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THE BATTLE OVER

Legalized SportsBetting in New Jersey

THE BIG EVENT:

Pacquiao vs. Marquez

THE CASINO EXPERIENCE:

The Phenomenon of

Live Dealer Casinos

GamblingQ Magazine - www.GamblingQ.comVolume #1 - Issue #1 - December 4th, 2012

// What Do You Want Out Of A Slot Game? // Software Review: Microgaming //


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CONTENTS

04. Letter fromthe Publisher

06. Meet JessicaThe Q Girls Manager

08. Software Review:Microgaming

12. PPH is Here to Stay andPerHead is at the Head of the Pack

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16. Gaining a Quick Understandingof Casino Wagering Requirements

18. The Phenomenonof Live Dealer Casinos

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22. Binary Options Offer aDifferent Kind of Gambling


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30. Online Bingo?Its a Game for Everyone!

32. What Do You WantOut of a Slot Game?

34. Get a Leg Up in BlackjackBy Playing Basic Strategy

38. A Poker Tournament So BigOnly A Stadium Can Hold It

42. A Quick Start GuideTo Playing Video Poker

24.The Battle Over LegalizedSports Betting in New Jersey

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46. The Big Event:Previewing Pacquiao vs. Marquez


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Letter Fromthe PublisherAs publisher o GamblingQ Magazine and CEO o

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PUBLISHERBlake Q

MARKETING DIRECTORKevin Price

CHIEF EDITORCharles Jay

ART DIRECTORRaquel Gonzlez de Uzctegui

GRAPHIC DESIGNEROriana Urquiola

www.GamblingQ.com [email protected](Skype ID)


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Written by Jessica Smiles

Lie is crazy. Or, maybe, I am crazyand lie is sane.

Either way I have learned to enjoythe ride.

Ater being diagnosed with Breast

Cancer in 2007 at the ripe old ageo 26 I saw my lie as having two

options:

1. Give in, eel sorry, and witheraway

or

2. Fight or the lie I am destinedor with the two loves o my lie, my

babies, Bubby and Peppy...

Well, it is 2012, and I am still here.Ater over 46 rounds o radiation and

2 bouts o chemo I have learned alittle bit. First, nothing is guaranteed,

second, nobody can rock a bald headlike me, and third, life is gamble so

live it to the fullest!

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Currently, I have a Stage IV Cancer and, at one point, I was given 6 - 12 months tolive. So, in the middle o enjoying the little time I thought I had let I managed to meetMr. Blake Q. That was 6 months ago which brings me to the present. I am now the PRand Q Girl Manager or GamblingQ.com and I have no plans on leaving this earthanytime soon!

Why me you may ask?Well, dont let the disease fool you!

I am ull o energy, love making new riends, and I am always ready or good time. Notto mention I can really make 52 look awesome in a pair o heels!

I will admit though, it sure isnt because of my gambling experience!

I went to Vegas and walked away with a strut when I hit, threw back a ew drinks whileI tossed the dice on a couple o cruise ships and may have slipped into a casino or adrink or two but that is about it.

But I love the atmosphere and Miss. Smiles always comes out on top so, ellas, dontbe jealous when I walk away with your wallets...

Now that I have introduced myself I need a little help with my first assignment:

Finding My Q Girls.

What does it take to be a Q Girl?

She has to be a classy lady because she will represent GamblingQ.com. Knowinghow to have a good time is a must because the Q Girls and mysel will be responsibleor hosting the best parties going! She isnt araid to go blind and is always ready toante up. She has no limits and will double up and double down at any time.

No stake that is too high!

So, do you have what it takes to be a Q Girl?Do you want to travel with highrollers and beat the odds while looking good and having the time of your life?

I you do, email me at [email protected] and let me know a little about you.

Jessica Smiles

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Written by Charles Jay

It is air to say that no

serious discussion oonline casino sotware

ever takes placewithout the name

Microgaming beingmentioned. In termso design and sheer

selection, it is mostprobably at the head othe pack.


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To say that Microgaming was a pioneer in the eld oonline gaming would be a severe understatement,. Thecompany was ounded in 1994 and actually got involved atrst running its own casino, which it claimed to be the rst

genuine online casino in existence.

It wasnt very long beore they made the decision that orthem, being a vendor, taking the lead in designing anddeveloping casino sotware or the industry, was goingto be more protable or them than to be an operator inwhat was about to become a very crowded marketplace.Along those lines they began to put together sophisticatedplayer tracking and casino management tools, and startedto service a large number o the online casinos, gainingmomentum as more and more o them came into existence.

In 1998, they went live with a groundbreaking progressiveslot game, Cash Splash, and this was the genesis or whathas become a monumental success - their progressiveslot network, where all clients get linked into a commonpool, with the possibility o some massive jackpots being

paid out to customers. They are rapidly approaching $300million in jackpot winnings on the part o customers, andtheir Mega Moolah game may have accounted or thebiggest jackpot o all, a payo o $8.4 million. At any singleMircrogaming casino, there could be as many as twodozen progressive games, and they arent all slots either.

Because it got o to such an early start, Microgaming hashad the opportunity to develop a lot o games. Right now

they oer a ull suite o 600 dierent games to clients. Thatis, by ar, the largest selection in the industry. O course,since slots are the most popular, they have more slots thananybody as well. And those slot games run the gamut romthe classic version, with three reels, one or three paylinesand the ruits, bars and sevens that graced most o theold one-armed bandits to the complex video slots thathave dozens o paylines, animation, advanced graphics,scatters, exploding wilds and bonus and doubling games.

On these games and more, Microgaming has moreplayer options than anyone. Results can be tracked, andwith AutoPlay, a customer can literally lock in a set oparameters or a specied number o spins, click a button,


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and let the game play by itsel, without having to interact atall with the casino sotware.

Table games are plentiul, and one o Microgamings

highlights is the Gold Series, which brings two dozenvariations o blackjack in ront o the player, includingDouble Exposure, High-Streak, Pontoon and Spanish21, along with roulette and Three-Card Poker in a trulydeluxe version.

The 600-plus games we have been discussing in theMicrogamingsuite are available or download in the casinosthat carry them, but always keep in mind that players canalso play the games through their browser, without the needto download. And while many o the sotware developershave a collection o games that is severely scaled downwhen played through Flash or Java, Microgaming keepsits no-download menu relatively robust by comparison.

