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The MLS is now is heading into Matchday 15, but before that, the last game of the current week kicks-off tonight from Gillette Stadium on the East Coast. The LA Galaxy are seeking to continue their back to back shutouts against the New England Revolution. LA played a hard fought win against Real Salt Lake mid-week and now with the game tonight, just a few days after, it’s questionable how fit they will be. For the Galaxy, Robbie Rogers and AJ DeLaGarza are still unable to play, which is bad news for the Western Conference #5, especially when playing the Eastern Conference #2. It is also still a big question whether the league MVP Robbie Keane will be fit to play. What may come as a sigh of relief for the Galaxy is the fact that New England is not 100% either. Both Lee Nguyen and Chris Tierney are out after they received red cards against DC United last week. Jermaine Jones could be the center of attention tonight, with a license to roam around the midfield. Coach Jay Heaps has only used him as a Center Back this year and not with the best results. The Galaxy will definitely have their hands full in the midfield with Jose Goncalves and Andrew Farrell back to full strength but they have beaten the top teams in the league and continue to have success. Online Betting lines at bet365 Sports The Revolution are listed by bet365 Sports as home field favorites tonight at 2.20, while the Galaxy will need to come back and win on the road at 3.25. There are a number of pre-game props including Double Chance, Correct Score, Half Time and Full Time Result, Over/Under, Both Teams to Score and much more. For punters, the MLS is a great way to bet on some amazing soccer with the European Leagues now complete.
Delaware, the sometimes forgotten third online gambling state, is actually experiencing signs of growth in online gambling. Online Market Continues to Rise While the state did experience a drop in table games in the month of April, the regulated online gambling market continued to rise. The news was a bit confusing as Delaware reported that its three state Lottery-approved online gambling sites brought in $132k in April, representing a 10% drop from March and down a full 45% from April 2014 of last year. However, this is the first full month in which Delaware has shared online poker liquidity with Nevada, resulting in an overall hike of 11% from March to $48.5k in revenue. This also represents the best monthly revenue showing in a year for the state. Casino Revenue Breakdown Casino revenue showed more mixed results, with table game intake dropping 70% to $15,5k, the lowest total level since Delaware launched gambling in late 2013. Slots and video poker performed better, jumping a full third to $68k from March. The hope for table intakes is that the release of a mobile app for iOS by the Delaware Lottery can boost the allure of those empty roulette and blackjack tables. The Racing Component Delaware additionally has introduced racinos to its online betting offerings, where the three state race tracks of Delaware Park, Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway provide branded online portals driving customer traffic to the Delaware Lottery’s gambling site. However, the Lottery organization has yet to see any financial benefits from this project, due to the fact that the Delaware Lottery is contractually bound to give the state the first $3.75m of annual revenue. To wit, the 2014 totals fell substantially short, as 2014’s total came to only $2.1m. Stimulus in Legislation Stimuli such as an aid package for the racing industry are being bandied about in the state legislature, with the state committed to make it work, so that online track patronage and linking can contribute to the state the way race tracks have, to the tune of a total of over $182m in 2014.
After much anticipation, Google has finally revealed its new upcoming payment solution: Android Pay. The internet giant's new solution is set to give a good fight to Apple Pay, letting consumers process payments with not more than one tap on an NFC terminal, ridding them the need of opening the phone and entering all kinds of codes. Apple Pay's Worthy Competitor As of right now, Android Pay still has no launch date, as it is set to come along with Android M. Many hurried to compare Android Pay to Google Wallet, but there are quite a few major differences between the services, including device compatibility, a fingerprint verification system, the support of brands and credit providers; the service is said to work in 700,000 stores when it launches. Any Android NFC compatible device will be able to work with Android Pay, with Google claiming that when the service launches, seven out of ten Android devices will be ready for it. While it will accompany Android M, Android Pay will be compatible with devices that work with Android 4.4 Kitkat. App Integration Potential for Mobile Gaming Mobile has become an inseparable part of the iGaming world, with many players choosing to play on-the-go on their tablets and smartphones at prominent online casinos like Casino Cruise and 888 Casino. One feature in Android Pay that could serve as an effective game-changer for online mobile gaming - the ability to integrate the service in apps. Developers can use Google's API to integrate the service with any app that sells goods. While it is currently available only in certain apps, a possible scenario of expanding this integration in gaming apps could make life much easier for many players. Of course, the integration of common payment services found in online casinos with Android Pay is bound to be a lengthy process, but when it does get there, a door will open to a world of seamless payments with minimum hassle.
