By Tony George

If there was any doubt that Texas Tech was a one hit wonder against Texas the week before, those doubts were silenced is a behind the woodshed beating of Oklahoma State on national TV Saturday Night as QB Harrell threw 6 Td passes and the Red Raiders rolled a very good Okie State team (as I predicted in this blog last week). With a week off to prepare for the Big 12 South Sh ...  read more

Another barn burner last week in the Big 12, where the Texas Tech Red Raiders showed their prowess against a weary but yet very good Texas team last week in a thriller in Lubbock. Quarterback Graham Harrell threw all over Texas and Mike Crabtree proved again to warrant Heisman consideration, as he is totally uncoverable for any team in the NCAA. He broke away from tight double coverage on the ...  read more

By Tony George

ANOTHER Sweep in my Big 12 Selections last week, 2-0 in my report and we unloaded on Oklahoma State +12 for my game of the week, who had a chance to win one down in Austin Texas last Saturday but fell 4 points short. There should be no disappointment in Stillwater this this week, the Cowboys played punch for punch with Texas in front of the largest crowd ever in the state of ...  read more

By Tony George

If there was any doubts who the best team in the Big 12 is to this point, those doubts were silenced in a Texas style ass kicking of Mizzou Saturday Night. That was one of my free play winners last week in my report for you, the other was Nebraska who covered big. Take it from me, I have seen Mizzou play twice in person this season, and they are a talented and explosive tea ...  read more

Lets forget for a moment I laid the wood with Oklahoma and Missouri last week. There was a moment of clarity last week for me and millions of Big 12 fans. Running the football wins big games, and that has always been a staple of the Big 12 conference. Mizzou managed a total meltdown as the score did not indicate the can of whoop ass that Oklahoma State pulled out on them at home. Not only wa ...  read more

Some wild games and results on Sunday but will they carry over to tonight? I went 2-2 on Sunday and after what I saw in terms of last minute covers and wins, I am taking the approach that I simply am not forcing a play tonight, I am uncertain on this game. Are the Giants the best team in football? They have not played anyone yet except Washington, who were beaten by the Rams at home yesterday. ...  read more

After the past 2 or 3 Saturdays, and after 17 years capping games for a living and having thought I had almost seen it all, I have to admit being a handicapper right now is no doubt what it feels to be a like stockbroker in these wild economic times, just watch the ticker and scratch your head and say WTF?

Oklahoma, LSU (which really wasn't an upset but 51-21?), Missouri, Texas Tech ...  read more

Wow what a week in the Big 12, and to note, ALL 3 of my free plays covered from my report last week guys, AND I cashed my Big 12 Game of the Month on Missouri -10, and also cashed in Texas Tech, both plays on my Triple Header card last weekend, which is awesome considering it was the first weekend of conference action. Missouri flexed their muscle in Lincoln Nebraska, a game I was at, in a big ...  read more

Conference action opens up finally for the Big 12 this Saturday. While other conferences like the SEC, ACC, Big 10 and PAC 10 have opened up conference play, with some major upsets already in those conferences, The Big 12 has established 5 teams in the Top 25 and 2 teams in the Top 3. Look for Missouri and Oklahoma to be the power of this conference this season once again, and no doubt butt head ...  read more

What a weekend in College and Pro Football it was. To say it was full of head scratching moments for lack of a better term is an understatement. I am not immune to to a bad weekend every now and then, as there is nothing I have not experienced in my 17 years as a Pro Handicapper, but this past weekend was one of my worst on record. I have always prided myself as a guy who is in a business arena ...  read more

Yes, the King of all wagering sports is in full swing, that would be football. Year in and year out it amazes me that action junkies wait till football to unload 10 or more games a weekend in football, and pound Monday Night football with all they have to chase losses or attempt to double up on profits. You are forgetting one thing, the money is just as green if not greener in MLB this time of ...  read more

Wow! More and more surprises as many teams, especially in College Football are starting to show their true colors, which has made my season to date miserable in College Ball predictions, but I will turn the tide this week with a some Monster plays based on the lines I have seen. That is when 17 years of experience, especially with some rough starts as in the past, comes into play and I fire ba ...  read more

