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Social media has been abuzz with activity following Friday’s announcement that same-sex marriage is now a national right in the US. A narrow vote by the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is legal across the entire nation. To mark the momentous ruling, this is a special feature on casinos and games that are gay-friendly and welcome everyone. Show Support with Rainbow Riches Facebook has launched an app that gives users the ability to superimpose the seven shades of the rainbow over their profile picture. The rationale behind the app is that users can show their support for the US marriage ruling. But all of that got us thinking that Rainbow Riches is the ideal slot for showing support. Rainbow Riches is an extremely popular slot game that is commonly found at casinos with slots developed by IGT. The slot has a decidedly Irish theme in that gold pots, leprechauns, and rainbows all feature prominently. The slot boasts five reels and has 20 paylines that are not fixed, meaning you can choose how many to activate. Although appearing to be a little basic, there are three bonus rounds offering free spins and multipliers. Playing with Cliches The LGBT community is often associated with certain stereotypes - buff men who can dance is always a popular one. Although this is a bit of a cliche and does not apply to the entire LGBT community, this image can be fully discovered in the one and only Chippendale slot. The 5 reel 20 payline game features 5 hot and hunky Chippendale models, along with wild features. Chippendale may be the stereotype of gay men, but as Kevin the Chippendale once said, "They think we're dumb, they think we're gay and they think we're arrogant. And we don't mind any of that – so long as they come to see us with an open mind." And in the end, having an open-mind is what it's all about.
The Copa America soccer tournament is down to the final four teams competing in the Semi-Finals beginning tonight at 00:30 GMT and again tomorrow at the same time. The tournament began with 12 national teams in an amazing Group stage, only to be narrowed down to eight in the Knockout round. We are now down to Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Argentina each with an even shot at this year’s title. Chile is the host nation this year so it would be fitting if they can make it to the final and win their first ever Copa America. They will, however, need to overcome a major disappointment, as their defender Gonzalo Jara has been thrown out of the rest of the tournament for provoking Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani in the Quarter Finals. Key Battles There are many key rivalries on the pitch tonight but the goalkeeper’s could be the biggest one. Chile’s goaltender Bravo has won three shutouts at this year’s Copa, which is the best of any team. Only Mexico could find the back of the net, but he was perfect in all other games. Gallese, Peru’s net-minder, skunked Venezuela and Columbia to make the Semi Finals in style. The main rivalry on the scoring end is between Arturo Vidal and Christian Cueva. Vidal is the tournament’s joint top scorer and he has made Chilean’s very happy by scoring three times so far. The Juventus player has been amazing on all ends of the pitch and will pose a threat to Peru tonight. Christian Cueva may only have the one goal but he has created five dangerous chances and has an assist. Online Copa America Gambling Home country, big favorites, and that is exactly the lines that bet365 have posted for tonight’s matchup. Chile are at 1.50 to win, while Peru need to overcome the odds at 8.50, which is a punter’s dream. There are competitive Double Chance odds, a plethora of Correct Score props and dozens more bets waiting to be won.
December 2014 is the month that the UK Gambling Commission finally introduced the long-discussed point of consumption tax (POCT). Online gambling operators are now legally required to have a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) licence and also to pay 15% POCT on earnings. Some operators moved quickly to obtain their licences, accounting for 19% of all gambling revenue generated in the UK gambling industry for the 12 months ending September 2014. For those 12 months, operators were not legally required to possess a licence. Although POCT began in December, UKGC licences were first required in November. Revenue Increases 5% to Reach £7.1bn The UKGC has been presenting its figures over strange periods of time, and it revealed financial figures for the 12 months ending March 2014. Over that period of time, it was revealed that the UK gambling industry was worth £7.1 billion (excluding National Lottery revenue). That represented a 5% increase for the industry on the previous 12 months. From the £7.1 billion, land-based betting generated the lion’s share with 46%. Online sports betting, online casinos, bingo, arcades, and social lotteries then accounted for 19%, 16%, 9%, 5%, and 5%, respectively. Out of those markets, bingo (5%) and arcade (5%) revenue actually decreased. Sports betting remains the most dominant of the online markets, having generated £1.19 billion worth of gross gambling revenue. Football betting comprised 56% of the revenue, making it the largest betting category over all of the others. Leading UKGC Operators A wave of UK gambling operators left the market after the new licensing requirement increased their costs, but the fact of the matter is that most operators that left did not have particularly strong sites in the first place. As a result, the overall standard is now higher. Current leading operators now licensed in the UK include bet365, Bet Victor, and Winner.
Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) is once again trying to pass federal online gambling legislation under a newly branded bill called the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015. Barton had made similar efforts in 2013, but to no avail. Barton’s new bill would “establish a program for the licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes.” The bill itself is a substantial 102 pages, and covers everything from iPoker history to how the bill would be implemented, licensed, regulated, monitored, and enforced. “Poker is an all-American game," Barton said in a statement. "It’s a game that I learned as a teen and continue to play today.” President of the Poker Players Alliance John Pappas commented, “Congressman Barton’s bill is common sense public policy that would allow qualifying states to pool players together to create a more robust market that will drive consumer satisfaction as well as increase state revenues.” Opposition Opponents to the bill, and to online gambling in general, argue that legalizing online gambling would give criminals access to money laundering tools, create children gamblers and gambling addicts; Barton argues that legalized online gambling will do just the opposite - because if the government doesn’t legalize online gambling soon, all sorts of illegal sites will pop up, because there is a demand for it in America. Barton's arguments have not stopped Senators Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) from reintroducing the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) to the Senate, a bill that would do the exact opposite of Barton's bill: it seeks to ban online gambling at a federal level. Texas Gambling Although Texas is a huge state, there is only one-land based casino. Avid gamblers have had to turn to online gambling, which surprisingly does exist in Texas, with a number of legal online poker sites available for players such as Silver Oak and Bovado online casinos.
For governments all over the world the internet is a jurisdictional nightmare. Some try to control content and block certain areas of the internet, while other like the Federal Government in Canada have a Telecommunications Act, which stops internet providers from controlling the users' browsing. Operators are well aware of the negative effect that doing business on the internet in illegal areas has on a company’s reputation. Many are even leaving markets that have made new regulations or laws against online gambling. Gambling in Canada Canada is an interesting example. Even though there are certain provinces in the country that allow and even promote online gambling, it is against federal law to operate an online casino or poker room. The way that these laws are enforced however, is still a confusing issue. Due to the Telecommunications Act, censorship or blocking of a certain site is against the law for internet providers. “The content or influence the meaning or purpose of telecommunications carried by it for the public.” ISP’s are effectively prohibited from unilaterally blocking content,” the law states. In provinces like Quebec though, announcements have already been made, and budget created to create an amendment to the federal law. “A legislative amendment will be proposed to introduce an illegal website filtering measure. In accordance with this measure, Internet service providers will not be allowed to provide access to an online gaming and gambling website whose name is on a list of websites that are to be blocked, drawn up by Loto-Québec.” If enforced, this law could be detrimental to any and all online gambling in Quebec and there would undoubtedly be long court battles from the operators therein. The government of Quebec started a ‘working group’, whose recommendation was exactly the opposite of their decision. The Working Group essentially said that the best way to limit online gambling is to set up an online gambling licensing system and allow private companies to work.
