racing events on the calendar in the North of England. This year, the festival begins on Thursday 29 June and ends with the main event, the Northumberland Plate, on Saturday 1 July. Plate day on Day 3 attracts up to 24,000 visitors, and…
The world’s greatest and most prestigious hot dog eating contest makes its 101st return to Coney Island just weeks away from now on the 4th of July. Although the origins of the hot dog eating contest are murky at best, Nathan’s says the first contest was held in 1916 and we’re happy to take their…
As one of the 10-most active websites in the world and home to a massive community of real people, Reddit is a goldmine of interesting and useful information for just about every topic imaginable. Regardless of the topic that interests you, there is a high likelihood Reddit has an active community dedicated specifically to that topic.
Many of the greatest sports moments in history happened as a result of big underdogs putting together the performance of a lifetime to cause an upset that defied all odds. We’ve seen this time and again from the Miracle on Ice to the Buster Douglas upset of Mike Tyson to the more recent Leicester City…
Artificial intelligence continues its slow creep into the online betting industry. This is something the industry has been watching for quite some time, but the pace has been picking up over the past two years. Recent developments are showing promise and all signs point to what we’re seeing today being just the tip of the…
Different parts of the world take very different approaches to online gambling. Betting sites are licensed, legal and safe in some countries, but are completely banned in others. The dizzying array of gaming laws around the world makes for a difficult time in keeping up with what’s legal and available where. Internet censorship is becoming…
The 2016 US Presidential election is already firmly in our rear-view mirror, but the Trump betting train has showed no signs of slowing ever since. Even 100+ days into the new Presidency, betting markets related to the Trump presidency remain active and updated.
Alternate Dispute Resolution providers (ADRs) are third-party services whose purpose it is to resolve disputes between consumers and businesses without taking small cases to court. When we speak of online gambling specifically, ADRs are intended to function as neutral mediators when disagreements arise between players and betting sites.
We follow betting-related news as a part of our effort to stay up to date here at OBS, and something we’ve noticed lately is a significant increase in news stories related to political betting. It’s true that political betting sites have been around for years, but previously it was more of a novelty thing. Lately,…
Bookmaking is a tough and unforgiving business that has seen many promising startups go live, begin making a name for themselves and then implode in spectacular fashion as a result of small mistakes that spiral out of control. Taking bets from the public is a high volatility business and many betting sites have found their…