Online platform

The digitalization of sport betting in online platforms has been the killer to Baba Ijebu kiosk. Most gamblers prefer betting online rather than walking to these kiosks. However, some play at these kiosks who offer online betting but more often than not they don’t rush back to the kiosks to check the results but rather do it online. Cash winnings are automatically debited in player’s account online and no fraud has ever been reported.

Guessing vs. prediction

In most cases, Baba Ijebu would incorporate a lot of calculation and variation. However, a win is guaranteed by mere luck. Amazingly a player can go a mile of selecting any number that suits him on the plate number. However, luck will not only apply all times as information and history of the playing teams would increase winning chances.

Prize money

This forms the main frame in gambling. Despite being known to pay handsomely, Baba Ijebu has been surpassed by sports betting whose pay is far much better. A football match can cash in thousands in sports betting and many gamblers have shifted their mind to this platform.

Passion for Sport

This forms the base for football fanatics. In Nigeria, there is always a tournament that is taking place at anytime of the year. Those who worship Europe football will go to the extent of wagering any amount to their favorite team to win. There has been a rise in the number of people waging since most have extra knowledge on various teams to bet on.

Risk Factor

Risk factor is essential in betting. There is a high risk which would in turn bring about higher winning odds in Baba Ijebu kiosks. On the other hand, sport betting produces higher odds but will have a unique approach with diminutive risk. Football fanatic has in mind that one loss would lead to another win as there is always winning hope in football sports betting.

Things are getting tougher for Phil Mickelson a professional golfer who has been involved in an illegal sport betting scandal. This comes after a wage handicapper claimed that he had laundered more than $3 million to the golfer. Gregory Silveira pleaded guilty on the different criminal accounts of money laundering that were believed to have taken place between 2010 and 2013.

It is believed that the ‘hidden’ client involved in the saga was the 45 year old Mickelson. However, there are doubts that he would face the law as he has never been involved in any franchise. Moreover, the federal government would probably opt to concentrate on prosecuting those who run the illegal betting rather than clients.

His lawyer avoided any comments about the saga and claimed that the case was conducted by another attorney. It was believed that Mickelson sent two dispatches of money in $2.475 million and $275,000 to Silveira’s account where the cash was later distributed to different accounts that were possessed by him.

It was not clear the main purpose that saw the cash being transferred. Even Internal Revenue Service officials declined to say anything about the subject. These acts are deemed to be illegal in U.S with the exception of Nevada. Suspicion grew when it was evident that there was awkward money transfer which involved huge sums with no specific destination. This cleared showed some acts of criminality that would be traced back to Silveira.

This is the second time that Mickelson has been involved in gambling scandals after he was previously fined by the PGA Tour. In this case, he was involved in little amount bet where he waged $25 with a 20/1 odd that Jim Furyk would hit the shot direct to the hole. In addition, he was also involved in yet another franchise that involved tycoon Billy Walters and financial Carl Icahn. The case here involved the buying of Clorox in 2011. However, Mickelson was lucky to pull out of the case.

If found guilty this October, Silveira will face up to 20-year sentence on each account. However, the judge may be lenient and offer him a much lesser sentence.

For the better part, a legend and a winner should be accorded with great honor and respect. That is what is happening on our site, in this post, we will be recognizing the existence of gaming legends and past winners. The Golden fraternity is pleased to show off their skills as well as exhibit some of the winning techniques. Moreover, the team is willing to share tales of some amazing lucky winners.

Talking of these lucky winners, one should have in mind that most of them have emerged to be heroes in the platform while rarely do they have villains. Under this category and as part 1 of the ongoing segment on the gaming history, it has come to our knowledge that you need to have an idea of famous gamers who can be deemed as legends as they have had their lives transformed through winning ways. Initially we are going to look at two prominent gamers; Steve Wynn and Terrence Watanabe.

Steve Wynn

Steve is an American business tycoon who is very popular in Las Vegas. This is due to the fact that back in 1990s, he was on the front line in making sure that Las Vegas fate have been revitalized. It was his company that took up the task of initiating several major casinos in the city. It was also responsible for renovating some of the old casinos to more modern ones. Casinos such as ‘The Strip’, Treasure Island, Golden Nugget, The Mirage and Bellagio trace their fame from Wynn’s company. Wynn an art fanatic is believed to be worth $2.5 billion.

Terrace Watanabe

Dissimilar to Wynn’s fame, Terrace has done little than Wynn to be famous. Terrace is a millionaire who made his income through family business as well as active gambling. In fact, unlike others, Terrace was not siding when it came to responsible betting. With this in mind, he is believed to have lost $100 million at one time when betting in a series of Las Vegas casinos in 2007. He is known to have enriched a certain casino in Las Vegas through his huge losses. He is also seen as one of the highest loss gamble at our present days.

After leaving Ferrari in 2009, Kimi Raikkonen returned back in 2013 where he signed for a two year contract. With this contract set to expire, the Finn claims that he would like to continue with his F1 carrer and hope that Ferrari would add him an extra contract. He had a massive entry in F1 with Ferrari when he won the world title in 2007 but of late he has been faced by out of form situations which have led him finishing 12 in last year’s edition of the Driver’s Championship.

His out of form would no longer be a question as Ferrari has now improved his 2015 car. This was claimed by his team mate Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is improving greatly of late being only 48 points behind Raikkonen. He scooped the Malaysian Grand Prix and has won four of the seven events he has been involved in. on the other hand, Raikkonen has only won once and didn’t finish his previous race staged in Austria after a collision with ex-teammate Fernado Alonso.

