Four scores and ten, minus eighty five (a dramatic but futile attempt at gravitas) is the amount of years we have been fighting for the right to be hustled and bustled, clean up and washed out on the poker tables and race track. The phrase of living a life of ‘fast women (or men depending […]
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Good Luck Sligo Tom
Sligo tom has been under pressure lately with work and family commitments, so, we hope things work out as we enjoy his tips. The one person that really hope things work out is The Magical Tipster who enjoys Sligo Tom tips especially laying his short price fancies. Sligo Tom may not be Barney Curley, but, […]
Fixed Odd Betting Terminals Are Great…
…if you want a load of poor zombies who will devour the next wage pay packet or social security benefit payment. This is the reality of fixed odds betting terminal (FOBT) and if an MP or any other politician try to tell you that legislating on these evil machines is hard because there is no […]
Bookmaking And Bitcoins
Two events happened in the last seven days which has altered my perception about BitCoin and the future of this virtual coin. 1. The apparent loss of 1,300 BTC by a Bitcoin betting site called Just-Dice when a gambler betted coins that he/she did not own when the coins should have been transferred away from […]
Tax And Online Poker
The UK finance minister George Osborne is looking into taxing online poker so that off shore companies that earn from UK players have to pay some sort of tax as they squirrel money out of the country to places where they do not pay tax. This is sensible and is well over due. The online […]
The Magical Tipster Helps Again
This tool is very useful if you want to play the bookmakers and thanks to The Magical Tipster you can now take advantage of the bookies when they create markets which are either grossly bad to bet in (over-rounds) are brilliant to bet in (under-rounds). To find out what the market is telling you add […]
Bookmaking As An Art Form
It seems to me that the art of bookmaking is dying. The bookmaking industry is ran by computerised accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Let me explain, bookmaking should be about taking a view on a event and placing you money where your opinion lies. However, the way the […]
Why Are Bookies Cowards?
Why is it difficult to create a market on pool tournaments? Officially betting firms run miles away from pool tournaments. They may even pile into a tournament but wont lay any prices. It is not that there isn’t information out there. Like nearly all sports, pool has rankings which have been collected over a number […]
Being Needy
nose bleed poker with Isildur1 The news that Isildur1 is back on the high stakes online poker table at Full Tilt, has got the hearts and mind of the blogosphere all a twitter. Who is he or her? What is he? Where does he get his money from? Well I can tell you […]