The gaming collection over at Vera & John Casino has been refreshed and reinforced recently with the addition of Montezuma, a 5-reel, 30-payline video slot from Williams Interactive (WMS). Unique Aztec Theme Released in May of last year, Montezuma has quickly grabbed the attention of players with its unique Aztec theme that pays homage to Montezuma who ruled the great Aztec empire until the arrival of the Conquistadors in the 15th century. The Aztec culture is brought to life in Montezuma with symbols consisting of golden idols, birds, Aztec temples, chieftains and a beautiful princess. Players feel as if they were in a lush South American jungle with atmospheric ambient sounds that switch to tribal music when the reels are spinning. Loads a Gold One thing the Aztecs are known for is the abundance of gold they had at their magnificent cities. Montezuma takes note of that, presenting players with many big winning opportunities. The slot has a wide range of bets for those who like small spins and the high-rollers who can go up to 60 coins per bet; the max jackpot players can win is a whopping sum of 250,000 coins. Wilds and Free Spins The wild symbol is represented by an Aztec Temple that substitutes for all symbols except scatters to complete winning combinations. The scatter is an Aztec wheel that can trigger up to 25 free spins which can be triggered and joined by a 10x multiplier for some serious loot. The multiplier is set before the free spins are activated, determined by a wheel that spins over the reels. Montezuma is available now at Vera & John Casino on desktop and mobile. The new game joins the casino's impressive collection of video slots from the industry's leading software developers like NetEnt, Betsoft, Yggdrasil, Play'n GO and others.
The first of the three-game interleague series gets ready to rock tonight from Washington DC, as the Toronto Blue Jays fly in to take on the Washington Nationals. The Jays are currently 3.5 games back of the Rays in first place, while the Nationals are leading the NL East ahead of the Mets. Jordan Zimmerman is set to take the mound for the home team and he has been incredible so far over his first eight games. Zimmerman has not allowed more than three earned runs since April 13 and he is one of the big reasons that the Nationals are still leading the NL East. For the Jays, Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey will take the mound, but he hasn't been throwing the way that teams are used to seeing. The 40-year-old is almost at the end of his knuckle ball career and has allowed at least five earned runs in his last four starts. He has also allowed seven home runs in the last four games, which is a stat that will haunt him and his team. Good news for the visitors from Canada, their catcher, Dioner Navarro is expected to get the start after being out since April 21st will an injured hamstring. The Jays will also be playing against their former teammate Casey Janssen. Janssen was the fourth on the Jays all-time saves list with 90 over his eight year career in Canada. Zimmerman for the Nationals has had great luck against the Jays in the one game he has faced them. He is 9-5 with an ERA of 3.03 in all Interleague play. MLB Online Gambling Odds Bet365 Sports is offering punters the chance to get in on live in-play betting action throughout all 9 innings of tonight's game. They also have a number of pre-game bets available. The Nationals are favorites at 1.64, while the Blue Jays are at 2.35. bet365 is also offering Run Lines, Game Totals, 1st Inning Winner, Alternative Run Lines and dozens of more props to choose from.
