An Internet Gambling Glossary - Part One
Despite the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign on daily to play at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology used in online gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager....
Gambling In The Movies
The September, 2006, release of Hollywoods latest poker themed movie, Lucky You starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore continues a decades-long love affair between gambling and the movies. Gambling has long fascinated the movie-going public, and many fans of this genre enjoy the thrill of watching big stakes gambling without any risk to their own bankrolls. As an example, the following is a brief description of a few films based on this theme:
1922: Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler ( The Gambler...
Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow Poker is an American card-playing derivative of the centuries-old game of Chinese Dominoes. In the early nineteenth century, Chinese laborers introduced the game while working in California.
The games popularity with Chinese gamblers eventually attracted the attention of entrepreneurial gamers who substituted the traditional tiles with cards and modeled the game into a new form of poker. Introduced into the poker rooms of California in 1986, the games immediate acceptance and...
Player Profile: Amarillo Slim
Thomas Austin Preston Jr. is one of the great legendary figures in the world of professional poker, but to most fans he is much better known as Amarillo Slim. Strangely enough, Amarillo Slim isnt a Texan by birth. He was actually born in Johnson, Arkansas, on December 31, 1928, but he now does reside in Amarillo, Texas.
Amarillo Slim is a colorful throwback to the old days when poker then regarded as a disreputable game was played in the back rooms of saloons, pool halls, and...
Player Profile: Annie Duke
It has been said by some expert male poker players that Annie Duke is the best all-around woman poker player in the world today. As the top money winner in the history of World Series of Poker, she was eight months pregnant with her third child when she won tenth place in the $10,000 Main Event.
Born in Concord, New Hampshire, she is sister to Howard Lederer, the well-known and popular expert nicknamed The Professor because of his calm and stable approach at the poker tables. Howard taught...
Player Profile: Clonie Gowan
Her real name is Cycalona Gowen because she was born during a tropical storm. Clonie grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma and played sports in high school. She ranked seventh in the high jump in track and field and was also a championship-level basketball player. She had looks as well as skill in sports and the pretty young blonde won the Miss Teen McAlester crown in Oklahoma at age fifteen.
Clonie is a divorced mother of two and lives in Dallas, Texas. Her older child, a daughter, lives with her...
Player Profile: Erik Seidel
Modest and unassuming, Erik Seidel is a professional poker player, one of the worlds best. In fact, he is one of a very select few players who have won multiple World Series of Poker Bracelets, (he has won seven WSOP Bracelets as of this writing). Erik is the only WSOP tournament player in the past twenty-five years to win three consecutive years running:
1992 - $2500 Limit Hold em - $168,000 1993 - $2500 Omaha 8 or Better - $94,000 1994 - $5000 No-Limit Hold em - $210,000...
Player Profile: Men Nguyen
A native-born Vietnamese, Men Nguyen was 24 when he escaped from communist Vietnam in 1978 and sailed with a group of compatriots to Malaysia. However, his ultimate destination was the United States, where upon his arrival later that year was given political asylum. Settling in Los Angeles where some relatives and friends were located, Men rapidly assimilated and in 1986 was awarded U.S. citizenship.
Two years earlier, Nguyen, fascinated by stories of the Glitter Gulch city of Las Vegas, paid...
Sports Betting Online - An Explanation
There are many ways to bet on sporting events, whether online or at a land-based casino. Some betting methods are simple and straightforward, others are more complex, some even exotic so to speak. However, a newcomer to sports betting must understand betting structure before risking any money. The basic, or most common bets are as follows:
THE STRAIGHT BET:
A straight bet can be a wager on one of two opponents in lets say a tennis or boxing match. This is commonly known as a fixed odds bet,...
The Intercontinental Poker Championship
There seems to be no question that televised poker tournaments now rival golf and tennis as a most watched spectator sport. The popularity of televised poker has grown to unforeseen proportions, primarily due to the popularity of such high profile poker tournaments as The World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. The participation in these events by well known movie and sports stars, and the celebrity status and fan adulation accorded the poker champions has created a new world-wide...
The Poker Tournament Craze
Its official, poker is the hottest game in the universe! Poker tournaments are the hottest gaming events, and the World Series of Poker, (WSOP) is the hottest of them all!
And best of all, for those who host these tournaments, particularly those hosting the WSOP, are the huge monetary rewards, with player buy-ins ranging from $1,000 entry fees to $10,000 buy-ins per player at the final table, and thousands more for special event buy-ins within the WSOP tournament, as well as sponsors...
The Us Vs Online Gambling - Part One
The 2006 World Series of Poker provided an excellent opportunity for Internet poker sites to advertise their web presence to the public at large. The Full Tilt Poker Lounge at the Rio in Las Vegas, the home of the WSOP championship tournament, was one example of the swank hospitality suites set up to promote online poker games.
Potential customers are invited to learn the ropes of internet poker by playing free games where no money changers hands. However, although many of these online...
The US vs Online Gambling - Part Two
Online gaming won a small victory in 1999, when the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act failed to achieve the two-thirds majority vote necessary for passage in the House of Representatives as required by law. Cause for celebration by the multi-billion dollar online gaming industry, however, was short-lived.
As it is now being enforced in 2006 by an anti-internet gambling United States Government, the law as it has been amended in the Federal Criminal Code makes it unlawful for any person...
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