Its hardly an exaggeration to say that no one does it likeMicrogaming, although one drawback people point to is

the act that they dont do it in the U.S.

At the moment, Microgaming is out o the Americanmarket, and that has opened the door or other companieslike Realtime Gaming (RTG) to grab a oothold there.

However, for the rest of the world, there is a clear leader.


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depositing it up ront. Notall people who have beenbetting sports or a while

are particularly comortablewith that arrangement.

The online sportsbooks haveactually come to the rescueto accommodate them.

Because they use state-o-the-art sotware and have

an entire inrastructureat the ready, what moreand more sportsbooks

You may have heard oonline sports betting, butyou may not have ever

heard o something calledPrice Per Head (PPH).Have you?

I you ollow the trends inthe industry, you will soonenough.

As most people are

amiliar with them, onlinesportsbooks work in sucha way that a customer

signs up, and posts up.That is, the player will postmoney in a sportsbook

account and play othe unds that are in theaccount.

These sportsbooks arereerred to, appropriatelyenough, as post-upoperations.

Naturally, this involvescustomers who are sendingmoney oshore and


Charles Jay is a veteran o over two decades working in all aspects o the boxing industry and later

became renowned or his investigative writing. He has a background in radio and television, havingbeen a host on the American Radio Networks and a commentator or many world championshipghts. Hes been a special events consultant or Casino Magic in Mississippi and a casino/sportsgaming columnist or the likes o Casino Player and Card Player, among others.

PPH IS HERE TO STAY AND

PERHEAD IS AT THE HEADOF THE PACK...

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are doing, or more and more clients, is to make the sotware available to independentoperators (i.e., those you may call your local or private bookmakers), who in turnuse it as the interace to deal with their own customers, with whom they conduct theirown business and make their own arrangements, oten on a credit basis.

In other words, your corner bookie has a chance to move into the 21st Century.

Gone are the days when they had to sit in the oice, with clerks taking bets over thephone, ater reading o an entire schedule o odds and spreads to each customer.Now their customers can simply log in to a website, look at the same setup that anyonline sportsbook customer sees, choose rom a dizzying array o items to wageron, and place those wagers right through the sotware. Or, i they want - and i theprivate bookmaker has arranged it that way, customers can call an oshore oicewhere an experienced representative can handle their business right over the phone.

Your people are calling a jurisdiction where everything is licensed and regulated, andwhere the sotware is top-notch.

And there it is; no need or a bookmaker to have anoice. No need or a paper trail.No need to be a sitting duck, waiting or the authorities to break the door down. It isthe perect turnkey solution or anyone who wants to engage in the sports bookmakingbusiness eiciently in the technological era, and who wants to be ree to spend moretime expanding the customer base. There is literally no limit to the number o playersthe sotware can accommodate. And theagent,as he is called, pays, collects and

keeps the prot.

And what does the online sportsbook get out o the deal? Well, they are paid by theagent on a per head basis; that is, he pays a ee every week based on how manypeople actually accessed the sotware and placed a bet either online or through thecall center. Its as simple as that.

And its where the term Price Per Head comes from.

And guess what? It doesnt stop with sports betting either. I the agent wishes, he canoer racebook wagering, poker and even casino gaming to customers, and he canimpose limits on what can be wagered on and what kind o money can be wagered.

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The acknowledged leader in the Price Per Head Industry is PerHead.com, whichserves more serious sports betting operators than anyone in the world. Using the well-known DGS Gaming platorm not only or sports betting, but also or the racebook andcasino gaming, PerHead gives its agents all kinds o ways to please customers. Andeverything is customizable, so individual players can all be dealt with dierently. Agentscan move the lines according to their own level o action, and have the latitude to

oer such exotic items as Mexican and Venezuelan baseball, IPL cricket, internationalbasketball and any number o novelty items.

The poker product rom PerHead, produced in association with Star Poker Network,is a special treat. Agents can realize a rakeback o 20% and up, and just like sportsbetting, all parameters regarding the relationship with customers (limits, etc.) arecustomizable. There are also amenities. Freeroll tournaments are a regular occurrence.And there are variations such as No-Limit Texas Holdem, Pot Limit & Limit TexasHoldem, Omaha Limit, Omaha Pot Limit, 7 Stud and 7 Stud Hi-Lo.

As PerHead.com expands its horizons across the globe, it cant help but to oster anew era in gambling, putting control back in the hands o the local markets, with someo the best technology available anywhere in the world. To receive more inormationregarding PerHead services and rates email: [email protected]

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GAINING A QUICK UNDERSTANDING

OF CASINO

WAGERINGREQUIREMENTS

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You would have to go a long way to nd an industry that is morecompetitive than the online casino business. There are literally

thousands o gaming outlets that are vying or everyonesbusiness, and they eel the pressure to get creative in any way

they can.

One o those areas where it is absolutely mandatory they

get creative is in the area o casino bonuses, because thatis a magnet o sorts that is used to get customers to sign up or

an account.

There are all kinds o bonuses available or players, and plenty o themlook nothing short o sensational on the surace. Whether they really are

or not is another question; one o the actors that can tell you whetherthey are going to be right or you is the wagering requirement that is

involved.

That is the true driver that governs exactly what you have to do tocash in on a bonus.

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When you do get there, thebonus is then cashed,which or purposes ocontinuing as a player,means that it is added toyour real money accountat the casino. I you show

some prudent moneymanagement, with acombination o luck and skillin the game o your choice,you may stand a goodchance at using your bonusto stay ahead o the gameand come out with a prot.

Thats what its all about,isnt it?

Lets go over the basicundamentals o what abonus is. A common casinobonus allows or 100% oyour initial deposit, up to$100. That does not meanthat the casino is simply

going to match your bonus,right then and there, andmake it available in youraccount. O course, youare going to have to showsome consistency in yourplay in order to earn thatree money.

This is done through thewagering requirement. It isexpressed as a multiple o

the gure derived by addingyour deposit AND the bonus.In the example we are using,that is $200. I the wageringrequirement is listed as30x, which is not all thatuncommon, it means that

you would have to put intoaction 30 times $200, whichcomes out to $6000.

Please understand, thatdoes not mean that youhave to actually SHOW$6000. That simply meansthat the amount o your

bets has to reach thattotal. It is something that isutterly attainable.

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THE PHENOMENONOF LIVE DEALER

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which have been inexistence or several yearsbut have really started togain traction since 2010.

