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This writer just returned from a three-week sojourn in the United States and came away horrified; no, not at the garish and ubiquitous juxtaposition of conspicuous consumption with surface worries about the current economic situation, but instead because of the realization that Texas governor Rick Perry could well upend sitting president Barack Obama in the [...]

So strictly speaking, the “BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010” outright winner proposition bet offered at bet365 online sportsbook isn’t a non-sport wager, but is anything involving the BBC properly called anything but “entertainment”? LBD thinks not.

Once again, it’s just about time for the Miss World beauty pageant, truly one of the greatest endeavors mankind has ever produced – after all, what other activity combines socially-acceptable ogling of exotic women coupled with opportunities to wager?
Bet365 online sportsbook’s odds for this year imply that this contest isn’t going to be much of [...]

LiveBetsDirect hasn’t had a look at this proposition bet in some time – over a year in fact – but with “Obama’s Katrina” slowly getting cleaned up, the healthcare plan settled for now, and those troops in Afghanistan … well, still there, it’s time to reconsider some of bet365’s “U.S. Presidential Election 2012” props.
LBD’ll surely [...]

As we near July 4th, it’s time for LiveBetsDirect to address wagering on a great American tradition that always goes down on the holiday. No, we’re not talking about the Major League Baseball slate here, but rather the great “Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.” And, oh yeah, bet365’s got your wagering opportunities.

Teams from four different countries will line up in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the first time in six years, with Italy’s Internazionale Milano against Spain’s Barcelona on April 20 and 28, and France’s Olympique Lyonnaise tackling Germany’s Bayern Munchen on April 21 and 27.
Notable for their absence are teams from England’s Premier League, [...]

The precursor to the Academy Awards movie awards, the Golden Globe Awards, go off on January 17th. Naturally, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association event represents one of the year’s biggest occasions for proposition betting. Below follow the odds on nominees winning in certain categories as provided by Bet 365 online bookmakers, along with gut reactions [...]

Which cities will be getting a White Christmas in 2009? Berlin? Bonn? Ottawa? Vienna? Bet365 allows you to bet on the weather with the bookmakers’ “Snow on Christmas” proposition bet.