In spite of all these ups and downs, Raikkonen is confident that Ferrari would accord him with an extra contract up to 2016. He claimed that all would be based upon the remedies that Ferrari would take. He added that he submit hi request and all the company has to do is to sign it.

He added that if he doesn’t get another contract, he would be forced to shift to another team as he was reluctant to hang his career this year. Hi love for F1 had been his number one motivation in every event he takes part. He added that F1 is not always amusing when incidents such as collision happen. He hoped that what happened between him and Alonso in Austria would be the last incident. He said that he has the freedom to walk away from the team and in the future he sees him battling against this team for the good of himself and the team he would be representing.

After Austria Raikkonen heads for the British Grand Prix from which he is expected to win the race. However, he faces stiff competition from home boy and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

There has been intense pressure on mounting on the Hesse ministry of interior and Sports (HMDIS) for them to come up with another structure when it comes to the framework in sports betting. The regulatory body has been receiving plenty of criticisms pertaining legislation processes.

The German Green Party was the last critics when it came to the framework. There were statements claiming that HMDIS should get rid of the 20 license cap and have the licensing provisions that are based on the operators fulfilling the required quality requirements and not coming up with their policies which are set to a number of bookmarkers that have been pre-qualified by the regulator.

The Green Party came to learn that they would be supporting all their attempts to change the framework to sports betting which was developed by the HMDIS.

Their support for the reform emanated from June’s news that the European Court of Justice would carry out investigations on the legislative procedure after complaints from the European operators that HMDIA was breaching the interstate competition practices and business policies on best practises.

Media houses from Germany have delivered reports that about 80 operators had sent in quest to acquire 20 HMDIS licenses. The ones who had their application rejected complained that the regulator did not have any detailed reports on why they had rejected the applications.

The Luxembourg based ECJ court is expected to have their verdict from their finding delivered by September.

Analysts from the industry believe that the reforms to Germany will be passed. They also believe that the operators who aim at entering the market need to look forward to further delays to the implementations of the frameworks.

This tension came to be in April when the sports betting licensing came to a detour after the resignation of a sports advisory body that was tasked with helping the gaming regulators in achieving their mandate.

Atlético Madrid or “Los Colchonerous” as it’s referred by its nickname is schedule to end its partnership with sponsors Azerbaijan and adopt a new sponsor the Plus500. The top flight club based in Madrid Spain and third finishers at the previous La Liga season will adopt the new logo on their jersey come the beginning of 2015/2016 season. The prominent Spanish powerhouse is well known in producing eye goal strikers such as Fernado Torres, Radamel Falcao, Sergio Aguero and Chelsea ace Diego Costa.

The 2013/14 La Liga champions will now be marketing Plus500 services with posters pinned all around their stadium. Plus500 a trading platform that is based in Israel will be adopted by iGaming technology providers Playtech and this would provide a room for more income generation.

The deal between the two teams first sees the platforms being advertised via media and banners that would be placed in the stadium. It also includes the Plus500 logo on Atlético’s jerseys both home and away and will be featured in all leagues the team plays including EUFA Champions league. Another thing is that Plus500 will have naming rights at the stadium and will also be involved in other financial benefits such as host sponsorship.

Chief Executive Officer of Plus500 Gal Haber claimed that it was with honor and pleasure that his company is in a position of striking a deal with a big club such as Atlético Madrid, a deal that would go for at least 2 years and believed that this would go on beyond the two years. He added that Atlético Madrid would be the best club to partner with as the club is based in Europe where the companies fan base is at a high degree.

Chief Executive Officer of Atlético Madrid Miguel Angel Gil Marin commented on the deal too by saying that he was excited about striking a deal with Plus500 a company that is on the verge of growing internationally. He added that it was their hope that the deal will be a new beginning between the two as they initiate a long journey full of prospects together.

With fantasy sports betting legalization still an ongoing battle, the NFL has claimed that it is on the verge of expanding and this may entail initiation of a team based in Las Vegas. This comes after New Jersey appealed a case where NF, NBA, MLB, NCAA and NHL had moved to the court in 2012 to block a move by the state in legalizing sports betting. They opposed this since they claimed that match fixing especially on single betting would be frequent and hence tarnishing the fame of the game. According to Brian McCarthy the league spokesman, they were not backing of from blocking the move ever.

However, their move was faced by various problems as some representatives of various teams had other plans. Robert Kraft the owner of New England team joined hands with Steve Wynn Las Vegas casino developer in building a casino believed to be worth $1 billion next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough back in 2011.

NFL had earlier banned the advert banners in the stadium as a way to deter any casino initiation move. However, it claimed that it would allow advertising money from casinos. The league claimed that this would be accompanied by several rules such that no logos or club marks are present on the advert and that players would receive divides from the income generated from these adverts.

There has been however partnership between fantasy firms DraftKings and FanDuel with 21 league teams, Steelers included. NFL commissioner Roger Goodwell described this as family reunion and said that fantasy sees people come together for fun as they enjoy football. McCarthy echoed these words by saying that generally fantasy football is a non gambling event that entails skills of the game.

Nevertheless, despite all this, NFL was on the front line in cancelling fantasy football conference that was scheduled for 10-12 July at the non-gambling Las Vegas site the Sands Expo. The expected in attendance included Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

The league was later involved in cautioning three Miami Dolphins players from indulging in poker events in Coconut Creek casino, Fla. This attracted criticism from events’ host Andy Slter who claimed that NFL was based on gambling.