bwin and PartyGaming to merge 

Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG (“bwin”) and PartyGaming PLC (“PartyGaming”) to merge and form a combined entity incorporated inGibraltar and listed on the London Stock Exchange. Merger implementation agreement signed by bwin and PartyGaming on 29 July 2010. Combined entity to be owned approximately 48.4 % and 51.6 % by PartyGaming and bwin shareholders, respectively.

Merger approved by supervisory board of bwin and board of directors of PartyGaming and supported by core shareholders of both companies. Read More

Braga vs Celtic – Champions League 

Looking back to the pre-season, Braga seems a better prepared team than Celtic and has twice the number of games played and with satisfactory results.

Braga held eight games, winning the six first games and losing the last two. The Celtic team held four games and only won one and tied another.

Both teams lost some key players from last season but they have been strengthened in all sectors with the acquisition of new Read More

Benfica vs Sunderland – Friendly 

Match to be played at 04PM EST / 10PM CET

Once again I’m making a play on a preseason contest, however the value exists and I just don’t want to waste this opportunity. As I’ve told before in their last game against Monaco, Benfica is a pretty strong side with some impressive depth on their roster, note that they were losing 1-2 at the break, but bounced back strong in the second half to beat Monaco 3-2.

Their head coach really doesn’t want to lose any game and according to my reports, we will see the strongest players of Benfica in the field Read More

Betfair Online Gambling Sponsors British Athletes Commission 

An historic moment has just come to pass as the online gambling group Betfair has announced it has signed a three year agreement with The British Athletes Commission to be an official sponsor. Betfair will assist the British Athletes Commission in raising awareness about issues related to wagering on sports.

Betfair and the BAC will develop an awareness campaign to teach the young athletes Read More

Maritimo vs Sporting Fingal – Europe League 

Marítimo will start tonight its 7th participation in European competitions and will play against the Irish team of Sporting Fingal.

The team coached by Mitchell Van der Gaag will try to get a result that will allow them to look at the rematch, one week from now, with some tranquility.

Europa League not being Marítimo’s prime objective, since the Portuguese league is always the team’s priority, the red-greens get clearly the favoritism against a team that is not used to these Read More

Uruguay vs Germany – World Cup 2010 

By many considered a “consolation match,” nicknamed by others as “extra bonus for good performance during the World Cup,” is that arises in the game to award the final podium position. I’d rather go another route, because although they left for the game with a possible “mental decompression” I think there are collective goals in common and also some personal, if not see:

Both teams have achieved good performance in general for what they want to toast their fans farewell with a victory and if possible with excellent game; One of the teams is Germany. Just as in the semi – finals saw a similar game to the Euro 2008 final, here we see a similar outcome of the assignment of the 3rd and 4th at the 2006 World Cup. Let’s think of two ways: Read More

Probability launches first games for iPhone, iPod Touch 

MOBILE gambling games specialist Probability has launched its first games specifically designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Customers of the company’s LadyLuck’s consumer brand will from today be able to gamble for real money on three games from the Probability portfolio – Roulette, multi-hand Blackjack and Poseidon’s Slots, with a fourth game, Goldrush slots, scheduled for release during the summer.

Distribution is backed by AdMob, Read More

Levy Board and Betfair go head-to-head over contributions 

Britain’s Horse Race Levy Board has launched a consultation into whether certain users of betting exchanges should be liable to make Levy contributions, a move described as “very surprising” by leading betting exchange Betfair, which last year voluntarily contributed £7.5m to the Levy Board. The company responded by stating that it will be redirecting over £1m away from the Levy Board and directly into British racing in order to “deliver real benefits to the sport”.

In announcing the consultation, the Levy Board said that betting exchanges were not in existence or even envisaged when the main legislation concerning the Levy was passed, and that currently Read More

Germany vs Spain – World Cup 2010 

The two finalists of the last Euro meet again.

European Champions and the runner-ups, face each other in the world cup semi finals. It’s a hard game to predict, there’s nothing certain, hence the odds for the teams are similar in the bookies.

My primary goal is that you don’t have already defined ideas before the game, try to look at it as Team A vs Team B, not looking at their results untill now (without forgetting them) and speculate on how they will fit each Read More

Uruguay vs Netherlands – World Cup 2010 

Uruguay is among the four finalists the biggest surprise because nobody or almost nobody will ever think in this team to have place in this stage of the competition.
They’re goal is to make a presence in the final. The task will not be easy due to the quality of the opposite side and the absence of several important players caused by the dramatic and thrilling quarter-final game in front of Ghana where the Uruguayans were victorious in the penalties.

The team did an excellent campaign to reach this semi-final based essentially in two factors: a very good defensive organization (that so far earned him to be one of the defenses fewer beaten in the competition, with only Read More

Uruguay vs Ghana – World Cup 2010 

This is a match of the quarter-finals of the World Cup, Uruguay will face Ghana. These are two outsiders teams, but they have showed good quality. One of them will be able to be on the semi-finals and I think that Uruguay has more chances to achieve it.

Uruguay have qualified on group A and then has beaten South Korea on the 1/8 finals by 2-1. It was a balanced match, but Suarez has resolved the game for Uruguay with two great goals. The Uruguayan team has showed good tactical organization and a great sense of team spirit. Their biggest star, Forlan, didn’t make a great match, mas his teammate on the attack took the team to the victory. The midfield Read More

Netherlands vs Brazil – World Cup 2010 

From what we’ve seen in the last game of Brazil against Chile, there was a behavior completely different from the game against Portugal, which fits more with the mentality of the first two games. Brazil is a team that seeks to win, with players who have a great attitude, battles in every play, a Brazil with a “tidy” tactic where everyone knows what role they must play and giving the maximum of their performance. A Brazil different from previous generations, with lees of magic, but with far more pragmatism and consistency in its game. Nothing is done at random and the genius inherent in Brazilian technical players must appear only with an objective purpose and not to entertain the fans in the stands.

The game against Chile we could see the efficiency of Dunga’s Brazil, that he has proposed create and so far has won all major competitions in which Brazil participates (2007 Copa America, Confederations Cup 2009). Essentially, it’s being shown us a team where players really feel their jersey from start to finish with efficient and attractive football in my opinion. For those who saw this country in the World Cup in 2006, you’d never Read More