Now that the king of all sports wagering is upon us, that being football, it is time to maximize profits and minimize losses for the smart player. As a professional handicapper it is not only my job to pick winning selections for my clients, but to help them maximize their profits with those selections. I have written about the flat betting technique I use (equal amounts of money on each bet) ...  read more

Sports Bettor beware, Uncle Sam is bound and determined to violate your right to choose and civil liberties to make your own decisions. Recent articles I have read, from Gambling 911, one of our partner sites I write for and they also provide content for my site, provided the following quote on recent events from federal authorities in a recent article pertaining to offshore payment proce ...  read more

While not a big fan of exotic wagers, I do at the beginning of the year look at over and under win totals on NFL teams for the season as a good way to make a long term investment. Forget ESPN and all the others, and listen to the Pro's guys, as this is not glossed over for TV, but the real deal. Too much public perception leads to Vegas cashing in year after year. After considering the free a ...  read more

BetUS's new wagering interface, in development for over a year, is dynamic and extremely user friendly. It maximizes your online sports betting possibilities and your chances to win. I have checked out the new site and anyone who loves ease of use, tons of information and loads of extras from a respected Sportsbook, BET US has done a fantastic job with their new facelift in their sportsbook sect ...  read more

Who are the nine poker players who will be seated at the 2008 WSOP final table come November? Let's meet them.

The chip leader heading into the World Series of Poker final was Dennis Phillips with 26,295,000 chips.

53-year old truck salesman from Cottage Hills, Illinois, is the oldest to be seated at this year's World Series of Poker final table.

He won his way into the Main E ...  read more

I enter my 17th as a pro capper this season, and when I started out it was the Big 8, and now the Big 12, which is my specialty conference. Off another 65% ATS in this conference, and a sweep of the bowl games with Big 12 teams last year, I once again look at this conference as a major player in the national title hunt in 2008. Numerous teams may surprise you this season, with some new blood at ...  read more

Following last year's massive drop in attendance, the 2008 World Series of Poker has witnessed a surge once again, continuing the trend that was in force prior to passage of an online poker prohibition in October 2006.

The top prize at the main event of the World Series of Poker will be $9.12 million this year, and 666 players will get some piece of a $64.3 million prize pool, tournament off ...  read more

Courtesy of Bodog Press with comments from Tony George

April 21, 2008 - Calvin Ayre, the internationally noted billionaire playboy founder of Bodog, will be retiring from his largely ceremonial role as the face of Bodog.

Additionally he will no longer be involved in Bodog operationally. In mid 2007 he successfully transferred ownership of the Bodog brand in North America to the Morris ...  read more

In an interview with Erin Neff of the Las Vegas Review Journal Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain, made it clear that an all out ban on Internet gambling is a very low priority for his future administration.

"The economy is what's hurting the gaming industry in Las Vegas today," McCain said. "It isn't sports betting or Internet gaming."

On Internet gaming, McCain was just o ...  read more

Most like working in the "grey area" and even the "dark area". That's the consensus from online gambling operators based mainly in Costa Rica, the hot spot for targeting the North American market. Costa Rica is the largest single domicile for such businesses in the world.

While European Internet gambling firms have been showing politicians with money through their lobbying efforts, Costa ...  read more

In 2008, I enter my 16th year in professional sports handicapping, and the changes I have seen overall in those numerous years have been both good and bad, but in all essence changes for the better at days end. I thought I would sum up the new business model for Tony George Sports and my takes on the marketplace in today’s ever changing world.

PHONE SERVICES DECLINE – A Good Thing < ...  read more

As first reported by Gambling911.com last week, subpoenas have been sent to some advertising venues that work in conjunction with Bodog Life, and online gambling website. This has nothing to do with current legislation related to the Internet gambling industry but rather involves an ugly patent lawsuit.

Last year, 1st Technology and its principals were successful in having the once dominan ...  read more

The Internet gambling payment processing problems continue one year after major money transfer firms like Neteller and MyCitadel eCommerce abandoned the U.S. market. And nowhere could this be felt more than during last week's Super Bowl Sunday.

