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September 30 - On Monday, leading English Premier League team, Manchester City, who were no doubt still smarting from their 4-3 defeat at the hands of their biggest rivals, Manchester United, the week before, took on West Ham United at home and trounced them by 3-1, to the delight of their betting fans.

What made the victory even sweeter for Manchester City fans was the fact that two of their team’s three goals were scored by talented Argentinean-born striker Carlos Tevez, who previously played for West Ham. The skilful player scored against his old team in the 5th and 61st minute, to a roar from the stadium.

Tevez’s two goals sandwiched that of Bulgarian-born wing Martin Petrov, who’s superb strike found its mark at the back of the West Ham net, putting Manchester City up by 2-1. West Ham’s goal came from Carlton Cole, which sent shockwaves through the stadium given the difference in skill between the two teams.

But score West Ham did, and once Tevez had secured his second goal, a feeling pulsed through the ground that the game was over for the visitors. When Tevez was signed by Man City, he was welcomed to the city with the now infamous billboard depicting him accompanied by the words ‘Welcome to Manchester’.

The irony that Manchester City’s victory on Monday was mainly due to the Argentinean would not have been lost on West Ham, because when he played for them, he saved them from being relegated one year. Currently third from the bottom of the league, West Ham may have a similar battle on their hands this season.

On Sunday Sunderland took on the Wolverhampton Wanderers and dished out a crushing 5-2 defeat at the Stadium of Light. While both teams seemed evenly matched early on, it was Sunderland who struck first when striker, Darren Bent, scored off a penalty awarded to him after being fouled by Segundo Castillo.

From that point onwards the game was pretty staid and seemed as though neither team could make any headway against the other. But in what was arguably not the most exciting of English Premier League matches, Sunderland eventually came out on top, ranking them at 8 in the Premier League and the Wolves at 16.

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The Cardinals, last season’s beaten Super Bowl XLIII finalist, got off to a shaky start by loosing its first game at home to the San Francisco 49ers by a close 16 points to 20. However, the Tempe-based franchise soon bounced back and crushed the Jacksonville Jaguars by 31 points to 17 away a week later.

As a result, the Cardinals go into Sunday’s match-up heavily favoured with 888Sport.com and BlueSq.com listing ‘The Cards’ at odds of 8/13 to win. Slightly longer, BetFred.com, SkyBet.com, StanJames.com, Expekt.com, WilliamHill.com and Coral.co.uk show 4/6 while Bet365.com, BoyleSports.com, SportingBet.com and Ladbrokes.com are offering punters 20/29.

At the longer end of the spectrum, ToteSport.com, PaddyPower.com, ExtraBet.com and WBX.com are offering odds of 8/11 on a home victory while Betfair.com shows 3/4.

After the first two games of the new NFL season, the Indianapolis Colts are undefeated under new coach Jim Caldwell with two narrow victories against the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars. Many experts have already indicated that the Indiana team could be a serious contender for this season’s Super Bowl in February and a victory against another top challenger could go a long way to cementing the Colts’ position.

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Expekt.com has the Colts at odds of 17/14 to win on Sunday evening while Coral.co.uk is offering 11/9 followed by Bet365.com, SkyBet.com and Ladbrokes.com with 5/4. At the higher end of the spectrum, bettors can get 24/19 from WBX.com followed by 13/10 from WilliamHill.com on a Colts victory.
 

September 25 - Golden Casino has a unique branded slot machine game dedicated to that whacky ex-NBA star and celebrity, Denis Rodman.

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The Dennis Rodman tournament is still running today, and the winner takes home $1,200, second taking home $500 and third $400. Entry fee is $5, with unlimited entries. If you miss the tournament this month, it is likely to run again next month.

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Senator Ron Wyden has withdrawn his proposed legislation that sought to legalise and tax online gambling in the United States to help pay for healthcare reform, reports the Washington DC publication The Hill.

And inevitably, industry observers are speculating whether the Senator was placed under pressure by fellow Democrats anxious to avoid yet more controversy around President Obama’s already contentious initiative on healthcare.

In a statement to The Hill, Wyden’s communications director said the Senator from Oregon did not want to introduce another controversial issue into the healthcare debate, and would pull his amendment from consideration.

Senator Wyden had offered the amendment to the healthcare bill the Senate Finance Committee began considering on Tuesday this week, suggesting that a tax on legalised online gambling could contribute toward health insurance subsidies.

“The last thing Senator Wyden wants to do is make it more difficult to expand subsidies for working families by introducing a new contentious issue to the debate,” said Jennifer Hoelzer, the Senator’s communications director. “So when he offers the amendment, he will do it with other funding mechanisms.”

The Hill reports that while senior Democrats in the House also have offered support for the concept of taxing Internet gambling to pay for healthcare, the issue is unlikely to move forward.

The healthcare debate is already heated, and Democratic leaders in the Senate have signaled they do not want to introduce another controversial issue to the mix.

Regan LaChapelle, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from Nevada told The Hill: “Changing the laws regarding online gaming is a significant detour from healthcare, a detour that Senator Reid agrees is not appropriate at this time.”

Internet gaming supporters in Congress, many of them Democrats, said they would consider similar measures. Representative Jim McDermott, who has already submitted a companion tax bill to complement online gambling legalisation proposals by the Democrat Barney Frank, said that he would consider such a tax.

Representative Frank himself said: “It’s a great idea. Why should we leave all that money untaxed?”

Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, added that once his panel is done with reforming regulations governing the financial-services sector, he wants to bring his online gambling bill before the panel.

The Hill speculates that McDermott and other House Democrats could move to add the Wyden provision in conference, as members work to find a compromise between Democrats who want to provide generous insurance subsidies and those who want to contain the healthcare bill’s costs.

Conservative Christian groups oppose the Wyden idea, saying that legalised online gambling will degrade family life.

Tom McClusky, vice president of Family Research Council Action said: “It is congressmen trying to take advantage of the situation,” adding that the tax on Internet gambling would be paid by gamblers who need help.

UK gambling companies have not had the best of times the past couple of years. Profits are down at home, and that has led several big companies to relocate their online gambling operation home to Gibraltar. The companies that are left may soon be receiving a nice boost in revenue.

It is expected that next year, the French market will open up to foreign companies. There is a Bill that will be discussed in early October that would legalize outside companies coming in to the French gambling market.

PartyGaming, and 888 Holdings may get a shot in the arm, and even the companies that have relocated such as William Hill and Ladbrokes could benefit from being allowed into France. The additional revenue would more than offset the losses the companies have been experiencing at home.

“The size of the population and the appetite for gambling, and the group’s historically cautious approach to France make this a particularly exciting opportunity for us,” said Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of PartyGaming, as reported on Bloomberg.com.

The tax rates for potential out of country companies has not yet been set in France. First, the Bill must be approved, then the government would move forward with setting up the regulations for online gambling in the country.

Sports gambling and online poker would be the two gambling outlets that would be opened up. The most recent proposed tax rate on sports betting would be 7.5%, and on poker it would be 2%. France is just one of several European countries that are in the process of changing their online gambling laws.