Players are getting theopportunity to play table

games in an atmospherethat include a dealer/croupier, conducting thegame out o a studiosetting, over a live videoeed. And the quality othe picture, as well as theeiciency o the game, istop-notch.

As an added attraction,those customers who

As it concerns this kind ocustomer, that has beenthe dilemma or peoplewho run online gamblingcasinos, including theone at 888casino.com,because when playing

certain o their avoritegames, like, say, blackjack,baccarat or roulette, it isdone through an interacethat is generated bygraphics and poweredby a Random NumberGenerator, otherwiseknown as an RNG.

Well, now the casinos havecaught up with a way to

combine the convenienceo the online casinoexperience with the humantouch that may have beenmissing. And it has been aphenomenal success.

Indeed, there is no turningback or live dealer casinos,

One o the things people like to do when they go into acasino, especially to play table games, is have some o that

human contact, whether it is with the dealer or some othe other players. There is the confdence that the whole

game is right there in ront o them; that they can literally

reach out and touch what they are doing.

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The casinos havecaught up with a

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online casino experiencewith the human

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who participate on thedesignated days can earnsizable comp points inthe live casino.

The Standard, High-Rollerand VIP tables are alsoavailable in Live Baccarat,which has been a avoritein European casinos oryears. With a betting limito 1000 and a minimum o1, this game is extremely

accessible to everyone.

Along the way, playerscan chat with each otherand with the dealers, soof course it becomes

a great interactiveexperience.

wish to play a real dealin a game like blackjack,or example, can get one,because the cards arenot being distributed bythe RNG but instead rightout o a shoe. They carrycodes embedded in them,so when they pass over asensor, they are registeredon a players computerscreen almost instantly,allowing the game to literally

take place in real time.When you look at theoerings at , or instance,you have, essentially threedierent live games tochoose rom. In blackjack,high rollers will eel verycomortable, since there

are high limits at the888xtra tables, and

players can also generatebonuses o up to 750 ona daily basis. This comesthrough the use o bonuscards, which can be worththat amount when they aredealt to a player.

Roulette is, o course, oneo the most glamorousgames available in a casino,and with the very attractive888casino croupiers, it

moves to an even higherlevel. There are threedierent types o tablesoered -the Standard, High-Roller and VIP Version-and i you want to put bigmoney across the table,you can get a wageringlimit o up to 1500. Live

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It is oten said that thestock market, wherestocks are bought andsold, is the biggest casinoin the world. But what i youcould actually make betson the things that otherpeople are buying? This,

in a nutshell, is the basisbehind something calledbinary options betting,which involved layingwagers down on nancialassets, without having toincur the risk o actuallybuying those assets.

Sites are springing up allover the Web, dedicatedto handling the bets as

they are made on thingslike sticks, commodities,indexes and oreigncurrency exchange rates.And one o the attractions

to this activity is that thebettor is only up or asmuch risk as that bet itsel,which makes it vastlydierent than spreadbetting. So in other words,where one would haveto have a margin in theaccount to cover not only

a wager that was alreadyplaced but the potentialloss that could be suered,which could go above andbeyond that bet, with the`binary route, i you risked$100, your exposure islimited to $100. Theres abit more certainty to that

kind o betting.

There is also an added

value placed on skill, asar as most proponentsare concerned, meaningthat study, knowledgeand background count or

something. In that way,it is much like makingwagers in a sportsbook,and that distinguishesrom most casino gamesthat can be played online.

The term binaryessentially means that

you are either going towin or lose; there is noin between, although itshould be pointed outthat one can end the betbeore its expiration andcollect based on wherethe movement in theasset is up to that time.

And speaking oexpiration, that can vary.

BINARY OPTIONS

OFFER ADIFFERENT

KIND OF GAMBLE

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Written by Taz Cofferty

It is oten said that thestock market, wherestocks are bought and

sold, is the biggest casinoin the world. But what i youcould actually make betson the things that otherpeople are buying? This,in a nutshell, is the basisbehind something calledbinary options betting,which involved layingwagers down on nancialassets, without having toincur the risk o actuallybuying those assets.

Sites are springing up allover the Web, dedicatedto handling the bets as

they are made on thingslike sticks, commodities,indexes and oreign

currency exchange rates.And one o the attractionsto this activity is that thebettor is only up or asmuch risk as that bet itsel,

which makes it vastlydierent than spreadbetting. So in other words,where one would haveto have a margin in theaccount to cover not onlya wager that was alreadyplaced but the potentialloss that could be suered,

which could go above andbeyond that bet, with the`binary route, i you risked$100, your exposure islimited to $100. Theres abit more certainty to thatkind o betting.

There is also an added

value placed on skill, asar as most proponentsare concerned, meaning

that study, knowledgeand background count orsomething. In that way,it is much like makingwagers in a sportsbook,

and that distinguishesrom most casino gamesthat can be played online.

The term binaryessentially means thatyou are either going towin or lose; there is noin between, although it

should be pointed outthat one can end the betbeore its expiration andcollect based on wherethe movement in theasset is up to that time.

And speaking oexpiration, that can vary.

This is a wageringactivity that can movevery rapidly. For example,

BINARY OPTIONS

OFFER ADIFFERENT

KIND OF GAMBLE

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This is a wagering activitythat can move very rapidly.For example, you couldplace a bet on whetherAT&T stock will rise orall within the next veminutes, and you will bepaid based on that ve-minute result. O course,

those who like to believethat their skill will carrythe day generally engagein a bet that has a longerterm, so they might beton whether the DowJones Industrial averagemight all between certainboundaries at the end o

a given day.

In this game, i you arenetting, you are the trader,while i you are taking thebets, you are the broker.The payout you would geton a bet, or trade, woulddepend on the diiculty

actor o winning, whichis not unlike wageringon a proposition in asportsbook. The way it isset up, a trader might haveto win about 55% o thetime to break-even, whichis a little higher percentagethat one must win at a

sportsbook consistentlylaying the 11-to-11 price onootball or basket ball games.

Novices can open up anaccount very easily, sothere is the attraction oearly entry. There are anumber o dierent kindso bets you can make.Here are a ew o them:

Touch Bets: These

can be divided into theOne Touch bets , inwhich an asset (lets say,a commodity like oil)must reach, or touch aspecic price beore theexpiration o a trade, andthe No Touch bets, inwhich it does NOT touch

that price.

