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It was a great night for the Confederations Cup final as the Brazilian National Men's soccer team put the ball in the net 3 times against Spain's team. Brazil controlled the 90 minutes of play, in what could be the outcome of next year's World Cup in Brazil. It is next year's World Cup that drew over 1,000,000 protesters in over 100 cities throughout Brazil who have come together to protest the fact that Brazil is spending over $14 billion on the tournament while basic facilities like hospitals, schools, public security and transportation are in dire need of serious investment. Brazilian authorities deployed over 10,000 police offices and additional security personnel to make sure the seemingly quiet marches during the day didn't turn into riots like what we are seeing in other places in the world right now. Police were forced to use teargas later in the evening to disperse a small group of protesters late on Sunday night but it was nothing compared to the overjoyed fans that took to the streets following the home teams victory.The final was played in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium on Sunday night and the deafening crowd helped the home team crush their rivals from Spain at the end of the two week Confederation Cup. Throughout the tournament, punters from all over the world could have won some really big cash if they bet on the games with William Hill Sportsbook. The famous online sportsbook was featuring the best lines on all of the games and if you weren't able to make it to the games in Brazil, the next, most exciting way to watch would be to play the in-play bets offered by William Hill Sportsbook. For over a decade, Brazil's economy has been booming but not enough of the revenue has been earmarked to remedy major problems like inflation, rising crime, and poor public services. President Dilma Rousseff, who was booed at the Confederation Cup opener in Brasilia, decided not to attend the final as her approval ratings have dropped since the protests began.
As of last year, the UK's gambling industry was worth more than £2 billion. The industry's value has been climbing steadily for a number of years; this valuation is an all-time high.In particular, online gambling's popularity has surged. This coincides with general trends of moving entertainment to computer forums and entertainment that generally revolves around staying home. In large part due to recent economic recessions as well as being due to extremely busy schedules in the modern reality of two-income families, people are choosing to stay home rather than spend on extravagant nights out. Some of the money saved has gone towards online gambling - saving and taking the chance to win big at the same time!Interestingly, brick-and-mortar casinos specifically have become a less popular form of entertainment not only due to the financial crisis and busy schedules, but due to the smoking ban. It seems smoking is such an integral part of the gambling experience that many players would rather wager from the comfort of their smoke ban-free homes. The forecast, for all of these reasons, in addition to online gambling sites continually improving their product, is for this £2 billion industry to continue to grow - and fast!In particular, Vernons Casino and Poker is a UK favorite, known as the most trusted and enjoyable British online casino. Vernon's has been around since 1925 serving 5 million players across 150 countries.
Bally Technologies, a leader in online gaming software, has signed a deal with British payments processor Optimal Payments which will see it offer payment services to online gambling operators in the US. Bally enters payments market Under the deal, Bally will integrate Optimal's NETBANK payment platform into its existing solution for gambling operators in the United States. Bally customers will have access to the NETBANX payment gateway for services including credit card, debit card, electronic check processing and risk management for the regulated US gaming market. According to Bally VP of business development John Connelly, "A key part of our strategy is to partner with best-of-breed providers, and we have done that with Optimal Payments to secure access to their extensive expertise in payment processing and risk management services for the regulated US gaming market." Well-placed in US Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies is well-placed to become a major player in the newly regulated US online gambling environment. In June 2012 it became the first company (along with International Game Technology) to receive an online gambling license from the state of Nevada. Like IGT, Bally has said all along that it intends to offer gambling technology to other licensed operators and that it will not compete directly with casinos for customers. This payments deal appears to be the latest step in that strategy.