Pokerstars and Full Tilt owner Amaya, the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company, announced last week that it had been approved by Nasdaq for public trading. The Deal As of June 8th, Nasdaq has approved the listing of Amaya common shares on The Nasdaq Global Select Market to commence trading under the symbol AYA. This is the same symbol under which Amaya will continue previous trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Amaya Chairman CEO David Baazov called the listing a chance to significantly improve visibility and liquidity for it's stock as the company's shareholder base is broadened. Select Market The Nasdaq Global Select Market is Nasdaq's high end platform, the top-tier of public companies meeting the highest standards of listing, related to benchmarks such but not limited to financial condition, liquidity and corporate governance practices. Amaya has been a leading provider of technology-based solutions, product and services for some time as a leader in the global gaming and interactive entertainment industries. The full portfolio of Amaya's gaming and business brands includes PokerStars, Full Tilt, the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Testing the Waters This will be interesting if not fascinating to see how the shareholder base expands, because it will provide a real reflection on the extent to which people are willing to invest in and pursue profits from online poker, in an industry which is still overcoming ethical issues and social stigma in terms of social perceptions as the final obstacles to fully harnessing the financial benefits available in the unique vacuum for online gambling that still exists globally. The medium itself is highly adaptable to the online marketing mechanism as it is, where advanced graphics and payment technologies can rapidly increase user engagement and be delivered worldwide when regulated. Victory for iGaming Suffice to say, the acceptance by Nasdaq of the world's largest online gaming enterprise into its highest tier of public trading is a significant breakthrough not just for Amaya, but for the entire online global gaming industry.
Today’s afternoon match will be the second time Swiss stars Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will cross paths on the pro Tennis tour. Today’s game will decide, which player will make it to the Semi Final, to play either Kei Nishikori or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, also playing today. Federer is a far-better player, currently ranked #2 in the world and leads the Swiss rivalry 16-2, which includes the match he won earlier this year in Rome. Making it to the Quarter Final took Federer two days, but he finally got his revenge against French player Gael Monfits. Their match was stopped due to rain on Sunday and was completed on Monday. “I wanted to get off to a good start, because you never know how he will be playing,” related Federer. Stan Wawrinka is ranked eighth in this year’s French Open and defeated Gilles Simon in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2. Wawrinka is planning to focus on the things he needs to do to defeat Federer but both players are happy about the fact that there will be a Swiss player in the Semi Final. Prediction No matter what Wawrinka does, this should be another Semi Final berth for Federer. Expect the world #2 to defeat Wawrinka in Four Sets. Online Gambling Odds Punters that are eager to get in on today’s French Open action can do so at bet365 Sports. The famed UK sportsbook is offering a number of pre-match odds and have listed Federer as outright favorite at 1.44, while Wawrinka is at 2.75. There are a number of props available such as First Set Winner, (Wawrinka 2.37- Federer 1.53), Set Betting, Number of Sets, Handicap, Total Games, Tie Break and much more. Lucrative cash could be just around the corner if you pick your bets right, so get in to win with the French Open today at 14:30 (GMT).
Merger and acquisition season is back, with Playtech's buyout of Plus500 appearing to kick off what may be an eventful summer. Playtech Relieves Plus500 Teddy Sagi's Playtech has reached an agreement to pay 460 million pounds ($700 million) to acquire Plus500, providing necessary relief to the retail forex trading shop struggling to maintain compliance with current money laundering rules. This is Playtech's second significant acquisition in its foray into online trading exchanges after an earlier acquisition of a majority stake in Trade FX. With the deal, Playtech actually capitalizes on Plus500's struggles, in light of the announcement by Plus500 that some client accounts would be frozen while more rigorous background checks were conducted. This was as much a concession to the difficulty of meeting anti-laundering compliance regulations as a questioning of the integrity of Plus500 customers themselves. This shook the values of Plus500, as well as necessitating financial relief so that Play500 could meet operation demands to remain compliant. The result is that Playtech pays 400 pence per share for Plus500, resulting in the stocks spiking at 403 pence on Monday before leveling off to close at 374.5 pence, for a day's total rise of a more modest 1.2 percent. Playtech's Play Playtech is a sports betting and online casino games software provider now moving its technologies into the currency trading sector at a time in which all online gambling companies are going to be faced with operational adaptations to increasing taxes and more strict regulation. Other Merger Activity Another merger percolating is online gambling provider 888 Holdings making a run at an acquisition of Gibraltar online gambling provider Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Amaya, the world’s largest publicly-traded online gambling company, is reportedly teaming up to back the miniscule GVC Holdings to try to buy and ostensibly dissolve Bwin.Party. The deal is not done, but is reportedly in serious stages of discussion.
