Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Scotland’s Paul di Resta will be flying the flag for Britain as the home supporters hope to see a first home winner at Silverstone since Hamilton’s success in 2008.

The three British drivers are available in Sky Bet’s latest British Grand Prix betting markets at 4/1, 8/1 and 500/1 respectively to win the race on Sunday.

Sebastian Vettel remains the firm favourite after his impressive win in the European GP in Valencia and is 4/5 to do the same in the British GP.

Vettel has been dominant in qualifying this season and is as short as 1/2 to start the race from pole position after seven wins in eight qualifying sessions. Sky Bet offer each-way betting on the first three places for qualifying at 1/5th of the odds.
Punters looking to throw their cash behind the McLarens can pick from a range of F1 bets about Hamilton including 1/7 to finish in the points, 8/13 to finish on the podium, 4/1 to set the fastest lap and 50/1 to be caught speeding in Pit Lane during the race.

The court heard a number of recorded conversations in which Gilley allegedly made false promises and exaggerated his postion to several people, the report explained.

Gilley is back on the stand after illness last week interrupted his testimony and kept him from court, the Birmingham News said.

Governor Lynch’s spokesman, Colin Manning, said Friday that the governor will unveil his plan after the Easter break….and the legalisation of online gambling is one of the vehicles he has been reviewing.

Gov. Lynch recently opposed a legislative push to permit slot machines and casino-style gambling in Hudson and at five other New Hampshire sites. The House is now debating a Senate-approved bill that allows up to 17 000 land-based legalised slot machines and table games in the state.

The governor opposes the Senate bill because it fails to prevent the proliferation of gambling. But online betting would, in fact, allow for gamblings proliferation, according to Sen. Lou DAllesandro, a Democrat from Manchester and the prime author of the bill.

I havent seen his proposal, DAllesandro said. But if the governor is afraid of proliferation, what easier way to proliferate it than online gambling?

The newspaper notes that Americans account for half the $16 billion spent globally on poker and other online games that are operated outside the U.S., and that New Hampshire has no law expressly prohibiting online betting.

Lynch met recently with state Lottery commissioners, and Internet gambling is one of the options that was discussed, Manning said.

The governor is working on developing a comprehensive strategy to address the revenue shortfall, Manning said. There are a number of options the governor is looking at.

Lynch will continue talking with lawmakers until a decision is reached, Manning said.

Further opposition can be expected from former state Sen. Bob Clegg, who now works as a lobbyist for Green Meadow Golf Club, which aims to bring a land casino and resort to Hudson.

The governor is worried about proliferation of gaming but it sounds like hes going to make every computer terminal in every home and every BlackBerry including those BlackBerrys held by kids in high school a gambling facility, Clegg said. He added that online gambling doesnt create many jobs, and could be handled by someone out of state.

Those behind gaming sites in New Hampshire contend the casinos will create jobs and boost flagging state and local revenue.

Such an operation in Hudson would bring the town as much as $10 million in annual tax revenue, Jay Leonard, the Green Meadow project attorney, said. About 3,800 jobs would be created, some of which will be trickle-down positions at restaurants and other businesses, and about 1,900 construction workers would be needed to build the resort, he said.

The event was sponsored Gamebookers.com and took place at the Novotel Bucharest City Centre Hotel, with the six seat final table moving to a special location with a live audience.

Darcourt won Euro 125 846 and a $25 000 seat at the prestigious WPT World Championship at the Bellagio later this year.

161 players registered for the Euro 3000 + Euro 300 Main Event, in which the prize-pool paid 18 places from a total pool of Euro 449 450.

Darcourt had to survive a gruelling heads-up with German online ace Simon “Schnibl0r” Münz – a popular member of PokerStrategy.com – to win.

This win is amazing, said Darcourt. I was eighth in chips after the first day and chip leader at the end of day two. I was running really good on day three too but started to slip away. One hand changed the whole tournament for me. I was up against AA with A9 but hit a straight. I will always remember that hand.

Munz, who has started final table action in the chip leader space, was a good sport and saluted the skill of his opponent. Darcourt deserved to win. I would have loved to have really attacked him in the heads-up but he just wouldnt fold and I didnt have enough chips, he said.

Winning the $25 000 WPT World Championship seat is incredible, said Darcourt. I have a full tournament schedule but to get a seat to such a prestigious tournament is wonderful. Darcourt, who has three children aged 2, 7 and 10 now plans to spend some time relaxing at home. The last three months have been three of the best of my life, he added.

The final table comprised Darcourt and Munz, along with Eva Iosif and Abdula Atila from Romania, Jose De La Guardia of Panama and US player Joseph Ebanks.

The 5 reel 20 payline game opens with a video clip based on a large emerald, and features a slew of free spins, scatter, wild and bonus opportunities, the latter on a second screen that offers a choice of three games. With artwork full of shamrocks, four leaf clovers, pots ‘o gold, harps and gaelic designs, there’s no doubt about the origins of the theme.

The leprechaun is the wild symbol and offers the highest fixed jackpot as well as doubling payouts. During free spins the leprechaun symbol appears only on the first three reels, but appears as an expanding wild, delivering larger rewards. Free spins are initiated by the harp, with a generous 125 achievable in which winnings are tripled.

Appropriately enough, the pot ‘o gold triggers the second screen bonus game in which a choice from three games is offered – Coin Grab, Road Bowl and Skittles.

Two Way’s wagering service, known as TAB Active, is available to Foxtel and Optus TV subscribers in two of the country’s major states – Victoria and New South Wales. By the end of September 2009, over 16 000 Tabcorp account holders had placed at least one bet via the service, a 14 percent increase for the quarter.

Management said that almost 4.8 million bets have now been placed in total with more than 1.2 million in the September ’09 quarter alone, a 21 percent increase on the previous quarter. Average number of bets per day, at 13 000, grew by 19 percent, with an average bet size over the period of A$8.32.

However, Foxtel terminated its arrangement with Two Way in June ’09, resulting in a decline of 29 percent on the previous quarter. Ameliorating this to some extent is the news that receipts from Sky New Zealand games were up by 15 percent after a successful telemarketing campaign which saw almost 2 500 new subscriptions.

Further marketing initiatives are planned for the games services on both Sky New Zealand and Austar, a spokesman revealed.

Will you go to Delaware to bet on an NFL game or visit Harrah’s Chester for a hand of Texas Hold ‘Em?

Or do you prefer to place your bets by the boardwal, play bingo online or visit the Las Vegas Strip?

Regardless, we want to hear from you.

The maximum bet for Colorado casinos rose to $100 from $5 on July 2. Other voter-approved changes were the addition of craps and roulette table games and the ability to stay open round-the-clock.

The Colorado Division of Gaming says that casinos statewide reported $76.1 million in adjusted gross proceeds, or the total bets minus payouts. That’s the second-best month in Colorado gambling history, trailing only the $76.5 million posted in July 2007.

Casinos in Black Hawk, home to the largest operators, reported record revenue of $54.4 million in July, up 19 percent from a year ago.

Cripple Creek casinos posted adjusted gross proceeds of $15.1 million and Central City had $6.6 million.