The clock continues to tick down as the October winner of the world record $1.5bn Mega Millions jackpot still hasn’t claimed their prize. Whoever the winner is has another three months to claim the highest ever amount won by a single ticket in US history. But why hasn’t the winner come forward three months after their incredible win and what…
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Rumour Has it that Parliament does actually talk about other subjects apart from Brexit. One issue that has been discussed is the problem of fixed odds machines in betting shops. The maximum stake is due to be reduced to £2 in April 2019 but why wait until then to take action? Crack Cocaine The Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBT) machines…
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Do you ever have that terrible experience when you just wish you’d placed more on a winning bet? That’s what happened to David Paget with a 169.57/1 winning bet on Saturday January 19. If only he’d had a stake higher than 29p. His ambitious wager was made with SkyBet and was a four-fold one requiring Barcelona, Schalke, Napoli and Lyon…
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It’s amazing how much you can win with a stake of just £5. Just ask Tom Batkin who on Saturday January 19 had an all-successful four-fold and took home £3,351.23 thanks to some late goals. Now he and his family are off on a Caribbean cruise. The bet was laid at SkyBet and had odds of 669.31/1 and required Southampton,…
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Gambling is changing In America with more and more states looking at and passing legislation in favour of it. The danger Is that politicians are just looking at gambling as a way of making money to ease problematic budgets. The state of Massachusetts wants to become the latest American state to give the go-ahead to sports gambling after last year’s…
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‘Who do you think is going to win the big match?’ is a question that is going to be asked plenty of times over the weekend. In modern-day gambling though, being able to correctly predict the winner of a match isn’t the most important task for a gambler. When You’re Glad Your Selection Loses 8-1 We now find ourselves in…
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The saying is that ‘When the Fun Stops. Stop!’ We’ve discussed how that doesn’t quite work when it comes to helping those with a gambling problem. Today we look at how gambling becomes fun in the first place, though probably without getting many winners. Online betting sites concentrate on offering odds on the serious side of sport. However, Paddy Power…
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A common phrase in gambling that you hear on British television all the time is ‘When the Fun Stops, Stop.’ It’s another step towards helping those who are having problems with their gambling but is it a phrase that is really helping people? The aims of the phrase are admirable, but can’t they realize that it’s just not an easy…
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There aren’t too many occasions when your bet wins with one of the selections being a loser and one team winning without having a shot on target. That’s what happened on Saturday January 12 in a bet that’s already a contender for the strangest of the year. Betting has seen many changes in recent years and one of them has…
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There’s always a fascination in who will be the next English Premier League manager to leave their club. Many a bet of course was placed on Jose Mourinho this season, but what are the odds-on current managers still being in charge of their clubs on the opening day of next season? How(e) Does He Keep his Job? Ladbrokes have released…
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