Above - Below Bets:With these bets, onewould be wagering thatthe price o a particularasset will go above orbelow a pre-determinedstrike price beore the

expiration o the bet. It isrelatively simple.

Range Bets: These arealso known asboundarybets because there isgoing to be a specicboundary set, betweenone price and another,

that an asset alls withinat the time, with theproposition involving

whether the price will staywithin those boundariesor ultimately all outsideo them. For example,i a stock is currentlytrading between $13-$14, which is establishedas the upper and lowerboundaries, and you bet

that it will wind up outsidethe boundaries, it willwin i, say, it is tradingat $14.25 at the time oexpiration.

Binary options bettinghas attracted a lot oparticipants, and certainly

its share o controversy.While many involved inthe business promote itas a way o investing,and might even reer to itas a great introduction orpeople who are interestedin the nancial markets,critics point to the act that

whether it is gambling oran investment platorm, itis not regulated, and thatis a problem or them.

We hope its not a

problem for YOU.

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you could place a beton whether AT&T stockwill rise or all within thenext ve minutes, andyou will be paid based onthat ve-minute result. Ocourse, those who like tobelieve that their skill willcarry the day generally

engage in a bet that has alonger term, so they mightbet on whether the DowJones Industrial averagemight all between certainboundaries at the end oa given day.

In this game, i you are

netting, you are the trader,while i you are taking thebets, you are the broker.The payout you would geton a bet, or trade, woulddepend on the diicultyactor o winning, whichis not unlike wageringon a proposition in a

sportsbook. The way it isset up, a trader might haveto win about 55% o thetime to break-even, whichis a little higher percentagethat one must win at asportsbook consistentlylaying the 11-to-11 price onootball or basket ball games.

Novices can open up anaccount very easily, so

there is the attraction oearly entry. There are anumber o dierent kindso bets you can make.

Here are a ew o them:

Touch Bets: Thesecan be divided into the

One Touch bets , inwhich an asset (lets say,a commodity like oil)must reach, or touch aspecic price beore theexpiration o a trade, andthe No Touch bets, inwhich it does NOT touchthat price.

Above - Below Bets:With these bets, onewould be wagering thatthe price o a particularasset will go above orbelow a pre-determinedstrike price beore theexpiration o the bet. It is

relatively simple.

Range Bets: These arealso known asboundarybets because there isgoing to be a specicboundary set, betweenone price and another,that an asset alls within

at the time, with theproposition involvingwhether the price will stay

within those boundariesor ultimately all outsideo them. For example,i a stock is currentlytrading between $13-$14, which is establishedas the upper and lowerboundaries, and you betthat it will wind up outside

the boundaries, it willwin i, say, it is tradingat $14.25 at the time oexpiration.

Binary options bettinghas attracted a lot oparticipants, and certainlyits share o controversy.

While many involved inthe business promote itas a way o investing,and might even reer to itas a great introduction orpeople who are interestedin the nancial markets,critics point to the act thatwhether it is gambling or

an investment platorm, itis not regulated, and thatis a problem or them.

We hope its not aproblem for YOU.

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The Big Issue

Impact o the decision will go well beyond the Garden State

Some people, especially those in his own party (the GOP) werewondering why New Jerseys governor, Chris Christie, was cozying upto President Obama so closely in the atermath o Hurricane Sandy.

Well, it could be that Christie will wind up needingall the riends hes got who are connected to theDepartment o Justice when all is said and done.

Or, maybe not.

The attempt by the state o New Jersey to institutesports betting as an option or the states visitors andcitizens (by way o a reerendum) is drawing the ire omany o the sports leagues whose events will be listedas betting propositions, but ofcials are confdent that it willbe nothing more than a mild speed bump. In act, they hope it

ends there, but theres no way o knowing what lengths opponents ogambling will go when there is a moral soapbox to climb on top o.

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Nevertheless, Christie is resolute, and he is moving ahead with any and all plans.We intend to go forward, he has said. if someone wants to stop us, let

them try to stop us.

Well, them may yet wind up being the ederal government, butor now, it is the organizations who provide the product bettors

will place their wagers on.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), NationalFootball League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA),

National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball(MLB) have combined orces and eorts to le a lawsuit that is

seeking to enjoin the state rom putting its law into eect.

The NCAA would seem to be the angriest. The collegiatesports governing body has announced that not only willit be pulling the East Regional o its national basketball

tournament out o Newark next year, it will also be takingother NCAA championship events out o the Garden State

as well, including womens regional tournament action and aDivision III wrestling championship.

The law in New Jersey requires that we no longer hostchampionships in the state, according to David Worlock, an

NCAA spokesman. In the past, the NCAA has gotten Oregonto back down o a sports lottery game by pulling tournament

events out o that state.

It has been said that the city o Newark realized a benet o $15

million when it hosted a NCAA regional games at the PrudentialCenter, and certainly the residual eects will be missed.

But that could wind up being just a drop in the bucket or NewJersey, situated in the middle o the nations largest concentration o

population, which sees the possibility o $150 million or more in taxesand ees on an annual basis that can be produced by sports betting. There

is a lot o residual impact that would be seen. In Las Vegas the books driveconsiderable amount o traic every Sunday and the other three days a week

ootball games are being played, Tropicana Entertainment CEO Tony Rodio toldreporters. Here in Atlantic City, given our proximity to New York and Philadelphia,

I think it could be an even bigger draw.

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law penalizes those whowerent. In eect, the state

is challenging the PASPAthrough the suit, since itgives the amateur and prosports leagues standing toseek injunctions againstsports betting taking placein states that are notauthorized to have it. AndNew Jersey has had to do

it as a deendant, since thestate was told it couldntbring suit against the ederalgovernment to have the lawoverturned.

There is a proviso in thebetting regulations - thatbetting on college teams

rom New Jersey andcollege events that takeplace in New Jersey will

One o the issues that hasbeen a sticking point is

the existence o a ederallaw, the Proessional andAmateur Sports ProtectionAct, written in 1992, whichprohibited sports bettingin any o the states thathad not already legalizedit previously - Nevada,Montana, Oregon and

Delaware. However, NewJersey was eligible or anexception, because o itsexisting casinos, i it wishedto amend its laws within ayear ater the bills passage,it could be part o the carve-out. But Bill Bradley, theormer New York Knick who

was a U.S. Senator at thetime, vehemently opposedthat idea, and he carried

enough weight to paralyzeany potential eorts on the

part o his state.