It is the match that will send one of these teams to the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final, but it could easily be the final match of any tournament. These are two teams that are very evenly matched and it will be an action-packed 90 minutes of soccer in Canada. The US Women’s team have only allowed 1 goal against them in the entire tournament. That was in the opening game. Since then, American goalie Hope Solo has gone 423 minutes without a goal against her. It is the US defense that is simply the best on the planet right now. The last game against China in the Quarter Finals only saw two shots from the Chinese team due to the American defense. Germany is the highest scoring team in the tournament with 20 goals already in just 5 games. In comparison, the US have scored 7 goals but will need to pick up the offense if they are to beat the Germans. The US were the 2011 runner’s up to Japan. The Japanese are once again in the Semi Final against England tomorrow night and if the US wins here, and Japan wins there, we will have the exact same final as 2011. That would be the revenge that the Americans would be seeking but must first get past the high flying offensive attack that Germany brings to the pitch. That is not to say that Germany doesn’t have an excellent defense too, because they do, which will be another road block the US women need to work around to win tonight’s match. World Cup Online Betting Bet365 the famed UK sportsbook has this Semi Final virtually even. The Germans are slight favorites at 2.62, due to their goal scoring, but the US women are not far behind at 2.70. bet365 is offering dozens of props including Asian Lines, Goal Props, Half Time and Full Time Result and much more.
The talks regarding Greece and its future in the Eurozone are getting heated and the future is yet unclear. Sportsbooks didn’t waste any time to get in on the action with the so called Grexit and while the odds of Greece still keeping the Euro as its only currency have improved since earlier this year, the odds are not in its favor. 2-to-1 odds for Greece to leave Leading bookmakers stopped taking bets on Greece being the first country to ever leave the Eurozone about a month ago but this didn’t really affect the demand for the wager. Prediction market sites allow bettors to place wagers against each other and the sites can use this information to offer odds and the debate is getting stronger. Some sites have a fairly wide range of probabilities which can be between one or two points and go up to even 20 percent for Greece leaving by the end of 2015. Almost $200,000 bets have been placed at Betfair alone, while the actual sportsbook odds give punters 2-to-1 odds on the official website and it is joined by other brands. This is an improvement for Greece compared to the 11/10 betting odds offered earlier this year where punters would almost get even money. More Greece betting options And bookmakers don’t just focus on Greece having to leave the Eurozone this year and there are actually betting option that cover different aspects as well. One of the most popular is that Greece will have another official currency by the end of the year 2017, with 11/10 odds or 48% probability. Another option is that Athens will have to default on the debt by the end of 2015, not necessarily forcing an exit. This has a 45% chance of happening according to the betting lines. William Hill stated that it stopped accepting bets on the matter because quite a lot of people are likely to have more information on the matter.
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Argentina finally got it together at the 2015 Copa America by decimating Paraguay in a 6-1 encounter. Ignited by Barcelona treble-winner Leo Messi, La Albiceleste appeared irresistible in attack. At last they lived up to their world-class potential, following a sluggish four games before their semi-final matchup with Paraguay. Argentina Decimate Paraguay 6-1 Head coach Gerardo Martino continued with a 4-3-3 formation in which Messi started on the right side of the trident-esque attack. But rather than continue with Carlos Tevez in the centre – Tevez was subpar in the quarter-final against Colombia – Martino went back to Sergio Agüero and was rewarded with a goal-scoring performance. Argentina opened with a 2-0 lead before Paraguay pegged them back to 2-1, courtesy of a Lucas Barrios goal. La Albiceleste had already let a two-goal lead slip against Paraguay in their opening game, so the fans would have been understandably concerned. However, they did not look back after Ángel Di María scored on 47 minutes. In the end, the 6-1 victory was comfortable. Argentina the Team to Back on 4 July Messi is integral to the Argentina attack if they are to deliver performances of that calibre. And at last he brought the team together, sacrificing his own goal-scoring tally in favour of laying on three assists for his teammates. All signs point to Argentina having peaked at the right time, which is reminiscent of Germany’s 7-1 thrashing of Brazil at last year’s World Cup. Argentina are currently available to win their final against Chile in 90 minutes at approximately 2.10 with bet365. Those odds are quite generous considering Chile are growing extremely anxious at the prospect of winning their first Copa America – and in their own country, no less. For a slightly more conservative outcome, backing Argentina to win the trophy at 1.53 also looks good. bet365 has many other Copa America markets to back.
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