Taking place this Saturday night is the intriguing Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus (Berlin, Olympiastadion, 18:45 GMT). A match that not many would imagine in the beginning of the season, this game pits two teams that are looking to secure a treble - winning their domestic league's title and cup and finishing off with a Champions League title. Juventus an Unlikely Underdog It's hard not to be an underdog when going up against the great Barcelona, but nobody can dismiss Juventus' odds. The Old Lady has been frequenting the gym, it seems, as it is looking at a possible treble and top players Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez, Paul Pogba and Andrea Pirlo all looking in great shape. Juve won its fourth successive Serie A championship by 17 points and they beat Lazio in extra time to lift the cup. One of the biggest challenges for the Italians will be the task of dealing with Lionel Messi, and that's before mentioning his friends on the offense, Neymar and Suarez. Messi to Make History? Stopping Messi might prove an even more difficult task this time around, because the Argentinian can make history in this final. Messi has lifted the Champions League cup three times with Barcelona, having scored in the 2009 and 2011 finals. If he scores in Berlin this Saturday, he'll write his name in the competition's history as the first player to score in three Champions League finals. Considering his performance in Barca's Copa Del Rey victory against Athletic Bilbao, Messi is more than ready to net – as well as his buddy Neymar. This by itself presents a very interesting betting market at online bookies. Online Betting Markets Heating Up The Champions League final is a huge online gambling event that attracts millions of online punters, even those that don't watch football regularly. The game will be streamed live at leading bookies like bet365 Sports, William Hill Sports and Winner Sports, with in-play markets taking the central stage, presenting punters with betting markets relating to the events of the game as they unfold on the pitch.
The Netherlands is proposing an interesting regulatory approach: leaving protection of gamblers in the hands of the gambling operators themselves. Regulation Rationale The logic for legalising gambling is certainly there: hundreds of thousands of people are already gambling on (illegal) foreign-based sites, with a proportional representation of Dutch citizens among them. Legalisation would allow the government to play an active role in benefiting tax-wise from online gambling, implementing online gambling, and protecting users from such online dangers as deception, fraud, whitewashing, match fixing and gambling addiction. Protection Challenge Protecting users is much easier said than done, however, because of the fact that so many gambling operators are based abroad, where technology is far less visible and players as users are virtually impossible to trace. In regards to the Netherlands, the concern is that the relatively egalitarian approach reflects potentially underestimates maliciously infiltration of the software. Trust Experiment By trusting internet gambling to the extent that current legislation proposes, operators applying for licenses are required to take action to prevent users from becoming addicted to gambling, which cuts into profit margins to varying degrees of estimate. Further, the proposed legislation only seeks to legalise 80% of the internet gambling market, leaving 20% illegal and unsupervised. This seems like an experimental approach, where the completion of implementation will be based on the effectiveness of the first round of measures and regulation. How Addictive is Online Gambling? The remaining variable seems to be a differentiation in the conduciveness to addiction which the screen offers in the online form. The fact is that the ease of access and convenience of online gambling would seem to suggest higher potential for addiction no matter how hard online operators try to provide support for addiction thereof. The question then becomes how much are online operators willing to invest in anti-addiction programming without some standard of compliance defined by the government, and how long can the government “experiment” if the cost is citizens being lured into further gambling addiction thereof?
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