But the politicos now inpower; not only Christie butalso long-time state senatorRay Lesniak, whose lawrm, Weiner Lesniak, leda a legal action. iMEGAv. Holder, to overturn the

PASPA in court, want tocorrect that mistake, andthey are invoking NewJerseys sovereign statepowers under the 10thAmendment to do so, not tomention citing a violation othe uniormity requiremento the Interstate Commerce

Clause, since the actthat certain states weremade an exception to the

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Regulations have been established by the Divisiono Gaming Enorcement. The licensing process or

sports pools is set to begin as early as January9. Casinos, as well as horse racing acilities, areeligible. And the governor has insisted that wildhorses couldnt stop him rom carrying things out.

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making a strong statement about bets and where they are taken, by discussingpulling the New York Giants and New York Jets out o New Jersey, not to mentionSuper Bowl 48, which will be played there in February 2014? Why isnt the NHLtalking about relocating the New Jersey Devils ranchise, which plays in the samePrudential Center building the NCAA is swiping the East Regionals rom? O course,the state o New Jersey couldnt care less anyway about the NBA, which just hijackedtheir Nets and allowed them to go to Brooklyn, or Major League Baseball, since theyhave no team.

But remember, there is plenty o college basketball being played in New Jersey, withteams that include Seton Hall, Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth, Princetonand others. And the NCAA is not making any noise about sanctioned events involvingthose teams. In other words, its clean public relations to oppose gambling on moralgrounds, but they dont really care THAT much about the morality, or they wouldmake some true sacrices to prove it. Moving regional tournament games to MadisonSquare Garden instead o Newark doesnt quite make that kind o statement.

Some gure they just dont like the idea o not getting a piece o the action. This wasput into some perspective by Steve Politi, a columnist with the Newark-based Star

Ledger. Say this about the NCAA, he writes, It sure does a good job o making sureno one prots on the backs o its young athletes - no one, o course, but the NCAA.

Politi went on to point out another hypocrisy: that the NFL slobbers all over itsel topromote ootball at Wembley Stadium in London, and owners give a lot o lip serviceto putting a team there one day, apparently ignorant o the act there are legal bettingshops everywhere you turn.

Both sides in the lawsuit are slated to make their arguments beore the court on

December 21. Some people who dont even live in the state are watching with greatinterest or the possibility o the foodgates opening i New Jersey prevails. Christie,who is very interested in permitting customers to play on mobile devices within casinogrounds, has already vetoed a bill to legalize internet gambling, but he would stilllike to gure out a way to do it, and would reportedly be amenable to restricting theInternet sites to existing casino license holders. Obviously other states would like todo something similar with online gaming; some o them have already put the wheelsin motion, and i the walls come down that have prevented sports betting in the other45 states, that could be expected to be explored as well. New Jerseys challenge (to

the ederal law) is the best place to start, Cantor Gaming CFO Je Burge told theLas Vegas Review-Journal.

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I the PASPA proves to be toothless, it could have animpact - and an adverse one - on the existing, U.S.-acing online sportsbook industry, since over the courseo time more people might have access to local sports

betting, and the licensing regulations, as mentioned,would exclude those who operate oshore.

Charles Jay is a veteran o over two decades working in all aspects o theboxing industry and later became renowned or his investigative writing. Hehas a background in radio and television, having been a host on the American

Radio Networks and a commentator or many world championship ghts.Hes been a special events consultant or Casino Magic in Mississippi anda casino/sports gaming columnist or the likes o Casino Player and CardPlayer, among others.



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At GamblingQ, we will becovering bingo extensively.Do you want to know why?

Well, besides the act that

there are over 100 millionpeople around the worldwho have played bingowhen it is on a website, theexciting reality is that when itis played online, it is not yourgrandmothers bingo - not bya long shot. That much canbe said, and its the truth or a

number o dierent reasons.

First o all, it needs tobe noted that bingo issomething that does notnecessarily pull in a sizablecrossover o casino, pokeror sports players, but it isalso something that is muchmore attractive to them thanits counterpart in the brick-and-mortar world.

Indeed, the demographics,as it has been determinedby many o the leadingsites, is younger than youwould ever expect to nd

at a physical bingo hall. Inact, about 90% o bingoplayers who participateonline have not yet reachedthe age o 50.

Why is that, you mightask? Well, a certain naturaldivide is going to take place

simply because the activityis online, because seniorcitizens are generallyless amiliar with theInternet. That much can beunderstood. But thats notthe whole story. Bingo is agame that is played asterwhen it is online, and thatnaturally lends itsel to thekind o action that is goingto occupy those whose

attention spans might be,say, a bit lower.

Bingo also continues to besomething that oers a lot

o entertainment value inrelation to what it costs.When you can spend adollar or less per card,things can really workout well. O course, theaster pace may acilitatemore money being spentin any single session, but

the act is that there aremore dierent types ogames to play and more

jackpots to win. Whatsmore, tournaments arevery much a part o bingosites, so there is yet anotherway to win.

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many cards you play; thesotware will automaticallypost everything that hasbeen hit, and even arrangeyou cards in the order o

how much progress theyvemade in real time.

And or a lot o people, thebest part about playingbingo online is the actthat they can engage inchat sessions with oldriends and new riends

while the games are takingplace. This is a very bigplus over the land-basedgames, which prohibit suchinteractivity. The operatorso bingo sites understandhow popular this can be,and so they pay specialattention to it. Moderatorsin bingo chat rooms doa great job o keepingthings lively; creating an

environment that is veryaable and communal.Chat moderators willeven initiate subjects ordiscussion and come up

with side games olks canplay with each other. Thereis so much riendly un tobe had that it is a greatexperience, even i bingois not your avorite game!

There are other social andeconomic considerations

as well. Because o theimpact o the economy,customers see bingo asa way to have an eveningout and involved in agaming activity withoutreally going out. Playerscan have just as muchun playing by themselvesas well. And there are norestrictions like smokingbans to deal with. There

are a lot ree games toplay as well, and thats nota major option in the brick-and-mortar atmosphere.Neither is 24-hour access

to the games, which issomething all online bingoans take advantage o. Soit can be played literally ondemand.

