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If you’re a seasoned punter then you’ll have heard of the online betting site Betfair.  In 1999 the company was trying to keep up with the major bookies – now it’s the vanguard of online betting sites, one that others look to as one of the major players in the world of gambling.  So well and so quickly has this organisation outpaced its competitors that in 2003 it was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the innovation category.

For those not in the know, Betfair was at the forefront of the Betting Exchange which permitted customer to place bets against each other.  Their claim was that this type of betting improved the odds by 20% compared to traditional bookmakers.  This innovative company is constantly pushing boundaries by introducing more markets, additional features and offering more betting opportunities than any other company on the internet. 

It’s an easy to navigate site and there’s every sport that you can think of to bet on.  As well as sport, one of the other fun games to bet on is reality TV show winners.

A firm favourite is the money link, where all the bets made on the site are displayed.  You can also use the online forum and discuss internet gambling with other members and gain useful tips and advice.

If you are a new customer to Betfair you can usually enjoy some form of incentive, as there are always promotions on offer.  Currently, you can get an introductory free bet of £25.

While bingo has been a gaming tradition for years, this game of chance with a slight skill element has evolved in a variety of ways.  While the evolution of bingo to most players and observers has been the explosive growth of online bingo that is played from home, even in the live bingo parlours technology has taken over in many ways.  With electronic bingo machines managing real cards for players, a dedicated few can play literally hundreds of cards during a single round.  This technological advantage also automatically notifies players of a bingo, ensuring they never fail to call out their win before the next ball is called.  What was once a traditional, strictly analogue game has become a modernized game of chance, leaving no action short of keying in number calls and calling bingo up to the human player.

While many bingo hall owners appreciate the machines, as they enable a single customer to play many cards all at once, there are regulations in most places to limit the number of cards that can be played simultaneously.  While this may be in the interest of curbing gambling addiction, at the same time many feel it is also in the interest of game operators as well as the traditional players who would like to see fellow analogue players win.

All in all, while there are modern electronic bingo options for players in person, some of which can allow disabled players to finally enjoy bingo games, for many the option simply removes player involvement and kills the magic of an otherwise exciting game.

With the advent of internet bingo and online bingo, video bingo machines have emerged, providing another way for bingo players to compete with one another.  These machines, similar to stand alone video poker or slot machines, are becoming increasingly popular among players interested in entertaining themselves and having fun while waiting for a traditional bingo game to begin.  Connected with other players in house or over the internet, video bingo machines can allow smaller casinos to offer bingo and bingo style gaming without hiring a separate staff of callers and floor attendants.

While early machines consisted of a simple game of chance, with payouts for certain conditions being met within a set number of called balls, modern machines are connected over the internet with others across the country, giving the game a true player versus player experience.  Without the need for a separate staff, the machines are able to offer a superior 80 to 90% payout, all while offering sizable jackpots as large as £1,000 per game.

In addition to traditional bingo games, video bingo machines are now able to offer progressive jackpots.  With so many players competing in a casino or over the internet, many machines now offer bonuses for scoring all four corners on the first four balls of play, as well as the famous 49 ball cover-all jackpots, which are awarded for completing a blackout within 49 balls.  All in all, save for the traditional look and feel of an analogue card, as well as the social aspect of traditional bingo, video bingo machines have evolved into an excellent substitute.

Most of today’s online gambling market has been established off the back of poker, with online poker being one of the largest sectors of the entire online gambling industry. However, the huge number of betting sites which have sprung up offering internet poker were only founded after a fortunate succession of events.

As internet technology gradually moved from slow and expensive 56k modem access to super fast broadband connections, online poker software was beginning to allow players from all over the world play together. Two important events, though, were needed to drive players towards these fledgling online poker websites.

The first of these events was the 1998 release of the popular poker movie ‘Rounders’, named after the slang term for somebody who makes a living playing cards. This film, which starred Hollywood heavyweights such as Matt Damon and Edward Norton, romanticised poker for many people as it put a huge emphasis on the skill aspect of the game, especially bluffing.

The biggest event that caused a surge in popularity in online gambling and online poker, though, is the ‘Moneymaker Effect’. The term was coined in 2003 after poker player Chris Moneymaker achieved a rags to riches story that few felt possible by winning a $40 qualifier tournament for the World Series of Poker Main Event on an online betting site. After winning his entry to the $10,000 buy in tournament for just $40, Moneymaker went on to beat out a field of professional players to win the $2.5 million top prize.

When it comes to betting you may not be much of a football, track or race course punter; you might not know the history, the form or whether the ground is too hard or soft.  In fact, you might just place your occasional bet on a whim or simply because you like the name of the team or the colours they wear.

There are loads of sites out there just waiting to offer you advice and the best tips – most of which are completely free to use.

Betting tips are available for a whole range of sports including football, tennis and horse racing.  Some betting tip sites are dedicated to one sport whilst others offer tips on a variety of sports.

One site that is free is OLBG Sports at www.online-betting-guide.co.uk, a multi-sport site that offers its members a whole range of betting tips and information.  All sports are covered including athletics, golf, snooker, motor racing, horse racing, cricket, rugby, and football, as well as sports played in the US.

