Why Sports Books Don’t Want to Offer Bets on the Olympics, Anyway
- Aug 9, 2008
Enjoy the Beijing Games, but forget about betting on them in Nevada sports books.
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PayPal Opening Online Gambling Payment Records To IRS
- Jul 29, 2008
PayPal, once the most popular online payment method in North America, has announced it will be revealing the payment records of its members to the Internal Revenue Service...
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Poker Players Deal Obama a Full House
- Jul 7, 2008
Barack Obama is winning support for his presidential bid from a novel quarter - America's poker players.
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Betting: Picking Your Numbers
- Jul 1, 2008
A good day in Kenny White's life is when he polls the five men sitting around the table and hears five identical numbers.
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Follow the Money
- Jun 19, 2008
Gaming interests spent almost as much in the first three months of 2008 lobbying Congress as they did in the last six months of 2007...
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Pay Attention to Pitchers’ Tendencies and How They Match Up with Ballparks
- Jun 13, 2008
A popular theory among baseball bettors suggests backing starting pitchers who are known as ground-ball specialists when they are pitching in ballparks that typically yield a lot of home runs.
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You're fired, 1,200 OTB workers told
- Jun 3, 2008
The city has sent out formal layoff notices to 1,200 OTB employees. The letter, dated May 30 and signed by NYC Off-Track Betting Corp. President Raymond Casey, notifies workers that "your employment will be terminated...
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Major League Baseball has struck out with the Supreme Court
- Jun 3, 2008
The high court yesterday rejected an appeal from MLB and its players' union to revisit a three-year-old lawsuit against Missouri-based fantasy operator C.B.C. Distribution that alleged unauthorized use of names and stats...
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Fans hit the border to bet on local sports
- Jun 2, 2008
There are around 150 sports books in Nevada, but elsewhere in the United States, putting money down on the game is a black market operation. But...
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NBA Playoffs Betting Lessons
- May 23, 2008
The NBA playoffs are into the third round, so this is as good a time as any to look back on what we have seen so far to see what we have learned as bettors...
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Odds to Win American Idol
- May 22, 2008
David Cook is the new American Idol. Had you bet him prior to his fantastic version of Jackos' Bille Jean you could have got 4-1 or better on your money. Check out the closing <a href="http://www.osga.com/American-Idol-Betting-Odds.html"> odds to win American Idol</a> inside.
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Stratosphere’s refusal to honor expired ticket gives sports books another black eye
- May 16, 2008
Only the sleaziest of sports books would try to pull a fast one on a patron by refusing to cash a winning ticket shortly after it had expired. Yet that’s what officials with the Stratosphere did to Michael Shackleford of Las Vegas...
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