With all the ways to winand make riends, onlinebingo brings all the positive

aspects o its land-basedcounterpart to lie, withthe great utilization otechnology that providesthe kind o convenienceonline gaming was meantto. It is now truly a game oreverybody.

And THATs why youllbe reading about it here

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Written by Bingo Billy

Who has been highly successul as an online bingo player, will be traveling across

the world, in a manner o speaking, to bingo sites in search o the best deals. You canread him on a regular basis right here in the magazine or at GamblingQ.com

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Written by John RowanI you are like manypeople - well, if you are like

most people - you want togamble at an online casinobecause o the heavy slotaction. The reason peoplelike slots is because theyare not very complicated

to learn; in act , notcomplicated at all. Justenter a wager, and, in thecase o online slots, clickthe Spin button, and youpretty much have it allgured out.

Much o your decision-

making in slots involveswhich specic game to play.And there are dierencesin the decisions you makeabout the kind o gameto play. Some are moresophisticated than others.And your choice may beone o a cultural nature;

or example, you could bemore o a traditionalist,in which case you could

choose a machinethat resembles, to aconsiderable extent, theold one-armed bandits,in that they have the Barand 7 symbols, alongwith the various ruits. Or,you may want to explorevideo slots, with a lot oanimations and a themethat could be based onsomething as spectacularas a superhero.

Video slots have all thebells and whistles youcould ever want, and a lot

o them have ve reels.O course, many o theve-reel machines giveyou the opportunity toenable a whole bunch opaylines, rather than justone. So i you are lookingor additional ways to win,that is one place you may

want to look.

Certain slots have bonus

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games, which are triggered in various ways. And there are symbols whichcan lead you into something extra. For example, scatter symbols, namedthat way because they can be o benet to you even i they are scattered in

dierent places over the reels, might direct you right to a ree spins round ora bonus game i enough o them appear. And some machines give you anopportunity to double up, or even better, ater any win.

Are you looking for something like that?

One sotware developer (Rival) actually has something called an i-Slot,which eatures an actual storyline and characters that integrate themselvesinto regular play and bonus games.

So it depends on how adventurous you really want to be.

Whatever you do, youre not going to get a heck o a lot out o your slot gameexperience i you dont exercise some prudence in money management.Can you take care o your bankroll? We hope so, because that will be thedeterminant as to how long youre going to be able to play. It might be a goodidea to set a limit as to how much you will allow yoursel to lose, and stop

when you get there.

After all, sometimes its best to live to fight another day.

I you are seeking out the big score, you may want to look in the directiono progressive slot games, and you will nd them almost everywhere. Thesotware developers generally have them hooked up into a network thatencompasses a number o websites, so there are very big jackpots to bewon. You have to be incredibly lucky to win one o them, and that is no secret

at all. But to have a chance you have to have the maximum number o coinsbet in the machine, so make sure you are able to do that, and have thebankroll to take many shots at the big one!

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GET A LEG UP IN

BLACKJACKBY PLAYING

BASIC STRATEGYThis particular piece is perect or botho those groups, but perhaps only onewill take heed o it.

Blackjack is unlike table poker in one

very important undamental regard.When you are sitting at a virtual tablewith other players, there may be aplay that is best mathematically, butthat isnt the only consideration whenit comes to your best chances to win aparticular hand. Other things, like yourability to read your opponents andmake the right bets at the right time,

can be signicant actors as well. Allthe circumstances in the round o playhave to be taken into account.

When youre playing blackjack, there isreally only one correct play or any givensituation when you are holding a two-card hand and the dealer is showinga certain upcard. You are not playing

in what is known as a dynamicsituation, but rather, against a staticoe. The blackjack dealer, whether it is


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Casino Advice

You know, there are a lot o

people who log into their avoriteonline casino and THINKthat they know what they are

doing when it comes to playingblackjack. As a result, they makethe same playing mistakes, over

and over again.

Then there are those who arenovices and know it. They arenewcomers to the game, and itis evident, as they sit and try totake a guess as to how to playtheir hands, rom one hand tothe next. They are in need o

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in a live casino settingor against the computerprogram, does not makeindependent decisions,but must ollow rigid

rules and procedures,which standardizesthings a great deal romthe players perspective.

There is a set o playsthat a player canmemorize which willgive him or her the best

possible chance to comeout a winner againstthe house, without, ocourse, engaging in thecomplicated practice ocard counting. It is calledthe Basic Strategy.To put it very succinctly,B as i c S t r a t egy

represents the strongestmathematical play orevery player vs. dealer

situation you are goingto nd at the blackjacktable.

That having been said, o

course, there are goingto be certain variationsthat will be made,depending on what thespecic rules o thegame are. For instance,there are a couple odierent things you mightdo when the option o

Doubling Down AfterSplit (commonly knownas DDAS) is not opento you. You will certainlysplit in ewer situations,because part o therationale behind splittingcertain hands againstcertain dealer upcards is

contained in the prospecto being able to doubleo a hit to the split hand.

By and large, however,you can take this seto strategy plays andmemorize it within a dayor two. I you are a little

more ambitious, you canpractice dealing yourselhands.

It should be well worth

your time.

Basic Strategy

representsthe strongestmathematical

play for everyplayer vs.

dealersituationyou are going

to nd at theblackjack table

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I you are a veteran playerwho hasnt had much luckor years, youll probably besurprised to nd that usingBasic Strategy makes a

dierence over an extendedperiod. I you are someonewho is just getting started withthe game, youll be happy toknow that there is a roadmapo sports that you can employ.

Either way, you can achievesomething rather close to a

break-even game with thehouse i you are able to play itperectly. But that is not goingto be attained unless you arecompletely aithul to it.

There is no room or playinghunches.

The right play is the right

play, and dont forget that!

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Look at the list o playing strategy rules below, with the understanding thatwhen the rst gure represents the two-card hand you have been dealt, while thedealers number represents the card he or she has showing.

By the way, when we say you can put this into practice, we should point out that

it makes sense to practice it as much as you can beore employing it under livecasino conditions.