"We thought we had a processor put in place that could handle all our new traffic (customer deposits) for Super Bowl Sunday," said one sportsbook o ...  read more

Floridians vote on slots this week, (in addition to casting their vote for the next President of the United States) while New Jersey residents will have a chance to vote for whether they want sports betting in Atlantic City, making the seaside resort only the second town in the US with legalized sports betting.

Just don't hold your breath folks from NJ.

Tom Hester of the Newark St ...  read more

Publicly traded online poker firm, PartyGaming, may end up paying the US government $20 million, assuming US officials plan on being especially generous. That number is based solely on Party's $138.9m in 2006 pre-tax profits and discounts the previous few years it accepted bets from US citizens. The number is also based on the US government wanting 15 per cent back in tax monies.

PartyGa ...  read more

Online gambling website, WagerWeb.com, refuses to pay one of its customers over $37,000. The sports betting firm, based in Costa Rica, claims the customer in question past posted his bets.

Sportsbook Review issued the following statement:

A player won $37,451 making over 60 football wagers through the month of October. At the end of October, the player requested his funds and was give ...  read more

The following statement may be attributed to Joe Brennan Jr., Chairman of the Internet Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA).

"We are encouraged by U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker’s decision to uphold Americans’ First Amendment when using the Internet. Judge Crocker was absolutely right to prevent an unwarranted government search into the book purchases and reading habits of ...  read more

It became official on Saturday morining at 9:34 AM, as I drank my first cup of coffee. Athletic Director Dr. Tom Osborne dropped the hammer on Bill Callahan after the Buffs from Colorado hung 65 points on Nebraska's vaunted Blackshirt (I call them pink shirts this year) defense. The Husker faithful could take no more, and while AD Steve Pederson was fired last month and Ozzy was brought back i ...  read more

Couresty from our friends at www.gambling911.com

Massachusetts residents are up in arms over that state's Governor, Deval Patrick, threatening to jail people up to two years for playing online poker while he works hard to legalize land-based casinos in the state.

"It's an outrage!" cried one Massachusetts resident, who wished not to be named. "Patrick needs to be held accountable for ...  read more

That’s right folks; the Kansas Jayhawks sit atop of the overall Big 12 Standings at 9-0 and ranked 4th in the nation. No, this is not basketball we are talking about, it is football. The Jayhawks just hung a basketball score on my beloved Huskers this past weekend scoring 76 points against the blackshirts (or pink shirts), in a serious ass whipping of the hated Huskers, once the Goliath of the B ...  read more

While trying to catch my breath in College Football with one of the wildest years on record with top teams falling down all over the place, it should be noted it has been 3 weeks between reports. Or perhaps it is my utter shock at how my beloved Nebraska Cornhuskers have fallen from grace, and how my prediction of Missouri taking the Big 12 North has come to fruition, with a small glitch, called ...  read more

When Gambling911.com's Tony George predicted his Nebraska Huskers would perform poorly this season, he took it on the chin. But reality set in Monday as the Nebraska Huskers fired Athletic Director Steve Pederson. The news comes only two days after an embarrassing 45-14 loss to Oklahoma State. The team has also fallen during two consecutive weeks.

Pederson, who had held the positio ...  read more

Richard Lee, the poker pro who finished 6th in last year's World Series of Poker, will be charged with operating an online gambling site. The website in question took sports bets.

According to CardPlayer.com, the district attorney’s office of Bexar County, Texas, and the San Antonio police department have been investigating Lee for more than a year. They claim Lee and four business part ...  read more

Online gambling operators, shareholders, poker players, sports bettors/punters, media: These groups and any others dependent on the i-Gaming industry must support the Poker Players Alliance Washington DC initiative this coming October 22 thru October 24. Gambling911.com will be covering this event.