The Tour de France heads into day five today, and the question on everyone's lips is how to stop the Aussies? Australian team Orice-Greenedge rode the fastest ever team-trial in a grand tour in Nice yesterday, and the win was enough to put team member Simon Gerrans in the yellow jersey for the first time in this Tour. Every day is a new day in the Tour, and this afternoon the cyclists will set out for the most grueling stage yet - the 228.5 km (142 mi) flat stage along the Mediterranean coast from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille. Cagnes-Sur-Mer becomes one of 10 towns or cities hosting a stage for the first time this year. The yellow jersey has been worn by three different riders in the first four days of the 2013 Tour - Marcel Kittel, Jan Bakelants and Gerrans - suggesting that this year will be more competitive than ever. Last year the jersey changed hands between just two riders throughout the entire month - eventual winner Bradley Wiggins and rival Fabian Cancellara. With that in mind, bet365 Sports offers the following odds on Stage 5 Winner: Andre Greipel, 11/4, Mark Cavendish, 3/1, Peter Sagan, 17/4, Marcel Kittel, 13/1, Aleksander Kristoff, 20/1, Matthew Goss, 22/1, Sylvain Chavanel, 25/1, John Degenkolb, 28/1, Gerrans and four other riders on 33/1, and the rest on 40/1 and over. Bet365 is accepting wagers on Stage 5 match-ups plus 13 tournament-long categories including: Outright Winner, Points Classification, King of the Mountains, Podium Finish, Top 10 Finish, Team Classification and Number of Finishers. In addition, the online sportsbook is bringing its customers Tour de France live betting action throughout the next month. Log in and click on In-Play betting any time during this afternoon's race to place a wager on Stage 5 Winner. Odds are updated constantly on your screen.
Zynga is constantly looking for ways to become one of the best online gaming companies in the world and with their newest acquisition of a Chicago-based developing studio, they have gained ground on the rest of the field. Zynga has bought the Chicago-based Spooky Cool Labs, a leading developer of social, free to play online casino games including the well-known and massively popular city-building social game the Wizard of Oz. Zynga has recently launched two real-money online casino games in the UK called ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino which have become very popular with online gambling enthusiasts and with this new acquisition, they are creating the infrastructure to move more heavily into the real-money casino industry. Earlier this year, Zynga and Bwin created a strategic partnership which was made to expand their offerings across Europe. Bwin already has numerous operators licenses for real-money casino gaming in several countries around the EU . With the real-money talks on the table now in the US, expect to see the Zynga offerings in Las Vegas and New Jersey online in the near future.The future looks bright for Zynga and their online real-money gambling offerings and with this newest acquisition expect to be playing online casino games powered by Zynga soon.
The 2013 Wimbledon men's singles tournament has thrown up a heap of surprises with the shock losses of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the early rounds. This leaves Novak Djokovic and Any Murray on hand to meet in the final, but first they must get through today's quarter-final stage at the All-England Club. Djokovic has perhaps the toughest task of the day when he faces seventh-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the opening match at 1pm on Court One. Murray has a seemingly easier challenge, as he faces unseeded Spaniard before what is expected to be a packed Center Court late in the afternoon. In the other two QF matches: David Ferrer (Spain, 4) takes on Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina, 8) in the opening Center Court match and the most unpredictable match from a punter's perspective. And it's a Polish derby in the final match - 24 th seed Jerzy Janowicz playing unseeded compatriot Lukasz Kubot. William Hill Sports has provided the full range of pre-match betting options on all men's singles, ladies' singles and doubles matches throughout Wimbledon, and today will be no different. Customers can place a wager on everything from match result to set betting, correct score and other specials. Hill offers the following men's singles title odds: Djokovic, 10/11, Murray, 5/4, Janowicz, 16/1, Ferrer, Berdych, del Potro, all 16/1, Verdasco, 66/1, and Kubot as the tournament trophy darkhorse at a lonely 150/1. If you're following the game through BBC or WHTV live stream, then why not place a live wager on one or all of the quarter-final matches? Hill will be offering in-play betting on every point, game, set and match of all four games, with live updated odds brought to you by the second.