With a 5, 6, 7 or 8, always hit. With a 9, double against a dealers 3-6, and otherwise hit. With a 10, double against a dealers 2-9, otherwise hit. With an 11, double against a dealers 2-10, otherwise hit. With a 12, stand against a dealers 4, 5 or 6, otherwise hit. With anything from 13 to 16, stand against the dealers 2-6, otherwise hit. With anything from 17 to 21, always stand. With Ace-two or Ace-three, double against a dealers 5 or 6, otherwise hit. With Ace-four or Ace-ve, double against a dealers 4, 5 or 6, otherwise hit. With Ace-six, double against the dealers 3-6, otherwise hit. With Ace-seven, double against the dealers 3-6, but stand against 2, 7 or 8,otherwise hit. With anything from Ace-eight to Ace-ten (a blackjack), always stand. With a pair of 2s, 3s or 7s, split against the dealers 2-7, otherwise hit. With a pair of 4s, split against the dealers 5 or 6, otherwise hit. With a pair of 5s, which totals 10, double against the dealers 2-10, otherwise hit.

With a pair of 6s, double against the dealers 2-6, otherwise hit. With a pair of 8s, always split. With a pair of 9s, split against the dealers 2-6 and 8-9, stand against dealers 7, 10, A. With a pair of 10s, always stand. With a pair of Aces, always split.

A BRIEF

BASIC STRATEGYFOR BLACKJACK

Would you like a Basic Strategy or Blackjack that you can put into practicerather quickly? We have broken down the proper moves or you in rather conciseashion. What you have below is the best mathematical approach to blackjack

that doesnt involve the more complicated procedure o card counting

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For those o you who dont think poker issport, the people who are organizing the

International Stadiums Poker Tour

(ISPT) want you to think again.

Real hard.

That is one o the statementsthey are making as theyprepare or what they arecalling biggest tournamentever, as well as the rst one

that would simultaneouslycombine online and live poker.

The ISPTs initial event takesplace in the United Kingdom,and not in a casino either,but in one o the most storied

sporting acilities in the world.Londons Wembley Stadium

is home to the English nationalsoccer team, the 2015 Rugby World

Cup and the FA Cup, not to mentionnumerous concerts, including Madonna


and U2, and the NationalFootball League, whenit makes its annual oray

overseas.

And now its home to world-class poker.

Taking place rom May 31 toJune 6, it is air to say thatthere has never been anytournament quite like the

ISPT kicko event, and itis also air to say that it willattract players rom all overthe world.

This mega-event calls or twostages - the online stage andthe live stage. In the onlinestage, which takes up the rst

two days, players will be on alaptop or tablet, in the standsat Wembley Stadium itsel,and they will start with 5000

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chips, with a buy-in o 600. Accordingto inormation that has been released bythe ISPT, there should be 30,000 players

competing at the outset.

Then 10% o those players (estimated at3000) will qualiy or the live stage, whichis held right on the pitch at WembleyStadium, and there will be 1000 seatsavailable.

At stake will be a total prize pool that the

promoters originally said was going tobe 30 million, then was dropped to 20million, and now is not being promotedat all. The oicial word rom ProsperMasquelier, the chie executive o theISPT, is that it was not a guaranteebut an estimate, and was based on theexpected number o players.

What happens i it rains? Well, Wembleyhad a renovation and reconstruction thatwas completed in 2007 which included apartially retractable roo.

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Londons WembleyStadium is home to theEnglish national soccer

team, the 2015 Rugby WorldCup and the FA Cup, not to

mention numerous concerts,

including Madonna and U2,and the National Football

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one that participates, on the premises,but the ISPT olks are looking orward toa broadcast that could reach as manyas 28 countries. The reports have been

that IMG Worldwide, the giant sportsmarketing group originally ounded byMark McCormack, will distribute theprogram.

It should be mentioned that the May2013 date has come ater a couple odelays, as the event had been originallyslated to go in May 2012 and then this

past September. But Bernard Tapie andhis son Laurent, who launched the ISPTtogether, had been relatively busy with

We had to consider an exceptionalset-up; a location that can host 30,000people, said Laurent Tapie, who is listedas co-ounder o ISPT. Wembley seemed

like the perect option.

Masquelier explained in an interviewPokerListings that not many venues couldeven hold events o this type; in act, hegures Wembley is one o only aboutten worldwide. Its latest generation ostadium and they are ully out-tted withber optic cable, he says. They have the

power to run this kind o event.

Not only will there be an audience, and

We had to consider an exceptional set-up;

a location that can host 30,000 people, saidLaurent Tapie, who is listed as co-ounder o ISPT.Wembley seemed like the perect option.


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o business, including Adidas, as wellas a sportsman who has two Tour deFrance victories and a ChampionsLeague soccer crown (with Olympique

de Marseille) under his belt. He is alsoreportedly in the process o acquiringHersant Media, which controls a numbero regional newspapers in France.

I the ISPT comes o the way he thinksit will, it will launch him and the companyinto the upper reaches o the tournamentpoker world, or certain.

their attempt to purchase the troubledFull Tilt Poker organization, which hadits domain name seized and its accountsrozen by United States authorities as

part o Black Friday in April o 2011.

A deal was thought to have been arrangedthat September, but things could notbe worked out with all the diicultiesassociated with the U.S. Departmento Justice and the massive amounts omoney depositors were owed.

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Can you play video poker? Sure you can; in act, chances are that you haveprobably played something like it already, i you have engaged in some kind ove-card draw with riends on your dining room table. So as ar as the learningcurve is concerned, you wont have a rough road when it comes to understandingwhat to do when you play it online.

The interace is quite similar to what you may encounter or the same game in aland-based casino.

A QUICKSTART GUIDE TO

POKERPLAYING VIDEO

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Both o the games arecomputer-based, whichis generally not the casewhen transitioning romblackjack, craps or roulettein a physical setting than

that which is virtual. Videopoker is powered by anRNG (Random NumberGenerator), which acilitatesthe operation o the game,but doesnt necessarilystamp you a loser. In act,there are strategy decisionsin this game that can make

a dierent between winningand losing.

As you start out playingvideo poker, it makessense or you to get a graspo how to go about makingthe various decisions. Letsgo through a quick primer.

These are the buttons youregoing to come across in agame:

BET ONE: With this button,i you click it once, youregoing to be betting one unit.

With each successive click,one additional unit will beadded to your wager.

BET MAX: This buttonoers the convenience o

going straight to a maximumbet with one click.

DEAL: Kind o sel-explanatory. When youclick this button, youllbe dealt your entire ive-card hand, once youvealready made your wager,

o course.

