Recent Posts Tagged With 'spin this'

• Good news and bad for the brotherhood of wagering

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 08:25 in politics, elections, betfair, spin this

  On the one hand... If The Huffington Post is to be believed, anyone wanting to know how next year's General Election in the UK will go, needs to be following Betfair, rather than the talking heads of punditland: "Michael Robb, political expert for t...

• Will getting a hat get me ahead, Mr Bookmaker...?

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 00:44 in clothing, hats, spin this

  I had no idea we gamblers even have our own form of headwear. Introducing the gambler hat..."Gambler hats embody the same fast talking, risk taking style that their name may suggest. Back around the times of the huge riverboat casinos that motored do...

• 40 Years of WSOP

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 02:47 in wsop, world series of poker, spin this

  A Poker News trilogy to mark the 40th anniversary of the World Series of Poker kicks off with a look back to the event's formative years.........................................................................................Spin this...Another in t...

• That time already? Inside Poker's WSOP how-to guide

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 01:12 in wsop, boxing, joke, las vegas, main event, spin this

  Nice effort by Inside Poker magazine this month, avoiding all the tired old stuff in building up for the World Series of Poker (are we still banned from saying that?) and instead providing an everything-you-need-to-know guide for those planning an as...

• Spin this...

  Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 14:37 in Canada, calgary, casino, spin this

  Image via WikipediaAnother in the series highlighting those fabulous PR coups that make you rejoice to be a gambler...'Toddler left for hours in freezing car outside Calgary casino'This'll be that casino-led 'urban regeneration' theory in action, I ...

• Spin this...

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 07:49 in addiction, spin this

  Another in the series highlighting those fabulous PR coups that make you rejoice to be a gambler...Gambling addict stole cash from hospital patientThis would be bad enough in itself but the old toes start curling in earnest when you learn that the g...

• Between Godliness and poker, comes Jewish escapology

  Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 19:00 in Jewish, las vegas, rabbi, poker pic of the day, spin this, illegal poker

  At a time when public places seem to be getting busted right, left and centre for hosting poker, not even the story of a Leeds rabbi forced to protest the innocence of "a Las Vegas-style night of entertainment for young adults" can raise much of an ...

• Should my blog be more narrow-minded?

  Posted on Sunday April 27th, 2008 at 23:55 in poker pic of the day, spin this, wagering war

  Just thinking about how to take Wagering War forward, I would be interested to have readers' thoughts on the following:Should this be purely a poker blog or do you like to read the occasional post on gambling in general?I have no preference either wa...

• Spin this...

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 08:01 in spin this

  Another in a series highlighting those fabulous PR coups that make you rejoice to be a gambler...'Archdiocese: pastor gambled church funds'"Forgive me father, for I have sinned: at prices between evens and 33-to-1..." ...

• Spin this...

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 16:46 in crufts, spin this, rothstein

  Another in a series highlighting those fabulous PR coups that make you rejoice to be a gambler...Bookies go walkies as suspicious betting at Crufts forces William Hill to refuse betsCrufts, for those of you unfamiliar with Britain or dogs, is a dog ...

• Spin this...

  Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 16:24 in spin this

  The first in a series highlighting those fabulous PR coups that make you rejoice to be a gambler...Charities robbed by gambling addicted staffWarms your heart, doesn't it? Plenty more where this came from... ...