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Vegas Stripped: South Point Casino Reality TV Show Debuts on Travel Channel (Video)

Vegas Stripped debuted on the Travel Channel last night (February 8, 2012) at 10 pm PST.  It is a reality show that looks behind the scenes of the inner workings of Las Vegas’ South Point Casino.

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Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Feb/09/2012

Best Actress Odds 2012 Oscars – Some Great Value This Year

Unlike in past years when the Best Actress category featured a virtual lock with odds to steep to wager on, the 2012 Best Actress category features three nominees with relatively short odds and, as such, great value.  You can find all the latest updated Academy Awards betting odds from Bookmaker.eu, the leader in bet taking since 1985.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Feb/08/2012

Odds to Win The Voice of Ireland Released

Ireland’s largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, has released odds on The Voice of Ireland, a blind audition reality singing competition that has the like of Sharon Corr and Kian Egan on board as judges.  Gambling911.eu has all the latest odds appearing below. 

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Feb/08/2012

Former Singer, Drug Addict Robbie Williams Helps Launch Online Poker Site

Famed pop singer and former drug addict Robbie Williams is lending his face and name to a newly launched online poker site, drawing criticism from Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt and others.

Ms. Munt told The Daily Mail: 'I’m outraged by this. It directly targets his fans, including children. The money he makes should go to addiction charities.'

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Feb/06/2012

Gisele Bundchen Super Bowl Odds

How many times will Gisele Bundchen be shown on TV during the game?  The Over/Under odds vary per book.  Yes, there are Gisele Bundchen Super Bowl Odds.

Bundchen is the wife of New England starting quarterback Tom Brady.  She is a Brazilian model and goodwill ambassador for the UN Environment Programme. 

“This will probably end up being one of the more popular prop bets,” notes Payton O’Brien, Operations Manager for the Gambling911.com website. 

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Feb/04/2012

Super Bowl Prop Bets Las Vegas: Not All Available

There were plenty of Super Bowl prop bets available in Las Vegas but more can be found online (go here to find hundreds of proposition wagers)

What you can’t bet in Las Vegas.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Feb/04/2012

Super Bowl 2012 Novelty Bets

Sportsbook.com has posted a number of terrific Super bowl 2012 novelty bets (receive up to $250 in FREE CASH based on your initial deposit when you join today here).

Top of Form

Kelly Clarkson - How Long Will it Take Her to Sing the National Anthem (From first note starts until she completes saying Brave)

Over 1 Minute 35 Seconds pays $10 on an $11.50 bet.  Under that time pays the same. 

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Feb/03/2012

Birdman Chickens Out – Fails to Make $5 Million Super Bowl Wager at BetOnline.com

Over a week has passed since hip-hop mogul Birdman tweeted to over 675,000 of his loyal followers that he planned on betting $5 Million on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Approximately 48 hours after the infamous tweet, BetOnline.com reached out to Birdman; prepared to accept the potentially record-setting wager.   (Find hundreds of 2012 Super Bowl betting props here)

Submitted by Guest on, Feb/03/2012

Coin Toss Bet Super Bowl 46 at Even Odds

Forget the online sportsbooks that are offering the world’s most popular prop bet, the Super Bowl coin toss, at -115 odds.  BetOnline.com was enticing gamblers with even odds on the coin toss heading into Sunday’s Super Bowl 46. 

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Feb/02/2012

Las Vegas 2012 Super Bowl Odds: Prop Bets Galore and $87.5 Million Likely to be Bet

Depending on the sportsbook, Las Vegas 2012 Super Bowl odds were varying between New England Patriots -2.5 and -3.  Obviously, if you are a Patriots fan, you’ll be looking to place your Super Bowl bet at the book offering the -2.5 line.  (Find hundreds of Super Bowl prop bets online here at Bookmaker.eu, in business since 1985). 

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Feb/02/2012

2012 Super Bowl National Anthem Odds (Video)

2012 Super Bowl National Anthem odds have been posted by Sportsbook.com.

As most of you probably know by now, Kelly Clarkson has been selected to sing this year’s National Anthem (Thank goodness it won’t be Steven Tyler again, ha!). 