HOLD:Ater you are dealtyour initial ve-card hand,you have decisions tomake. With this button, youare going to carry thoseout. What will you keep, orhold onto, and what will

you throw out? With thisbutton, you are going toidentiy the cards you wantto hold. Click it under anycard you want to keep.

DRAW: When you havemade the decision as to

which cards to hold, youare ready to get new cardsin place o those that arebeing discarded. Click thisbutton and youll receivethe draw to your hand.

Ater the draw, you aregoing to nd out right onthe spot whether you werea winner or a loser.

How are these winningsdetermined? Well, theyare dictated by the Pay

Table, which assignsa payout to each o thewinning hands.

There is no such thingas a standard pay table,because o all the dierentvariations o video poker,which might value certain

hands dierently romgame to game.

Jacks or Better is about asclose to a standard videopoker variation as onecan get.

Can you play video poker? Sure you can; in fact,chances are that you have probably played somethinglike it already, if you have engaged in some kind of ve

card draw with friends on your dining room table

As you start out playing video poker, it makes sense for you toget a grasp of how to go about making the various decisions

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Here are the winning hands,as they are ranked in thatgame:

Royal Flush Straight Flush Four of a Kind Full House

Flush Straight Three of a Kind Two Pair One Pair - Jacks or Better

Most o you who have playedsome draw poker beorewouldnt at all be surprised

by this hand ranking. Andyou also know that i youwant to hit the high hands,

you are going to get ride othe low cards in your pursuito getting there, unless youreworking on a straight oralready have a pair.

I you study proper strategyyou can greatly increase

your chances to becomea long-run winner at videopoker. But a lot o beginnersdont have any idea owhat kind o strategy touse. Those people are notnecessarily out o luck.

Some o the sotware

designers have an optionbuilt into their video pokeroerings that will allow

you to make the hold/discard decisions or you.

It doesnt always optimizethings mathematically, butthe program always putsyou in a position to winsomething when you drawto your hand.

I t s not always

successful, but its betterthan having no road mapat all!

GAME

BUTTONS

BET

ONE

BET

MAX

BET

MAX

BET

ONE

DEAL

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ever or a Pacquiaoevent, the bout withBradley drew somewherein the neighborhood o700,000, and even theexpected bump comingrom hype over a Bradleyrematch wasnt expectedto make the ght easible,considering the money thatBradley, who like Pacquiaois under contract to Las

Vegas-based promoterTop Rank, was seeking.

Marquez does not comecheap either, but the Latinaudience, part icularlyMexicans, is verydependable when it comesto pay-per-view, and he

brings them. So he will goback to the well one moretime, and hell have some

It is quite likely that therehas never been as muchhype about a ourthmeeting between twoghters where one o thoseghters has not won atany time in the rst three.Yet that is the case orthe December 8 bout thatis taking place betweenManny Pacquiao and JuanManuel Marquez at the

MGM Grand Garden. Aterthe third ght betweenthese two, there was notonly much talk o a ourthgo-around because othe controversy swirlingaround it, but whether thiswas going to be the ghtthat closed out 2012 or

Pacquiao.

You see, someth ing

happened that had thepotential to scuttle thoseplans. Pacquiao, whowas considered by manythe top pound-or-poundghter in the world, lostback in June to undeeatedTimothy Bradley in a splitdecision that brought orthall measure o controversy,and a rematch seemed anatural or Pacquiao to get

the win back and keephimsel in the running orequal billing in a mega-ght with unbeaten FloydMayweather. But here iswhere the economics oboxing came into play.Whereas Pacquiaosght with Marquez last

November pulled in 1.4million subscribers onpay-per-view, the most

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backing rom the bettingcommunity.

Pacquiao, who sports a

career record o 54-4-2 with38 KOs, is the -300 avoritein the boxing betting oddsposted at BetAnySports,eu(which means you have tolay 3-to-1 on him), whileMarquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs)is at +250 (meaning thatyou get 5-to-2 on him).

The ght carries a -215price (subject to change,obviously) that it will go theentire 12-round distance.

Despite the act thatPacquiao has registeredtwo wins and a draw in thethree bouts, this rivalry has

nonetheless been thrillingand intriguing. The rstbout, which took place inMay 2004, saw Marquezhit the canvas three timesin the rst round, only toget up an wage war or theremaining eleven stanzas.He was impressive enough,

in act, that he salvaged adraw ater sustaining a earlydecit on the scorecards.

The second bout didntcome until our years later,but again, it was a tight bout,with Pacquiao winning asplit decision by taking two

o the three judges cards.

In the third ght, Marquez

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was considered by many to be damaged goods. At age 38, he had moved up inweight and ought the aorementioned Mayweather, losing almost every minute oevery round, as he was beaten to the punch continuously. But styles make ghts, andMarquez was able to impose his style on Pacquiao over twelve rounds to the extentthat many o the observers at ringside and over HBOs pay-per-view apparatus sawhim as the winner. Unortunately or him, he lost a majority decision, as PacMan wonon two cards again (the other was a draw).

Still, with each bout there has been quite a bit o division as to the better man; thus,another encounter that might settle matters.

Pacquiao, with his whirlwind style and careully-crated image, has a certain magnetism,which means he is able to sustain a tainted result here and there. Ironically, thecredibility he may have lost by winning over Marquez was, or the most part, regainedater the Bradley ght, as he was seen by the vast majority o people as the victim oan outrageously bad decision. So in a sense, he will be back on track toward a ghtwith Mayweather - that is, provided Floyd seriously engages in negotiations - i he can

beat Marquez or a third time.

It is not really know how long Pacquiao will actually continue to ght. You see, he hasa very interesting second proession, in that he is a member o congress in his nativePhilippines, and has his eyes on higher oice. His popularity is such that he is beingmentioned prominently as a uture presidential candidate. Hes even got his wie in onthe act, as she will be running or vice-governor o Sarangani province. And he hopesthat some lingering problems with the Bureau o Internal Revenue wont derail him.

For now, hes going to have to worry about getting derailed by an opponent whohas been a worthy nemesis, yet is hungry enough to want his elusive measure osatisaction.

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Charles Jay is a veteran o over two decades working in all aspects o the boxing industry and laterbecame renowned or his investigative writing. He has a background in radio and television, havingbeen a host on the American Radio Networks and a commentator or many world championshipghts. Hes been a special events consultant or Casino Magic in Mississippi and a casino/sportsgaming columnist or the likes o Casino Player and Card Player, among others.


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