Betting in general dates back much farther than any popular casino games that can be played nowadays. This practice was a long-time tradition, in the beginning, wherever there was a competition or sport, there was betting. In some cases the competitions were created and took place for the sole purpose of giving royalty and other wealthy gamblers another opportunity to bet. But at that time bets were simple matters. They consisted mostly of wagers between friends or acquaintances. Read more…?

The 2011 Western NBA playoff has the biggest surprise until now: the fall of the San Antonio Spurs with 2-4 against Memphies Grizzlies. The younger players from Memphis basketball team beat the Tim Duncan’s old champions and Spurs were going down. Read more…?

Champions League returns to action with the second-leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday, 13 April 2011, when Tottenham Spurs welcome Real Madrid on White Hart Lane.
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The second round of the Monte Carlo Masters starts on Wednesday with interesting matches which provide tennis punters some good betting options.
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Sunday afternoon, April 10, in round 32 of the Barclay’s Premier League. Arsenal are favorites to win this away fixture despite their lack of form which encourages Blackpool fans to hope for a vital home victory. But Arsene Wenger’s men have a morale edge ahead of this meeting as they have simply humiliated their Sunday opponents in the first leg in a crushing 6-0 home win.
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In-form West Bromwich Albion will visit out-of-form Sunderland on Saturday, 9 April, on Stadium of Light in a decisive match for the relegation fight in the English Premier League.
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Ukrainian Dynamo Kiev welcomes Portuguese side Sporting Braga on Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in the quarters of the Europa League on Thursday, 7 April. The difficult weather conditions and cold reception in Ukraine are among the toughest obstacles for any visiting team playing here. Therefore, this slight edge of playing on Ukrainian ground should be taken into consideration by any serious punter who fancies betting on this match.
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Barclay’s Premier League offered football lovers another spectacular and high-scoring round on Saturday and Sunday. Betting experts who trusted Manchester United to grab the three points at stake on Upton Park and placed their bets on an away victory and over 5.5 goals won decent amounts of money.
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Leaders Manchester United are facing a tough trip to Upton Park in London on 2nd April 2011, on Saturday afternoon, when they play the in-form relegation battlers West Ham. This match might look like an easy encounter on paper but on the field, the Red Devils will have to play their best football to overcome a motivated and hot-running team like West Ham.
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Sony Ericsson Open in Miami has reached its quarterfinals stage after a week of play. In the men’s tournament we have already witnessed a couple of major upsets as two players seeded in the top 5, Robin Soderling and Andy Murray, have been eliminated in early stages, before the quarterfinals. In the women’s tournament we have seen Andrea Petkovic playing her best tennis as she eliminated two top 10 players. The German player got everyone’s attention when she delivered the biggest upset of the year by overcoming world no. 1 Wozniacki in round 4. Then she followed her good run with another marathon victory over No. 7 seed Jelena Jankovic in the quarter-finals.
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