The way the oddsmakers typically arrive at odds for each Super Bowl National Anthem is by reviewing past performances a la YouTube and the amount of time taken to sing the Anthem. 

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Jan/31/2012

Madonna Super Bowl Half Time Show Odds: Elton John Says: ‘Make Sure You Lip-Sync Good”

The legendary Madonna will be singing during the Half Time Show at this year’s Super Bowl and the folks from Sportsbook.com have a few Madonna Super Bowl betting odds up now

The one we want to see – and I am personally pushing the boys at Sportsbook.com to post – whether Madonna ends up performing a duet with Elton John. 

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Jan/31/2012

Birdman $5 Million Super Bowl Bet: Not Even a Chirp

On Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 rapper and hip-hop mogul Birdman boasted on Twitter that he was going to bet $5 million dollars on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.  Approximately 48 hours later BetOnline.com accepted his challenge and gave him instructions on how to make his bet.  (Get the latest 2012 Super Bowl betting odds, including hundreds of proposition wagers , from BetOnline.com here)

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/31/2012

Oscars 2012 Best Picture Odds, The Grammys Betting and More With Jenny Woo (Video)

Gambling911.com’s own Jenny Woo sits down with Don Best TV at the Woo Cam to talk some Oscars 2012 Best Picture odds and a little Grammys betting. 

For those of you who don’t know, The Oscars is one of the most wagered on single-day events of the year.  Outside of the US Presidential elections, it is the single most bet on nonsporting event of the year.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Jan/28/2012

2012 Academy Awards Best Picture Odds Released

The 2012 Academy Awards Best Picture odds have been released by Sportsbook.com (expected these odds to update regularly leading up to the show).  You can find these the latest Academy Awards odds and bet on them here - See Under Exotics

While Hugo received the most nominations, it was a long shot to win “Best Picture” at 12/1.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Jan/24/2012

Pawn Star Cast Furious Over Cajun Pawn Stars Spinoff

TMZ.com reported on Wednesday that the cast members of the History Channel’s mega hit ‘Pawn Stars’ are furious over the show’s spinoff ‘Cajun Pawn Stars’.

The spinoff, which was reviewed by Gambling911.com’s own Thomas Somach, garnered substantial ratings for the cable network. 

From TMZ.com:

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Jan/11/2012

Andrew Stone Favorite to go on Celebrity Big Brother is Shown Door: Latest Outright Winner Odds

With Andrew Stone the first eviction, British bookmakers updated their outright winner odds to win Celebrity Big Brother 2012. 

One of the most heavily wagered on events this week in the United Kingdom was not Premier League football but rather if Andrew Stone would be the next eviction from this season’s installment of Celebrity Big Brother. 

Most of the British bookmakers had Stone as the favorite and, indeed, he was given the boot on Wednesday.

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Jan/11/2012

‘Worst Cooks in America’ Will Star Poker Pro Tiffany Michelle (Video)

Former UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle has come out of the oven and right onto the frying pan.  She’ll be starring on the Food Network’s ‘Worst Cooks in America’ series. 

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16 people with terrible cooking skills will compete for a $25K grand prize.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/09/2012

‘Pawn Stars’ Spin-Off Goes All-In

‘Cajun Pawn Stars’ Debuts:  Clone has Redneck Bent

It's official: poker lingo is now a part of pawn shop lingo.

On Sunday's television premiere of "Cajun Pawn Stars," the new spin-off of the History Channel's highly-successful "Pawn Stars" show, a Louisiana pawn shop owner upping his bid for an antique car declared: "I'm all-in!"

He then offered a customer $7,500 for a 1936 Ford automobile similar to the car used by Depresssion-Era bandits Bonnie and Clyde, who were gunned down by police not far from the shop about 80 years ago.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jan/09/2012

Pawn Stars Spinoff ‘Cajun Pawn Stars’ to Debut Next Month

The History Channel announced Thursday that a spin-off of its hugely successful show "Pawn Stars" will premiere next month on cable TV in the USA.

The new show, called "Cajun Pawn Stars," will focus on the day-to-day happenings at the Silver Dollar Pawn & Jewelry Center pawn shop in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA, northwest of New Orleans.

