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All the nominations are in and voting has begun for next month's annual British Poker Awards, being held in London as part of the largest free poker festival in Europe. Big names make the cut Some big names have made the cut for the 12 different awards, all of which are chosen by the people themselves. Categories for the big poker event include best online poker player, best cash game player and best international player, as well as best blogger, social media user and poker forum. The candidates for each award were finalized on Monday, as chosen by a committee of representatives from Bluff Europe and Poker News, in addition to American poker commentator and player Jesse May. One award, Player of the Year, will be selected by a special judging panel. Vote now! There are plenty of incentives to vote online for your favourite candidates. Excluding the thrill of participation, the British Poker Awards are offering one lucky voter the chance to win a seat in London's Palm Beach Casino's £300 weekly No Limit Hold'em Tournament. With such a focus on internet and social media awards, it's no surprise that there are multiple ways to participate. You can cast your vote either by going straight to the British Poker Awards website, or by visiting the event's Facebook fan page.
An opinion piece in Today Online in Singapore describes responsible online gambling as a problematic, misleading and dangerous game. I argue quite the opposite. The author, Willie Cheng, heard "responsible gambling" referred to at a forum on responsible gambling and gaming he attended. It meant a middle ground where one "gambles moderately without adverse consequences from going overboard and becoming obsessed with gambling." The author's arguments, picked one by one: Can gambling be responsible at all? To answer this question in the negative, the author uses a dice metaphor. In gambling, he writes, "The dice are loaded against you." Only they are not. The dice are dice. And luck is luck. To say the dice are against you is to believe in superstition. Such sentiment makes me feel bad for the guy; does he really wake up in the morning thinking dice - the absolute sign of randomness and fairness - are against him. Bad investment The author uses another analogy, this one from the stock market, saying: "No one would invest, say, in a stock, if it was guaranteed he would lose money on it eventually." Only much of the stock exchange is based on such contrarian, opportunistic at times, wise or stupid investments. No one in his or her right mind would suggest to defend investors from investing in companies on the low, hoping - believing - that they will win out in the end. Sex?! Seriously, the author suggests abstinence. Responsible gambling is akin to playing safe, when you can't play hard. If you're not good at it, however, he suggests a third approach, namely to recognize that gambling is a vice and to abstain. Which is really what the entire approach - an article against responsible gambling - sounds like: Condescending moral preaching. Weather If it were up to Cheng, one would not be allowed to bet on the weather in Singapore. It's 30 degrees, most likely, today. You don't need to buy a paper to guess that right. It's also a rather safe bet, or better, a responsible bet. Gamble safe.
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British online and land-based gambling powerhouse William Hill posted massive first-half profits this year, it announced, led by big gains in its online sports betting division. Strong first half for Hill Hill's first half-profits were up 34 percent in the half-year period ending June, thanks mainly to revenues in its William Hill Online business rising by 23%. Notably, the company is growing much faster than rival Ladbrokes, which posted a small decline in operating profit over the same period. The bookmaker, which in addition to its online betting facilities has 2,350 betting shops around the country, exceeded market expectation by some 9%. This was hailed by CEO Ralph Topping as proof that it has "focused on what's right for the punter". For the punters The results are not surprising for those who have kept an eye on William Hill's approach. Innovations in its online sportsbook have proved very popular with punters. Take for example the fact it is the only bookie to offer point-by-point betting on Wimbledon, just one of the moves that helped it almost double the amount of in-play bets it accepts. Sport is a big part of its success, but the online casino and poker sites have also been going strongly. And then, of course, there's William Hill Mobile, which offers you its mobile sportsbook and casino club which just a click of your smartphone.
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