Online betting probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Oscars and the Academy Awards show. Nevertheless, all the major online bookmakers are now accepting wagers on who will win an Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards. Once the Academy Awards nominees are announced it doesn’t take online betting…
Analysis By: Anthony Kuehn Every year the buildup to the Super Bowl is a spectacle that features a lot of extraneous noise, but this season has taken it to the next level. The Deflategate scandal (why haven’t we come up with a new way to label scandals in the last 40 years?) dominated much of…
It’s no big secret that humans are incentive creatures. Whether it be getting good grades, performing better at work or even losing weight, we tend to really step up our game when there’s a financial motivator pushing us on. Well, there’s a website for that. Actually, there are a few. Weight loss betting sites are…
One of the bigger pieces of news to come out of the latest round of iPhone announcements was something about a new payment system called Apple Pay. Little information was released at first but most people figured it would be some sort of mobile payment system that would have people using their iPhones like their…
The early days of online gambling were like the Wild West in some respects. Legislation and regulation were nonexistent and pretty much anyone with the technical know-how could set up a gambling site and take wagers from people around the world. Some of these sites were run by reputable businessmen while others were most likely…
Internet censorship is a sad fact of modern times. Too many of our readers live in countries where the government actively monitors the internet and blocks access to sites deemed “dangerous” or “immoral.” In every case, internet censorship is a result of authoritarian top-down control rooted in paranoia and an unhealthy fear of free information….
As fun as betting with friends is, it’s fraught with “payout risk.” How many times have you and a buddy agreed to a wager on an NFL game or something stupid like who can put down fifty buffalo wings first only to have the whole bet break down after all is said and done? “We…
Rule 35 of the internet goes something like this: if it exists, there is a wager on it. The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are no exception. They are coming to NBC on Monday, August 25th and a couple of online betting sites have odds on the winning actors and TV shows. There are five…
I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately writing about the online betting laws of all countries around the world. So far, I’ve produced write-ups on at least 20 countries and have dozens more to go. During this process, a lot of my time has been spent poring over gaming legislation and old news pieces…
Two New Jersey men connected to an offshore sports betting site were sentenced to prison on August 5th. Pat Pirozzi and John Breheney were sentenced to several years in prison in a case that revolves around the mob-backed sportsbook BetEagle.com (now located at BetEagle.ag). A third man pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is facing up…