A life of good living, good loving and luxury await Red Flush Casino members this July, thanks to Microgaming's latest games winging their way over to the online casino at the beginning of the month. The most exciting, undoubtedly, is the first official Playboy slot game ever. The Playboy video slot is a 5 reel extravaganza of beautiful, scantily-clad women and tantalising images of the Playboy lifestyle, from speeding down the highway with a fast blonde to good times in the club and board a swanky yacht. The most impressive thing about the game, however, is the fact that it boasts one of the most exciting arrays of bonus features by Microgaming in recent years. Taking inspiration from the real-life exclusive Playboy club, three or more Scatters in the base game unlocks the game's bonus section, the Playboy club, to the player. When they enter they are greeted by a beautiful woman with bounty of bonuses to enjoy. The more they enter the club the higher their Playboy status (right up to Platinum) and the more beautiful and rewarding the girl is that they meet there. From Oriental sex bomb Kimi with 10 free spins all the way up to smoking-hot Jillian and her 25 free spins, it's a wild ride! The second game comes at the high life from a very different angle, but with results no less thrilling. In It to Win It introduces the player to the intoxicating exciting world of big business and even bigger money, plenty of which the player can win. The gamer is in the driving seat as a world-class big trader with the palatial mansions and private jets to match. High-risk card game gambles and unexpected bonus features are just part of the fun. Both In It To Win It and Playboy can be played at Red Flush by casino members from 3 July.
Just days after the Chicago Blackhawks clinched the 2013 Stanley Cup, the National Hockey League's 30 teams produced little surprises when they made their selections in the NHL draft. NHL Draft Wrap The Blackhawks may have been the big winners in 2013, but the Colorado Avalanche are the early victors in the race for the 2013-14 Stanley Cup after they picked up 17-year-old Nova Scotian center Nathan MacKinnon with the first pick of the draft at New Jersey's Prudential Center on Sunday. Real hockey fans will know the significance of this pick. MacKinnon was the first number one draft pick from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since the Pittsburgh Penguins selected Sidney Crosby in 2005. In a further twist, MacKinnon and Crosby are both from Cole Harbour, a town of just 25,000 people in Nova Scotia. The NHL draft is all about the teams that didn't make the playoffs. Florida Panthers picked Aleksander Barkov at pick 2, Tampa Bay Lightning went with Jonathan Drouin with pick 3, and the Nashville predators took defenseman Seth Jones - son of former NBA forward Popeye with pick 4. Carolina Hurricanes closed out the top five with center Elias Lindholm. 2013-14 NHL Betting The last season is barely over and already William Hill has released its Stanley Cup title odds for 2013/14: Pittsburgh Penguins, 6/1, Chicago Blackhakws, 15/2, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, 10/1, St Louis Blues, 12/1, Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks, 16/1, Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, 20/1, all others 22/1 or over. The fastest action on ice begins October 5, in just three months from now. Hill's online sportsbook will be there with pre-match betting and live in-play betting odds on every single regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs game.
This has surely been one of the most surprising Wimbledon tournaments in history - there has been tons of upsets in the men's singles, and likewise in the ladies' singles where the three top seeds - Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka - have all failed to make it to the semi-finals. Although the absence of the top seeds seemingly makes today's Wimbledon ladies' semis appear less attractive on paper, in reality it is a breath of fresh air. Fans and punters will get to watch a number of rising stars in action, but even more than - every match has an air of unpredictability about it, which is what made tennis exciting in the first place. In the first semi, starting at 1pm on Center Court, 15 th -seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli faces 20 th -seeded Belgian Kirsten Flipkens. Once that match is completed, the second pair of women will enter Center Court - 4 th seed Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) and 23 rd -seeded German Sabine Lisicki. William Hill Sports is taking bets on tournament winner, and believe it or not it is the lowest-ranked player, Sabicki who currently holds the title of favorite (this must be somewhat of a first): Lisicki is 6/5 to life the trophy on Saturday, ahead of Radwanska, 12/5, Bartoli, 4/1, and outsider Flipkens, 7/1. This leading online sportsbook is offering the full range of betting options on both of Thursday's semi-finals, including Match Markets (such as match result, total games, etc), Set Markets (1 st set correct score, not to win a set, etc) and Tiebreak specials. Of course, Hill also delivers live betting on all grand slam matches throughout the year, including today's blockbuster final four. So if you're watching the game on BBC, your local provider or WHTV's live stream, just log into your William Hill account to place an in-play wager with real-time updated odds.
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