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PJ goes for second Mercury Music Prize; can a dark horse upset in proposition betting? 26 Aug 2011 | 02:09 am
September 6th will see the awarding of the 19th annual Mercury Music Prize, bestowed upon the individual performer or group from the UK or Ireland who released the best album of the preceding year. No...
U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination odds (or Really, America? Rick Perry?) 12 Aug 2011 | 02:19 am
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 abo...
Prince William & Kate Middleton: Betting on a Royal Wedding 25 Nov 2010 | 01:00 am
After nine years of dating, Prince William of Britain and fiancée Kate Middleton announced in mid-November that they’d finally be making it official with a royal wedding; just seven days passed before...
Sanity and order reign on Dancing With The Stars, Jennifer Grey wins 25 Nov 2010 | 12:43 am
Justice, though predictable, was serving on Dancing with the Stars last night. Congratulations therefore go out to Jennifer Grey, her partner and now-threepeat champion dancer Derek Hough, and all tho...
Dancing with the Stars finale: Favorite Jennifer Grey wows all; popular vote results to come 24 Nov 2010 | 12:49 am
The finale dances were done last night on American TV and, since LiveBetsDirect can’t possibly top the lightning-quick review of the penultimate episode of “Dancing with the Stars” appearing in the fi...
Dancing with the Stars finale: Will Election 2000 pale in comparison? 23 Nov 2010 | 03:52 am
More than one observer decried massive voting improprieties in Election 2000 – many, too, though these mainly went ignored, raised similar cries in 2004 – but could Republican dirty ballot-stuffing tr...
Miss World 2010: Results are in, LBD juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust covers self 31 Oct 2010 | 04:36 am
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 f...
Running the rascals out in Denmark 31 Oct 2010 | 03:58 am
LiveBetsDirect is no expert on parliamentary politics in Denmark, but judging by bet365 online sportsbook’s proposition bet on the next Danish prime minister, one tendency is pointedly clear: As in mo...
McCoy vs. McDowell for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 24 Oct 2010 | 09:33 pm
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 prope...
Betting on Miss World 2010 (Oh yeah, we got yer pictures and videos) 20 Oct 2010 | 10:03 pm
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 o...
