Pick Your Favorite for Champions League Final

Monday, May 25, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Written by Daniel O

Even before the Spanish Soccer League (Primera Liga) season started, FC Barcelona was installed as everyone's favorite team. The favorite everything with their style and tremendous skill. As it relates to us in the online sports betting industry, the Catalan team was the favorite to win any game they played, the UEFA Champions League final included.

Alas, Barcelona will face another title contender and a club of no less fans and believers in Manchester United. Oh, and they're defending champions too.

While Barcelona last won in 2006.

Barcelona will face Manchester United in Rome on May 27. It is hard to call them favorites this time around.

The teams are tied with 13/8 odds at Bet365. They are tied at 17/10 odds on William Hill Sports and on Paddy Power Betting. Barcelona have a slight advantage (7/4 odds compared to Man U's 13/8) on Ladbrokes.

And the picture is pretty much the same across the boards.

Which leaves us with a hunch. And a fair bet. And good luck.

For all football betting and online sports betting, please visit our sportsbooks directory.

The Future: Harrah's Online Casino

Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Written by Daniel O
nline gambling might be thriving, give or take some insistent regulations, around the world. Practically all of Europe and the UK in particular have taken the lead and are setting an example for countries around the world to set up proper iGaming markets.
Then, lagging behind in conservative fashion, is the United States of America.

While efforts to reverse the ban, led mostly by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), seem to take on a positive track, it is the established casinos that will convince the US administration to regulate an online gambling market.

Furthermore, it will be Las Vegas that will actually lead the future market itself.

And so we have news of Harrah's Entertainment setting up an online operation that will focus its efforts on Europe and the non-US markets for months to come.

This from Chairman, President and CEO Gary Loveman: "As the world's largest gaming company, Harrah's is taking a proactive approach toward international and interactive expansion."
Humble words for a move that will very likely turn out to become a giant force in US online gambling in a year or two.

Talkin' Gambling

Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Written by Daniel O

One of our forum's main goals is to help you find reliable online casino sites, poker rooms, bingo halls or what have you.

The list of casinos on Online Casino Reports - each with reviews and reader comments and recommendation votes are a bountiful resource, but a forum for players and casino operators to raise issues and discuss them freely is no less important and can serve players all the same.

Players can find a thread for any casino they wish to discuss on the Online Casinos Discussions room (or poker rooms on the respectable room, and so on) and share their experiences, good or bad.

For any question - not sure if to join a certain casino, had a great experience with another casino's friendly customer service, hurt from a slow payout, anything! - check out the forum.

Watch the Games

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Written by Daniel O

For a while now we've been producing short videos and posting them on the Online Casino Reports site and on our YouTube Channel, in which players can view slots games before signing up to this or that online casino and playing it for real.

It is the easiest, simplest, most friendly way for players to try a game before playing it.

Following its success - The Osbournes Game Trailer was viewed by well over 1,000 players and posted across the Web on forums and fan sites - we've decided to pick it up and cover ALL casino games.

Here is one example of a video - this of Microgaming's European Roulette - of many to follow in all major game categories: Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, Slots, Video Poker, Arcade, Pachinko, Sic-Bo, War, Keno, Rummy, Fixed-Odds, Backgammon, Bingo and Roulette.