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unusual facts about Betting



Aldrin Justice

Ted's boss has a baseball signed (three times) by Pete Rose, and even declares that Pete Rose's absence from the Baseball Hall of Fame is a travesty, even though since his retirement from baseball, Rose has admitted to betting on the Cincinnati Reds many times when he was the team's manager.

Amelia Gade Corson

Lissberger made a wager with Lloyd's of London betting that she would succeed in crossing the Channel, and received a payout of $100,000 at odds of 20–1 when she completed her swim.

ARBS

Arbs – a particular arbitrage arising on betting markets

Art Schlichter

Schlichter was the first NFL player to be suspended for gambling since Alex Karras and Paul Hornung were suspended in 1963 for betting on NFL games.

Bar bet

The film To Have and Have Not is supposedly the result of bar bet between Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks, with Hemingway betting Hawks that Hawks couldn't make a good film from Hemingway's worst novel.

Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport

These deathmatches are broadcast all over the world as a televised sport named "Bet On Soldier", and since has become the favorite form of entertainment with many viewers betting on soldiers.

Betfair

A ban on the use of betting exchanges took effect in Western Australia on 29 January 2007, with Betfair successfully claiming this new law violated the Constitution of Australia.

Better Talk Now

He won the Grade I Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap and in the biggest win of his career, won the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf over a field that included the heavy betting favorite Kitten's Joy and third-place finisher Powerscourt.

Blondy Wallace

Harry March his 1934 a book titled Pro Football: Its Ups and Downs, which documented the Canton-Massillon betting scandal, called Wallace "The King of the Bootleggers".

Boylesports

The Football Association of Ireland, which incorporates the Ireland national team and the League of Ireland announced Boylesports as their Official Betting Partner from August 2008 – 2013.

Brazilian football match-fixing scandal

Some investors, who were not related to any club, bribed referees Edílson Pereira de Carvalho (a member of the FIFA referee staff) and Paulo José Danelon to fix results according to what was determined by the betting websites Aebet and Futbet.

Carmine Lupertazzi

This is also confirmed by Junior, who replies that back in 1951, the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal Carmine orchestrated, resulted in him buying a Cadillac Fleetwood from the small fortune he won betting on the game.

Ed Chamberlin

He co-hosted the betting show, The Full SP, with Jeff Stelling before joining the Sky Sports News team on a full-time basis.

Fitzalan Square

In addition to the motorcycle accessory shop, amusement arcade and gift shop, the square contains three betting shops from national chains Betfred, Coral and Ladbrokes, a few insurance companies and a small newsagents.

Flockton Grey

The perpetrators of the scam, owner Ken Richardson and trainer Stephen Wiles, saw an opportunity to make a quick profit and backed their horse with £20,000, spreading their money around betting shops to avoid detection.

Gambling in Italy

Only the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the National Horse Breeders Enhancement Society (UNIRE) were allowed to arrange sports betting offline and online.

Gene Gotti

Gene loved to tell John how he triumphed on a nine-to-one odds at the horse track while John would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in one weekend betting football, horse racing, and college basketball.

Hogar 10

One of the strongest betting Hogar 10, was his food program, led by Eva Arguiñano, where different menus kitchen through you cookToday.

Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004

The Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

I Bet You

I Bet You is a show about the lives of best friends and professional poker players Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari as they wandered the streets of America betting and daring each other on anything and everything that inspired them, using their own money.

John Wren

The betting model he employed for delivering transparent odds to his clients was adopted from George Adams's successful Tattersalls totalisator venture.

Kansas City crime family

In 1975 Civella was imprisoned on gambling charges for betting on the 1970 Super Bowl played between the Minnesota Vikings and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kelly criterion

William Poundstone wrote an extensive popular account of the history of Kelly betting.

Maria Akraka

Akraka worked previously as a host of betting company ATG's channel, Channel 75, where she interviewed Horse racing jockeys.

Matched betting

Matched betting is legal and a spokesperson for William Hill has indicated that the betting industry does not have a problem with this use of free bets.