The shop, which opened in 1984, is owned by Jimmie "Big Daddy" DeRamus and run by him and his family.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Dec/16/2011

Prince Harry Does Las Vegas: $200 Lost During BJ

Prince Harry and friends spent this past weekend in Las Vegas gambling like rock stars….down and out rock stars maybe.  A high roller he is NOT. 

No Harry didn’t win a million dollars or lose a million dollars.  Instead, he and his buddies total lost $500 ($200 of which was Harry’s).  They were reportedly playing at the blackjack tables. 

A source told People Magazine Harry “couldn’t believe you got free drinks from gambling at the blackjack tables.”

It wasn’t all gambling and drinking though.  Harry and company also watched the Cirque Du Soleil show “O.”

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Nov/21/2011

Zynga Mobile No Match for Angry Birds…Yet

While Zynga, along with its online poker product, remains the biggest social games provider on Facebook, it is far behind where mobile gaming is concerned.  Angry Birds currently holds the title there for “Most Popular” game platform. 

Zynga has some 227 million monthly users. 

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Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Nov/21/2011

Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott Life Headed to the Big Screen

British poker pro Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott is going from the green felt of the poker table to the silver screen.

Poker Icons, the Swedish marketing and public relations agency that handles Ulliott, has announced that Ulliott's autobiography, written last year and titled "Devilfish: The Life and Times of a Poker Legend," is to be made into a movie.

Poker Icons made the announcement Thursday on its website, www.pokericons.com.

Ulliott, 57, is one of England's top poker players.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Nov/21/2011

Bodog Online Gambling “Great for Kids” Says Jimmy Kimmel (Video)

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, Dancing With The Stars contestant Ricki Lake referenced her odds of winning DWTS that were listed on the Bodog.com website.

Kimmel gave her a tongue-lashing for promoting the online gambling website.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Nov/16/2011

Gambling911.com’s Jenny Woo to Have a Girl: And Her Name Will be….

Senior International Correspondent for Gambling911.com, Jenny Woo, has revealed the outcome of her ultrasound.  She’s having a baby girl!

Gambling911.com had presented readers with odds on various baby names and Ms. Woo has made her selection.

“She’ll be named Jenna after her Mommy,” Woo said. 

“Jenna” is a variation of “Jenny” or “Jennifer”, which was among the favorites.  Other favorites included Christopher/Christine, Doyle, James and Sparky.

Submitted by Payton on, Nov/14/2011

Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries Divorce Prop Bet Pays Off for Some

TMZ is reporting Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries will be announcing their divorce and some gamblers could be cashing in.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Oct/31/2011

Long Shots Nancy Grace, Chaz Bono Still Alive on Dancing With The Stars (Video)

The odds were against them coming into this season of Dancing With The Stars, but the two biggest long shots, Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono, continue to defy the oddsmakers.

Grace came onto the show as an 18/1 long shot while Bono had the longest odds of winning at 20/1.

Monday night’s show featured Grace and her partner Tristan MacManus doing the Foxtrot.  Chaz Bono did the Tango.

The sixth elimination of the season will be announced on Tuesday night’s show. 

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Oct/24/2011

Vin Diesel’s Underground Gambling Series Raising Blind Comes to FX

Vin Diesel’s One Race Films production company is moving to the small screen with FX scheduled to air Raising Blind.

It is a series delving in to the world of underground gambling.  Great timing considering this past summer’s news about a Hollywood high stakes underground poker ring coming under fire for allegedly having a role in an investor ponzi scheme.  The likes of Alex Rodriguez, Matt Damon and Toby Maguire were linked to the scheme with Maguire named as a defendant in a complaint filed by said investors.

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Oct/12/2011

Nancy Grace Would Pay Out $3000 (Video)

Nancy Grace, the biggest long shot to win this season’s Dancing With The Stars, continues to hang in there, as predicted by Gambling911.com. 

“She is soooo beautiful and soooo Grace-ful,” remarked Payton O’Brien, Senior Editor of Gambling911.com.

G911 predicted that Grace had an advantage over most contestants with her current television platform on HLN.

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Oct/12/2011

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