The site has a list of free bets available on sports betting sites, free tips, scores and results as well as a link to www.valuechecker.co.uk, where you can compare odds.  OLBG even has an online betting school where you can learn all aspects of betting.  There are even poker and casino modules to help you improve your internet gambling.

Or you can try www.sportytrader.co.uk, a site that is attempting to predict the results of sporting games and events by developing forecasting tools.  Access to this information would obviously be extremely useful to anyone about to place a bet.

While bingo has been a popular game of chance for years due to its simple style of play, low minimum bet, and wide variety of game types, prizes and jackpots, the game has never been more popular than it is today.  With the growth and popularity of online bingo, it’s now possible to play bingo from the comfort of home, all while having a chance to win record high payouts.  While bingo is a relatively standard game, there are a wide variety of websites, communities, and groups focused on playing bingo online, with support for most every language and currency on the planet.

One of the greatest strengths of online bingo is the abundance of websites offering free to play, multiplayer bingo.  While many bingo players are interested in the risk involved in the game, there are still a wide variety of free bingo websites that offer raffle tickets and cash payouts for a lucky few.  While true cash payouts are not as common as small prizes, raffle items, and promotional giveaways, never before has there been a chance to play bingo completely free, let alone with a chance to win prizes.

With the lower costs of operating an internet bingo site, high player count, and the automated nature of online bingo games, website operators are able to offer higher jackpots, greater payout percentages, and lower costs to play than ever before.  While the social aspect of the game may not exist in the same fashion, online bingo is an excellent way to earn a chance at a high jackpot without a significant amount of risk.

What happens in Vegas often happens at the poker table, but many of the winners raking in huge jackpots aren’t even old enough to enter a casino. From Texas Hold ‘Em to Five-Card Stud, online poker games have allowed teenagers to become expert card players long before they turn 21, when it’s legal for them to play in the real casino like Sin City.

Last year’s World Series of Poker champion, Joe Cada, is only 22. As the youngest player to have ever won the WSOP, he now gets his own security escort and private parties when he comes to Las Vegas. He attributed the internet, where he could play more than 2,000 hands of poker a day, to his huge success, that’s some hands of poker! Like a lot of things you can do online, just how you prevent underage players at a game of online poker?

There are many similarities and differences between online and offline casinos. One of the major differences is that online casinos give a bonus offer when you deposit money into your account. Sometimes, it is a sign-on bonus: just available to newcomers to the online casino. It can also be for a number of other factors…playing a certain game such as online slots or making a bigger deposit, etc.

These bonuses do come with a number of requirements and restrictions. Some will say you have to use the bonus within a certain number of days. Some online casinos have certain betting requirements before you are able to withdraw the funds from the bonus.

The bonus can be a big plus to your gambling abilities by increasing your bankroll and therefore betting options. But make sure you carefully consider the rules before choosing a casino based merely on the bonuses offered.

When it comes to bonuses you should beware of becoming a “bonus hunter.” A bonus hunter is someone who goes from one online casino to another and only signs up to play with the new player bonus and then does not play again. If this option seems tempting to you then you should reconsider. A number of casinos are actually owned by the same company and if they see you are a bonus hunter then they can blacklist you not only from one casino but from all the casinos within their network.

Whatever sport you are interested in, it can be useful to get betting tips if you are thinking about wagering some money on a match.  This is particularly true if you are new to betting and you aren’t quite sure how to go about it.  There are lots of different bets you could place on each sport, and this is where betting tips can be quite useful.

The best way to find the latest information is to go online and use a well known search engine such as Google.  Type in the phrase ‘betting tips’ and then add the name of your sport, and see what appears in the results.  You should add the plus sign and the name of the sport after ‘betting tips’ to get the best results.

You will normally find that the first few sites which appear in the results will have the latest information included in them.  For instance, if you are looking for tennis betting tips you might see tips for the next few tournaments that are about to be played.

You can then read through them to see what the odds are for certain players or matches, and make your choices accordingly.  As you can see this is a nice way of making sure you get the latest odds, advice and information on whatever sport you are interested in.  If you want to search for another sport you can go back and repeat the process; just change the name of the sport.

While traditional social bingo games, played in venues such as church halls and football clubs, continue to be popular all around the world, in the 21st century not only you do not need such a venue to be near you to get involved in a game, but providing you have a computer with internet connection, you don’t even need to step outside your front door.

There are literally dozens of bingo sites on the internet, available to play from almost anywhere in the world, seven days of the week, twenty four hours a day.

In many ways, online bingo is very much like the traditional version, albeit without both the social aspect (to an extent) and the commute time, though there are a few differences and a few other basic pieces of information that you will need to know if you are intending to pursue playing this form of the game.

Online bingo games give the player several bingo cards (usually around three) to play with, along with the current number and a list of prior numbers that have already been ‘called’. They also provide a list of the other players in that particular game, often even with the ability to ‘chat’ online with those other players between games, thus preserving to some extent (and if you wish to) the social interaction of the traditional bingo game.

 Bingo sites generally come with other items such as news about bingo in general and other upcoming online bingo tournaments and events, and places where you can redeem the prize money or certificates that you may win on their site. Many bingo sites even offer scratch cards to pass the time between games.