Las Vegas » Horse racing http://www.lassvegass.com Gambling heaven Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Gambling tips: how to avoid to lose all your money with online gambling http://www.lassvegass.com/gambling-tips-how-to-avoid-to-lose-all-your-money-with-online-gambling.html http://www.lassvegass.com/gambling-tips-how-to-avoid-to-lose-all-your-money-with-online-gambling.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:47:00 +0000 admin http://www.lassvegass.com/?p=1005 I have been gambling since around the age of sixteen. I see it as a bit of a hobby and really enjoy playing poker and bragg. I go to the casino as often as I can and also love to go to the horse racing and to the greyhounds. This article is a story about when I lost a lot of money on a horse which was supposed to be a racing certainty.

As well as gambling, I love to have a few beers. It was during one of my nights out drinking when I met an old school friend. His name was John and we had not seen each other for around fifteen years. The conversation soon turned to talking about various forms of gambling and we realised that we had very similar interests.

John told me about some of his more profitable days and I responded by talking about some of mine. I must say his seemed far more impressive than what I had ever won. John then told me that he was very good friends with a local trainer and that he had some information that I might be interested in.

This night was becoming more interesting by the hour and I enquired as to what type of information he had. He started talking about a horse which the trainer and its connections thought could not lose. The horse was going to run in ten days time and was of a far higher class than what the other horses in the race would be. The trainer wanted the horse to have an easy victory so that it would gain some confidence from the race.

I told quite a lot of people about this horse over the next few days, this was to be a big mistake, a mistake I will not be repeating in the future.

The big race day arrived and I was very excited. I will not tell you how much I placed on the horse but lets just say it was a lot of money. The odds were five to one and I believed that this was going to be the easiest money I would have ever obtained.

The race in question was a three mile hurdle and with only three fences to go the horse was cruising. It was challenging the long term leader who was fading and being strongly ridden.

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1. The amount of the bid

2. The kind of bet

3. The odds on offer

Sportsbooks in the US and Bookmakers in UK are entities that accept sports bets. The bets can be placed predicting the outcome of several sporting events like Baseball, Snooker, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Football, Tennis and hundreds of other sports and atheletic activities. Just to cover some basic definitions: a sportsbook is the one that accepts the sports bet. An oddsmaker is the one who sets the odds of betting.

Betting the Odds
In order to place a bet, you must first select the type of bet and the amount you will wager. This naturally will depend upon the odds that are being offered. Before you go ahead and place the bet, carefully scrutinize the range of available odds.

The odds must be in the ratio of at least 2:1 for the bet to be worthwhile. Another factor that must be taken into account is the amount being given by way of commission to the sports-book. This ideally should be a minimal percentage of the total value of the odds.

Given below is a list of some common kinds of bets:

1. Single or Straight Bet: This is betting in its most basic form and allows you to bet at given odds, upon a winner.

2. Point Spread: Under this bet one can bet on one of two selections that have been equated through the allocation of suitable points. In the Point Spread the number of allocated points are shown with a + sign for the favorable side and a – sign for the underdog. In order that the better wins, the favored team must win by more than the Point Spread. On the flip side, if a bet has been placed on the underdog, that team has to lose by less than the Point Spread for the better to win.

3. Buy Points: This involves moving the Point Spread positively, by paying a price.

4. The Moneyline: This type of bet is simply on who will win. It establishes the odds for each side but is the reverse of the Point Spread, with a – sign standing for the favorite and the + sign for the underdog.

5. Total Bet: This is similar to point spread bets, only in that the better bets on the total points scored.

6. Over/ Under: This is a bet as per which the number of points scored by the teams in any game will be beyond/ over OR below/ under the total set by the oddsmaker.

7. Parlay of Accumulator: This is a way of betting on multiple sporting events in the hope that a big payoff will be made if all win. The picks made are in relation to the point spread. Even if one event does not win or draw, the better loses the entire bet. Huge amounts can be made through parlay betting, in the event of a win.

8. Teaser: A teaser is similar to a parlay, however it has the option of adding or taking off points from one or more than one Spread bets. The odds depend upon the number of points the spread is moved as well as upon the number of teams that are combined to form the teaser.

