HARTLEY HENDERSON has been involved with the online gambling world for nearly thirty years. His insights helped Intertops become the first sportsbook online to list odds for reality TV betting when they opened lines for Survivor in 2000. Hartley worked extensively for WWTS in the heyday of that storied sportsbook in the mid-2000s and finally landed at Major Wager for five years. His contacts throughout the online gaming industry are unparalleled and his column often offers exclusive interviews and opinions from gambling leaders around the world. Hartley was voted our top writer 5 times since he began at OSGA over a decade ago, most recently 2024. His weekly insights are not to be missed here at OSGA.
The news of Matchbook's withdrawal from Canada has many Canadian bettors wondering what exactly is happening and which online gambling companies will be next to leave the market.
Read More . . .Atlantic City, once the gambling mecca of the East, is suffering from the rapid closure of its casinos and Internet poker does not appear to be the answer.
Read More . . .Many believe that the increase in players at the World Series of Poker is an indication that online poker is again on the rise in the U.S..
Read More . . .After spending 4.9 billion dollars, Amaya Gaming hopes this purchase finally opens the U.S. market to the PokerStars and Full Tilt brands.
Read More . . .Users on Reddit used dogecoin to propel athletes to the Sochi Olympics. Now they are using it to prop up NASCAR driver Josh Wise and perhaps vote him as the year's most popular driver.
Read More . . .Hartley looks at all three big auto races this Sunday for the best betting opportunities that exist.
Read More . . .This year California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby in a fairly easy fashion and once again there is some buzz in the media about whether California Chrome could be the horse to break the 35 year Triple Crown drought.
Read More . . .The situation with Ben Affleck has raised the question again as to whether card counting is indeed cheating and whether the casinos really have the right to ban a player for getting that advantage.
Read More . . .Poker professionals who prey on weaker players consider themselves skillful, but are these players really good for the game?
Read More . . .Last weekend the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada hosted the first bitcoin expo in Toronto and Hartley went to see whether bitcoins or other virtual currency are really a viable option for online gambling in the future.
Read More . . .Today, Tuesday April 15th marks 3 years since the fateful day for poker players when the U.S. government seized the websites of the top online poker companies, and now it's time to let them back in.
Read More . . .A movement to ban online gambling with recent bills in Congress is a misguided and illogical effort driven essentially by one man on a crusade.
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