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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 [...]

The Miss World 2010 title was awarded in China on Saturday night and once again the bookmakers and punters were stymied by an underdog winner and some surprising top-five finishers. Meanwhile, those following LiveBetsDirect’s advice came out a sliver ahead – with enough profit for a beer or two.
Competition winner was Miss USA, Alexandria Mills. [...]

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 [...]

At least a few people are thrilled at the Pontiff’s merry jaunt through Britain: Those who invested in a long-term proposition bet 18 months ago.

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 [...]

LiveBetsDirect recently checked out the ESPN “30 for 30” Documentary on the old United States Football League (or, as we so fondly referred to it back in the 1980s, the USFL). We children of the 80s of course remember the USFL ultimately as being dominated by and eventually inadvertently (?) snookered by one Donald Trump.

On a Fourth of July sports weekend that featured Wimbledon tennis, a UFC unification bout, MLB baseball action and a little tournament called the FIFA World Cup, an eating contest stole the sportspage headlines: The latest “athlete” to be busted in public fashion is former Major League Eating superstar Takeru Kobayashi.
After a much publicized regulations [...]

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.

One of LiveBetsDirect’s favorite websites out there on the interwebs? Why, Rotten Tomatoes, of course!
While the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and such are nice (especially to wager on), the awards given at these celebrated events are more about Hollywood’s and film critic land’s, respectively, acceptance of the movies in question. These decisions don’t always sit [...]