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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.

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Faithful Live Bets Direct readers may recall those halcyon days of April 2009 when tabloid headlines where bogged down with pictures of Mel Gibson and Russian pianist Oksana Grigorieva, followed by very public announcement of separation between Mad Max and his wife of 28 years, Robyn Denise Moore.
This, of course, harkened back to an April [...]

What will be the upshot of the beatdown handed the philandering Tiger Woods by his wife Erin Nordegren and the former’s alleged affair with Rachel Uchitel? We’ve got the odds right here…

Who will next record a Michael Jackson remake song that hits No. 1 on the UK BBC Radio 1 chart? Paddy Power’s got Janet Jackson and/or the Jackson 5 as odds-on favorites, but Live Bets Direct kinda like the possibilities inherent in Usher, especially at 10/1…

Carrie Prejean has been stripped of her Miss California title; couldn’t have happened to a nicer person, eh? Cleverly enough, BetUS bookmakers was able to capitalize on the next obvious question about The Dethroned One – i.e. What’s next? – with a slew of “Celebrity Props: Carrie Prejean” bets for your gambling perusal.

Are you ready to talk some “The Lead Villain in the Next Dark Knight movie” betting? As for this writer, two and half decades’ worth of comic book reading and a good seven years in the film review biz have all led to this moment…

With Richard Branson of Virgin (oh, the irony) the rumored buyer of any titillating Playboy assets Hefner might be ejecting, Paddy Power reckons the new owner could take a Brit-centric approach to publication – heck, they’re willing to bet on it!

Think this is just blowing smoke? Perhaps, but the truth is the odds are shortening rapidly on the ‘Dog, having fallen from 4/1 to its present 9/4 in just two weeks. While now, the smartest money is probably best put on “The Dark Knight,” “Slumdog Millionaire” at 9/4 odds may be worth your consideration.

The story cut into this month’s cinema newswires like Max Cady on crack: Music and movie fans (not to mention musical movie fans) were certainly stoked to hear that Universal Studios had acquired the rights to shoot a biographical movie on Ratpacker and Ronny Reagan buddy Frank Sinatra; better yet, studio moguls announced that Martin Scorsese was tabbed as director for the flick.

What sort of Payback will Mel Gibson be expected to pony up to estranged spouse Robyn Denise Moore Gibson in divorce proceedings? PaddyPower’s proposition bet entitled “How much will Mel’s wife get?” reckons the bidding will probably start at around $200 million