Sue Schneider, one of the co-organizers of this year's i-Gaming Expo and Congress in Barcelon ...  read more

You see a lot of articles from cappers, industry insiders and gaming editors talking about how the public is wrong. It is always an intriguing situation as I watch football during the day myself, and bet against late line moves and even halftime. Because of this business I cannot post these plays in time for sales and money making opportunities for my clients due to time constraints, but I t ...  read more

It is online appropriate that the Internet gambling sector will usher in the month of October with a much anticipated conference taking place October 1 thru 3. Industry representatives from all over the world will descend upon Barcelona for the three day event. Gambling911.com will be speaking at The European I-Gaming Congress & Expo, now as part of the media segment during Day 1.

There is ...  read more

There were some REAL shockers in the Big 12 last week, some good, some bad, some downright ugly. As a Husker fan, it was a long weekend to say the least, as USC came to Lincoln and beat the living tar out of the once mighty Huskers. You might think with ESPN Gameday in town, both radio and TV, that might inspire the Huskers to tackle, execute, and prove to the nation they are returning to glor ...  read more

Thought that headline might grab your attention folks! Looking at this past weekend, the contrarians handicapper or sports bettor, fared much much better than the conventional sports handicapper who looks at stats, past results and injury reports. Unfortunately I was the latter this past weekend, and as always, I tell it like it is, and call them like I see them. I would be remised in my report ...  read more

By Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher

The NFL Week 2 results are in and the bookies made out really big thanks to three of the most bet on teams losing. Actually, the three most bet on teams were pummeled this week.

#1: Bengals(Cincinnati) Point Spread

#2: Saints(NewOrleans) Point Spread

#3: Colts(Indianapolis) Point Spread

Sure, the Colts won outrigh ...  read more

Some interesting non-conference happenings in the Big 12 conference the past 2 weeks in college football open up our 2007 edition of the Big 12 reports for this season. My record of 64% ATS or better in this conference in each of the past 6 seasons will be tested this season, as the South and North have plenty of parity in them, and the South looks to be the best division of the two of them as ...  read more

Lets get right down to it. A wild and wacky week in College football with numerous surprises and disappointments and eyebrow raising "WTF?" games results had everyone scratching their heads somewhat! It looks like early on you simply lay the points with big named teams and watch them come in against the number with ease. I managed a 3-2 ATS record this week and had plenty of nervous moments a ...  read more

My weekly review of what went wrong and right in NCAA Football is a feature here. While I am never one to say I told you so, I simply must refer back to my August 21st article telling all who would take the time to read my article that the pre-season rankings bear little meaning in terms of pointspread expectations. I mentioned the huge number that USC was laying, who was clearly the #1 team i ...  read more

After a 12-4-1 ATS preseason effort for my clients, I have received numerous e-mails from guys with money in their pocket ready to UNLOAD in week 1 of the NFL. Oddsmakers and books are well documented on the record as saying week 1 is one of their biggest weekends of the season because of the hype and build-up. Sports bettors are hungry to get back into the mix, who passed on baseball (which is ...  read more

Yes the NCAA Football polls have been released, and anything but ranking USC #1 in purely speculation by nameless and faceless writers who know as much about the game as my 8th grader in some cases. How important are the polls to head coaches in Division I? Not very, unless they are a BCS school in the running at mid-season, because 90% of division I coaches have their under studies vote the p ...  read more

Now that the king of all sports wagering is upon us, that being football, it is time to maximize profits and minimize losses for the smart player. As a professional handicapper it is not only my job to pick winning selections for my clients, but to help them maximize their profits with those selections. I have written about the flat betting technique I use (equal amounts of money on each bet), ...  read more

As I look at the Super Bowl odds for the teams in the NFL there are a few prop bets worth taking, which I have made some preseason wagers on, and I will tell you who they all are. My process for these prop bets, and I had the Colts last year at 3 to 1 early to win it and cashed a ticket, is one of elimination. That means I look at teams that have NO chance of winning the Super Bowl like Cleve ...  read more

Do not let football fever set in too early folks. While numerous handicappers and scamdicappers will be throwing out plays and pick for sale like mad men, capturing the fever of football betting, I again use caution. Football is the KING of all sports wagering, I have a few takes about my theory for the preseason which has worked well over my past 16 years in the professional handicapping busi ...  read more