The Prestigious Melbourne Cup

Horseracing is a worldwide sporting event. In Australia, it is the Melbourne Cup as the big time thoroughbred horse racing event. In fact, this cup is known to be "the race that stops a nation". The horserace is mainly 3,200 meter length and opened for horses that are three year olds and above.

Not only is Melbourne Cup known for its popularity, but also because of the purse in every race. In fact, this event is the one providing the highest "two-mile" handicapping in the world.

For the last three years of this event, the total purse (money and trophy) was more than $6 million (in Australian dollars) with the 2012 event having total purse of Australian $ 6.2 million. This horse race is considered as a national icon.

The event is managed and overseen by the Victoria Racing Club and held regularly on the Flemington Racecourse that is located at Melbourne, Victoria. Every race is held on the first Tuesday of November at 3 pm. The event started way back in 1861 and started as two-mile race (that is approximately 3,218 meters). The distant was shortened to 3,200 meters because the country adopted the International System (metric system) in the 1970s. It was 1972 that the race used the 3,200 meters distant. In the history of the Melbourne Cup, it is Kingston Rule who holds the fastest time, which is 3 minutes and 16.3 seconds that he won in 1990.

For the 2012 edition of the Melbourne Cup with more than 105,000 audience, it was Green Moon and his jockey Brett Prebble who came away as the winners. The race horse is owned by Lloyd Williams and trained by Robert Hickmott. This was the fourth title for Williams as an owner. Green Moon won by a length to the runner up, Fiorente and one and a quarter length ahead of the third place Jakkalberry.

History Carries on with the Breeders Cup this November 2, 2012

The Breeders Cup began in 1984 and this horse racing event has evolved as one of the most popular and prestigious events. This race is deemed as the last big event race for the year with the best thoroughbreds all over the world competing.

The Breeders Cup has one of the largest purses in the world. The 2012 edition of this event will happen in the 2nd and 3rd of November at Santa Anita Racetrack on Arcadia, California. There are about US$25.5 million in prizes for 15 races! The last day of the event, called ‘The Breeders’ Cup Classic’ has a purse of US$5 million.  

More Chances in Winning the Pick 6 Prizes

With 15 separate races, there will be more opportunities in wagering. In order to maximize the chances of winning huge cash prizes, try focusing on ‘The Pick 6’ wagers. There will be two Pick 6 jackpots and these are US$1 million November 2 and US$2 million on November 3.  

The Contenders for the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic

• Game On Dude – this horse is the current favorite in betting as well as the majority choice of horseracing experts. The horse is trained by Bob Baffert.
• Flat Out – the horse is trained by Bill and just recently won in Jockey Club Gold Cup last September. Mucho Macho Man – this horse is trained by Kathy Ritvo. The Event’s Schedule November 2, 2012 

The Event’s Schedule

November 2, 2012

 

Race	Purse
Juvenile Sprint	US$500, 000
Ladies’ Classic	US$2,000,000
Filly and Turf Mare	US$2,000,000
Grey Goose Juvenile Fillies	US$2,000,000
Filly and Mare Sprint	US$1,000,000
Juvenile Fillies Tirf	US$1,000,000

November 3rd, 2012

 

Race	Purse
Marathon	$500,000
Juvenile Turf	US$1,000,000
Sprint	US$1,500,000
Turf Sprint	US$1,000,000
Dirt Mile	US$1,000,000
Turf	US$3,000,000
Grey Goose Juvenile	US$2,000,000
Mile	US$2,000,000
Classic	US$5,000,000

Don’t Miss your chances of winning a big cash prize. Enter the Pick 6 play at the Breeders’ Cup today!

Special Euro Millions Superdraw Set for Friday, September 28,2012

On Friday, the 28th of September, your favorite Pan-European lottery draw, Euro Millions, will hold a special €100 million Superdraw.

This is exciting news for lotto fans and international lottery players. Barely a month ago, August Adrian and Gillian Bayford from the UK took home the record  €190 million jackpot. This is the highest Euro Millions jackpot given away since the lottery game started in 2004.

Interestingly, Euro Millions began holding Superdraws back  2007 to celebrate anniversaries and special occasions. The Jackpot is never less than  €100 million and even reaches €130 million at times. The upcoming Superdraw on September 28th is the 11th massive special draw from Euro Millions, but only the first for this year. Another Superdraw is expected to be announced for December.

Euro Millions Superdraws are exciting because the cash prizes are a guaranteed €100 million . This is also a special one off draw and the jackpot is rolled down to the lower division in the event that someone does not match all the winning numbers the 2 Lucky Stars.

So far, these are people who have won Euro Millions cash prizes for 2012:

1.€190,000,000.00 – Adrian and Gillian Bayford of Haverhill, Suffolk in August 2012

2.€58,200,000.00– the winner chose to remain anonymous, won in February 2012.