9. Futures: These are bets on who will win the championship in the event that there are more than two possible teams to bet on. Substantial variations between sportbooks exist in house edge on futures.

10. Buying Half a Point: In this, the straight bet player gets the option of moving the point spread half point to his advantage. The most appropriate time to buy a half point is when one team is favored by 2.5, 3, 6.5 or 7 in football. This is primarily due to the fact that several games end in a 3 or 7 point difference. The extra half point may end up turning a loss to a draw or a draw to a win.

Of all these types of bets, three types of bets are prominent and must be used for the simple reason that they are simple themselves, are easy to win and have a good chance of winning. These are the Straight bet, the Doubles and the Future.

Here are a few Betting tips that will help you to place the Best Bets and push you towards a big win, they are:

1. Always make an intelligent analysis of the odds and the offer of the bet.

2. For a simple bet, stick to the Straight bet as it is non-complicated and has good winning prospects.

3. Bet wisely by keeping your selections limited. Also try to limit the influence of bias in your betting. If you are a fan of a team try to limit the effect of that favoritism when betting.

4. One of the most rewarding bets is the ‘Future’ bet but only if you know a lot about the sport being played and about the players.

5. By betting regularly though systematically and in an analytical manner, one can improve your judgmental ability.

6. Contain the urge to bet with you winnings immediately. If you do not follow the standard rule of 50%, at least put some of your winnings back into your pocket.

7. Make sure your sportsbook is a member of a known Gambling Association, makes a quick payment and is easily accessible. Read in between the lines, about matters pertaining to disputes.

8. Train yourself to look for value odds – you will master this art soon, with time and practice.

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]]> http://www.lassvegass.com/sports-like-a-pro.html/feed 0 Another Iowa Casino To Bring Horse Racing Back http://www.lassvegass.com/another-iowa-casino-to-bring-horse-racing-back.html http://www.lassvegass.com/another-iowa-casino-to-bring-horse-racing-back.html#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:10:26 +0000 admin http://www.lassvegass.com/?p=701 The casino gambling industry from Iowa is thriving. There are a lot of  casinos, which is why the news that Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino is considering a 2nd casino for Polk County took some people amazingly.

There is not only a casino the group is looking for. Prairie Meadows Racetrack is thnking of  adding a new horse racing track along with another new casino.

Jonathan Swain of Peninsula Gaming has officially announced that “It would be an entire center based on American quarter-horse racing, rodeos, equine activities”, adding that “It would support the ag industry as well as the breeds.”

Prairie Meadows is trying to slow their schedule of racing , as many other tracks from the country. The gambling industry was hard hit by the economic crises, and there are a lot of facilities that have closed their doors on most of sides.

Prairie Meadows has also added the casino gambling due to a horse racing business that has failed, but they believe this combination would be in their benefites.

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Legislators in Kentucky have come up with the idea to launch a media project to convince people to support the Kentucky race horse piste.This campaign to convince the inhabitants consists in a distribution of 250,000 leaflets, a lot of radio ads andTV ads.However not everyone is in agreement with the support of horse races.

Many people believe that they were the best would be that money is spent on radio campaign to gather and give directly to Churchill Downs.

Many employees at Churchill Downs, Keeneland and Turfway, and lost their jobs and many of them can not pay their mortgages.

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Bentley warned that if the government did not step in and make the necessary changes to the law, the Australian horse racing industry could lose as much as $128 million in revenues.

Andrew Twaits, the Chief Executive Officer for Betfair said: “Mr. Bentley’s call for federal legislation to allow the racing industry to protect the TABs aren’t surprising, given his dual roles as chairman of the ARB and Director of the Tatts Group, which operates the TABs in Queensland and South Australia.”

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Virtual racing seems to be getting more and more attention from online casino operators. William Hill Casino signed a deal with Inspired to provide high quality virtual racing games.

This game now is available for play on a multitude of mobile phones, Smartphones and other wireless devices.

This is a truly revolutionary mobile gambling experience.

In the future it seems that will be available all the games for all players gambling, so slow down will be more games.

Have little patience!)

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