The NewsFutures and TradeSports Exchanges enable people to wager on matters such as whether Tiger Woods will take another lover, or whether Bin Laden will be found in Afghanistan.
Under the FA Council's proposals, wagers on matters such as the next manager at a given club or whether a certain player will be transferred will also be outlawed.
Pursuant to Rule 14.06, when said sample indicates the presence of such medication, such horse shall not participate in the purse distribution, and, under the rules of racing, the wagering on said race is in no way affected".
[See the update below including a sea-ice scientist's take on such wagers.] But I will bet that profound changes are well under way that virtually guarantee the Arctic described in history books — an ice-locked and forbidding frontier for everyone except the Inuit — will not resemble the Arctic of the second half of this century.
Last week, one such wagering site, BetOnSports.com, a publicly traded company in Britain, became the focal point of an American crackdown on offshore casinos, where gamblers anywhere in the world can use the highly profitable sites to place wagers on sporting events.
There's a nearly overwhelming number of options available to wager on, ranging from basic bets such as the point spread and total points scored, to exotic props that cover everything from the pre-game coin toss to the post-game Gatorade bath and everything in between.
The denouement to this story then (usually implicitly) draws on the famous "Pascal's Wager": either such an SI will be evil or it will be good.
These exchanges allow punters to wager on the probability of an event, such as Barack Obama winning a second term as president.
And Americans with foreign friends who will bet on their behalf can wager on other British or Irish websites, such as Betfair or Paddy Power.However, that requires much more effort than simply mailing a cheque.
I'd wager on the last one.