3.€56,000,000.00 – Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham in February 2012


4.€50,000,000.00 Gareth and Catherine Bull from Mansfield in January 2012
5.€47,600,000.00 A syndicate of bus drivers in March 2012



UK Millionaire Raffle Add-On

Winning €100 million on Friday's Superdraw is great, but you can win an additional GBP 100 Million if you play in the UK Millionaire Raffle as well. Your numbers for these two draws will be totally different since your raffle code will be assigned to you. In case you don't win the Superdraw top prize, you still have a chance to win the GBP 100 Million raffle prize.

September 26 Powerball Winner Hails from Iowa

The winning USA Powerball ticket from the September 26 draw was sold from a convenience store in Bondurant, Des Moines, Iowa .

The  $202 Million jackpot was won with a number line-up bravely built around the number 13 . The winning combination of this draw, plus the Powerball number is the following: 13, 26, 39, 41, 42 with 10 as the Powerball.

The stepping stone to change one’s life and hence, she believes that the winner must be prepared to live with that amount of money and put into good use.

This top purse is considered to be second highest USA Powerball jackpot that was sold in Iowa for this year. The State of Iowa is requiring the public disclosure of name of the winner/s.

A June USA Powerball draw with a jackpot of $241 million was won by a total of 20 people who were all employees of  Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids. This amount was the 15th biggest purse in  Powerball history. Nationally speaking. and the $202 million jackpot was the 28th in the U.S.

The $656 million jackpot prize from Mega Millions that was won in March is the biggest and this amount was split to the three winners – from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland.

Korean Americans disturbed by the Casino Buses

There has been a growing concern among Korean Americans regarding the increasing number of casino buses which encourage people especially senior citizens to gamble.

According to Korea Times, the casino buses offer ride from New York and Connecticut and vice versa. The shuttle service is essentially free because the passengers pay much more than the ride. The ticket for the shuttle service cost from $15 to $40. Along with the ride, the passenger will also enjoy buffet coupons care of the casino and some game money tickets which cost $20 to $40. 

A lot of people are now choosing these mobile casinos especially Korean and Chinese American senior citizens. They prefer the mobile casino as a means of transportation because of the free perks they get from the casino and at the same a way for them to relieve their boredom. Unfortunately, the effects are not all positive because there are increasing cases of gambling addiction in the community.

The people in the community are now having concerns regarding the promotion of casino and gambling through the shuttle buses. They worry that the casino buses might be the cause of gambling addictions especially to the senior citizens. The senior citizens might end up relieving their boredom through gambling and would end up losing great amounts of money. 

Because of gambling, some senior citizens end up without money and welfare benefits that eventually would lead to them being homeless. According to Lee, a bus rider, he has witnessed himself the negative effects of the casino buses to many elderly people. He said that he knew a senior who got used to going to casinos to have something to do but ended up being addicted to gambling, lost all the money he saved and was divorced by his wife. 

“Excessive gambling can have debilitating effects on people” according to Regina Kim, the executive director of the Korean Family Counseling and Research Center. She said that being addicted to gambling because of escaping boredom and relieving stress can lead to domestic abuse and even divorce. According to her, these kinds of problems require the help of community to come up with community-level solutions.

Stakes of the US Olympic Basketball Team in London 2012 Olympic Betting

The US Olympic basketball team has always been a favorite in Olympics. The famous National Basketball Association players mostly play for the United States. Thus, the NBA Superstars are all together in one “DreamTeam” which makes them the team to beat every Olympics. Since basketball was included in the Olympics in 1936, the United States won 13 gold medals out of 17. But then some sports experts are still having second thoughts in the US Olympic Basketball Team’s gold medal this 2012 London Olympics. The road to the gold medal may not that easy for Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and the U.S. team. 

In online betting, there is no doubt that the U.S.Basketball team has their strong advantages but there are still possible loopholes to their strength. People know that nothing is certain when it comes to the Olympics. They should be aggressive in pursuing the gold medal. The U.S. team also has some tough competitors since other NBA Superstars are also playing for their home country. Team Spain is one of teams to look after in the 2012 Olympics. The famous Gasol brothers will be playing for Spain. Other countries competing for gold would be Russia, Argentina, Brazil, Australia etc. In 2004, the U.S. Dream Team failed to take home the gold and lost to Argentina who nabbed their first gold medal in Olympics basketball. United States only finished with bronze. 

In this year’s London Olympics exhibition matches, the U.S. Basketball team has been showing a great performance and giving all they got when they won all of their matches. In their final match against another strong competitor, Argentina, the U.S. Dream team showed a slow start that allowed Argentina to score 80 points and win by only six points in the game. Sports betting online experts are sure that Argentina is just one of the strong teams the U.S. Olympic Basketball team has to face and conquer. There are still other strong competitors that would put the high stakes of the U.S. Dream Team at stake.