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The folks from BetUS.com have released their NFC South 2009 odds.  Which of the four teams will win in what is always one of the NFL’s most unpredictable and often tightest divisions?

NFL betting gets into full swing over these next few weeks and people will be looking to make out with some sweet payouts.  The odds reflect just how tight a division this is.

BetUS.com analysts believe that the Atlanta Falcons stand the best shot of winning the NFC South in 2009. <

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This week there was some speculation about poker players Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle appearing on the upcoming season of hit reality TV show, The Amazing Race. This follows up poker pro Annie Duke’s foray into the reality TV realm with her second place finish in this spring’s Celebrity Apprentice. Now, an actual show about online poker featuring actual online poker players is set to kick off.

Premise of 2 Months, 2 Million Reality Show

On the G4 network, a show called 2 Months, $2 Million is ready to begin airing.

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MGM Mirage Last week was the first strong week across the board that US based casino companies have had on the stock market in months. Shares rose continually throughout the week, and it left the companies hoping that the new week will bring more of the same.

The Macau gaming industry is what fueled the spike in stock prices last week for several of the biggest US companies. Las Vegas Sands and MGM Mirage led the way on Friday with surprisingly high gains.

Las Vegas Sands stock jumped up 7.19%, to $10.88 by the close of the week. (Read the full post about ‘US Casino Stocks At Highest Point Since May’…)

July 24 – Ireland’s largest bookmaking outfit, Paddy Power, have today declared a holy war against online casino operator GoldenPalace.com who yesterday offered a bid of CAD$5,000 to purchase the holy tree stump of Rathkeale.

The Canadian based gaming company already own Pope Benedict’s old VW Golf along with a slice of toast allegedly bearing the face of the Virgin Mary and are now keen to add the Rathkeale tree stump to their portfolio of strange religious objects.

However Paddy Power have today launched an aggressive counter bid in an effort to secure the future of the revered tree stump and are offering €6,200 (twice the Canadian’s original bid) for the stump.

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Japan’s Masayuki ‘Mochy’ Mochizuki has been crowned as the world’s best backgammon player after beating reigning champ Lars Trabolt in the final of the Monte Carlo World Championship over the weekend.

Sponsored by online skill games community CasinoRip.com, the week-long 34th annual Monte Carlo World Championship was held at the five-star Fairmont Hotel and featured 173 of the world’s finest backgammon players competing for a share of a €200,000 prize fund.

One of the pre-tournament favourites, 30-year-old ‘Mochy’ beat Denmark’s Trabolt 25 to 20 in Sunday’s final to collect the winner’s cheque for €62,280.

Although recording superstar George Benson greeted competitors including Gus Hansen, Matvey ‘Falafel’ Natanzon, Francois Tardieu and Neil Kazaross during an opening gala evening, this year’s event will be best remembered for crowning Japan’s first World Backgammon Champion.
 

The past month has seen a surge of both established and not so established Internet Gambling and other gaming companies make a push into the Asia Pacific region.  Greg Tingle, Special Contributor to the Gambling911.com website and Australian correspondent, takes a look at the Internet gambling sector in that region.  He also looks at the online poker component.  Tingle is also the proprietor of Media Man out of Australia.

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It appears apparent that some of the gaming entities have more than just a casual interest in Australia, judging by some of the game titles. Tr

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Here is an interesting spin on the current state of the record industry and pirating downloads.

Pokerati.com on Thursday featured a great entry on something many of us have been expecting to happen for a very long time now and – quite frankly, we’re surprised it hasn’t happened sooner.

There’s a new company in the song (and video) downloading game – Zookz.com – and its entire business model is based on selling "pirated" copies of American songs and movies, as permitted by WTO sanctions against the United States for infringing on Antigua’s ability to compete in the online gambling industry.

From what we understand, ZookZ offers a subscription-based model for unlimited monthly movie and music downloads.

(Read the full post about ‘Zookz.com Record Industry Pirating Result of UIGEA’…)

Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of multi-player gaming networks GamArena and DiceArena, has signed the World Series of Backgammon for its new backgammon network. The official launch will take place on Friday July 24, 2009 in Cannes at the WSOB live event.

The backgammon network, built on Jadestone’s DiceArena multiplayer platform, was launched in June and already includes partners such as Bwin, Nordicbet and PAF.

“We’ve already seen that backgammon is a tremendously popular game,” said Robert Henrysson, CEO at Jadestone.

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Remarkably quite a few of the online gambling websites have either not offered British Open betting or done so sporadically leading into the weekend prior to Thursday’s start.  Much of this has to do with a "wait and see" attitude while other golf events take place. 

BetUS.com has been fairly consistent in keeping British Open betting odds up.

"It’s one of the most bet on events, at least in the United Kingdom," commented Payton O’Brien, Senior Editor of Gambling911.com. 

While BetUS.com focuses its attention on the US market, Sportingbet.com has also been consistent in offering the odds on this event for its UK clients and those throughout Europe and the rest of the world for that matter.

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May 2009 statistics released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board this week showed a moderating decline. Gaming revenues were down 8.34% in May and off 13.71% for the year to date, with revenue on the Las Vegas Strip down 6.36% for the month and down 15.31% for the year.

The May result compared with a statewide gaming revenue decline of 14.07% that was reported for April 2009.

“The revenues that came out today from Nevada indicated that the declines (on the Las Vegas Strip) weren’t as large as some other recently reported declines,” said Matthew Jacob, an analyst with Majestic Research. “I think there are some expectations out there that this is potentially the beginning of a recovery for the industry,” he added.

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