Neil Channing

He has retained a keen interest in betting, and can often be spotted at big events such as the Grand National and the Cheltenham Festival.

O'Neil Longson

His overwhelmingly aggressive style was noted in "Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker" by Stewart Reuben and Bob Ciaffone, and his signature colossal preflop raises and betting in the dark continue to astound and confuse opponents years later.

Oller

Joseph Oller (1839-1922), Catalan born French bookmaker, betting innovator and entertainment entrepreneur

Opening Verse

Entered in the 1991 Breeders' Cup Mile, held that year at Churchill Downs, Opening Verse was up against what racecaller Tom Durkin described as "an exceptionally strong field" with stars such as Priolo, the French Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, and In Excess, the American Horse of the Year contender and betting favorite who came into the race having won four Grade 1 races that year.

Penrith Stadium

On 22 January 2011 it was announced that sport betting agency Centrebet had acquired the rights to the sponsorship name of the stadium until 2016.

On 28 January 2014 it was announce that sport betting agency Sportingbet acquired the rights to the sponsorship name of the stadium, altering the stadium's name to Sportingbet Stadium Penrith

Peter Cavanagh

In July 2009, Accrington players Jay Harris, Robert Williams, David Mannix, and Andrew Mangan received 5–12-month bans for betting against their own club.

Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992

In March 2009, New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniack filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey claiming, amongst other things, that the PASPA unconstitutionally discriminates among the states by allowing four states to offer sports betting while disallowing the other forty-six states from enjoying the privilege.

Proposition bet

:*Betting on specific aspects of the pageantry surrounding a sporting event, such as a) the duration of the word "brave" in the pregame performance of the U.S. national anthem or b) the color of the Gatorade or other sports drink dumped on the winning team's coach in the traditional practical joke and victory ritual known as Gatorade shower

Quatloos.com

The term "quatloos" appears in an episode of Star Trek; it was the name of a currency used for betting in the episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion".

Raleigh Gilbert

His final broadcast on Channel 4 was in January 1996 - at the end of his involvement with the channel he was only used as a betting and results reader.

Robert Hoyzer

Hoyzer's career as a referee came to an abrupt end in January 2005 after he was suspected of betting on a first-round German Cup tie between regional league side Paderborn and 1st Bundesliga club Hamburger SV on 21 August 2004.

Royal Hobart Showground

A $4 million redevelopment of the Showgrounds took place in 1980 and provided Pacing and Greyhound Racing facilities, an upgraded arena suitable for a variety of events, and the enclosed Grandstand and Amenities building which includes bars, restaurants, betting hall, meeting rooms and offices.

Sal Iacono

"Cousin Sal" picks the lines for the next weeks NFL games, defends the Dallas Cowboys, and talks about sports and sports betting with Bill.

Sport Select

It does not offer betting on individual matches, partly because betting on a single sporting event is technically illegal under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Spreadex

Spreadex also operates a fixed odds betting pitch at Kempton Park Racecourse.

Swift Temper

Made 3:5 betting favorite in the Spinster Stakes at keenland, she was beaten by longshot Muska.

Tattersalls

Two "Subscription rooms" were reserved for members of the Jockey Club, and they became the rendezvous for sporting and betting men.

Tipster

An individual following such tips would be "beating the bookie" by winning a greater number of times than the odds for each bet would suggest was likely, however, many tipping services are scam operations that play on the addictive nature of betting.

Tufte IL

Tufte IL is a Norwegian football team which was spawned from a series of advertisements by Norsk Tipping (Norwegian betting - The Norwegian National Lottery).

Ultimate Soccer Manager

Other well-known features were to bung an opposing team for preferential market treatment, rig or betting on the outcome of the players' team matches.

Washington Park Race Track

--Cut the following because it is awkward and without context; there is no explanation of why this is relevant: after oral betting was declared legal in Illinois, -->a second Washington Park Race Track opened up in south suburban Homewood.


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