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Moving On From Sports Betting – The Next Step

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So you’re done with sports betting now. Too many curve balls, poor shooting and dodgy refereeing decisions have cost you dearly, and you want to win money on something where you control all the variables. I don’t blame you.

Why would Borussia Dortmund unexpectedly capitulate in the 89th minute against third-tier opposition if not solely to irritate you and spoil your 5 way multi-bet? It can all be very frustrating. 

So how about heading somewhere else, where you (literally) hold all the cards and can make informed decisions based on odds that you understand and can calculate without any extraneous factors which have been costing you money? I’m talking about online casinos – you could be living the high life without leaving your living room. 

You won’t be on your own. Online casinos are a booming business, breaking through the geographical barriers which have limited people’s fun up until now. You don’t have to go to your nearest licensed venue that might be 10, 100 or 1000 miles away – you can do it all from the comfort of your couch. You can do it now!

But if you are going to look for somewhere to play, you’ll find that there is a huge range of operators out there, all vying for your business, and all offering something different to entice you. It might all seem too good to be true, and it probably is, so my advice is not to be taken in with cheap deals or offers which seem wonderful in the short term, but leave you worrying about your account after the sparkle has worn off.
No: rather look for trusted online casinos who will play fair and honour your payments, so that you can concentrate on the important matters, like choosing black or red at the roulette wheel and winning money on the river at the poker table! 

Give yourself some peace of mind by choosing sensibly, and there’s a world full of fun to be had out there. 

Enjoy!

Betting Guide, Sites and Apps

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The gambling industry has grown in leaps and bound over the years, and this growth is even more prevalent with the rise of smartphones and tablets, making it really seamless for people to be a part of the betting community, free of the conventional hassles.

As a consequence of this latest upward trend, we will try to provide readers with the latest betting trends, apps and sites for the year 2019. This post will serve as a go-to-guide for those looking to get into the betting industry in whatever capacity.

Role of Betting Apps

  • They are portable platforms which offer users the leverage to stake in any place and at anytime.
  • A secure system for depositing and withdrawing funds at any given time.
  • They offer great analysis and statistical information on different sporting events.
  • It is platform made favourable for real-time engagement.

Advantages of Mobile Betting Sites And Apps
There are numerous upsides that accrue from utilising betting sites and apps so much that there would be no need overstating them. But for the most part, one agreeable benefit of mobile apps and sites over previous systems are their ease of access and flexibility. Other benefits might include:

  • Portability: You are afforded the opportunity to bet in any place and at anytime, at your convenience.
  • Real Time updates: Fixtures are updated in real time, so there is never an idle moment.
  • Speed: The speed is really remarkable. You can place your bet in record time.
  • Zero-Marginal Cost: One of the benefits of betting apps is that you enjoy zero-marginal cost of doing business. You don’t get charged for the service. You simply register and start right off.
  • Bonuses: This is one upside that a lot of people love about betting apps and sites. They offer additional bonuses on stakes that can be claimed if won, which is an extra plus.

What To Watch Out For In A Betting App

There are a lot of mobile betting apps online today that it can become hard telling a good one apart. However there are key features to always watch out for when trying to pick a great mobile app. Outlined below are a few of such features:

  • User-friendliness: A good betting app must be user-friendly and be easy to navigate. The main page must contain all the menu with great graphics and icons to make for a great surfing experience.
  • Security: All transactions must be properly secured and encrypted by a trusted and verified payment gateway system.
  • PR service: Tested and trusted betgames should have a great up and running PR/customer service available 24/7 to handle customer complaints.
  • Incentives: A great betting app should be able to offer its users some incentives like bonuses and royalties.
  • Speed: A user should be able to place his or her bet in record time. Also deposits and withdrawal should also be made free of hurdles. Typical bad apps record numerous issues of customers making deposits and not getting reverts after being debited.

Best Mobile Betting Apps And Websites

Bet365 Mobile App
Bet365 is a British gambling and betting service. Its mobile app service features:
A simple but very user-friendly architecture.
Great menu system offering a ton of services.
A good management team
One of the best in the industry
Offers live betting
This service is available for both Android and iOS.

Betway Mobile App
Betway mobile betting app is a subsidiary under the Betway group that is home to several known such as Betway Vegas, Betway Casino, Betway poker etc.

  • This app is superfast.
  • It uses cloud computing technology that makes less use of data.
  • Very user-friendly.
  • Real time notification.
  • Available in both iOS and Android

William Hill Mobile App
William Hill plc is a betting service sited in Wood Green, London. Founded in 1934, and has an unbroken track record.
Key features of its app are:

  • It offers a very efficient system.
  • Great user interface.
  • Juggling between two platforms is very easy.
  • Offers live betting.
  • Available in both iOS and Android.

Betfair Mobile App
Known for having the largest online betting exchange in the world. Betfair mobile features:

  • An exchange app.
  • A great user-friendly interface and loads of live-streaming events.
  • Also offers live betting.

Heave

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I’ve been regularly hanging around my Flickr account for a little while recently, for reasons which will become clear real soon now. The downside of this is the massive lack of any sort of productivity, but there’s a upside as well: old photos.

Like this one.

That would be my daughter (in the pink), pulling a huge length of washed up kelp (brown, becoming black, straggly holdfast stage-right) across Suiderstrand beach. And thanks to the magic of EXIF (Exchangeable image file format), I can tell you to the nearest second when this photo was taken:

This would then be a week or so before Little Miss Pink’s 6th birthday, and I think we can all agree that that’s a lot of seaweed to be pulling around when you’re just five years old.

I can also see that this image was taken on the old PoS (point and shoot, people, be nice) Sony DSC-HX300 camera with its amazing 50x digital zoom (not used on this occasion) which according to this blog last from about September 2013 until September 2015. Lovely device, but I grew out of it rather quickly.

And it was still in use by my boy until I upgraded again earlier this year to my 80D and passed the 700D down the family line. Now it becomes one of those pieces of technology that isn’t worth selling, but that will be worth holding onto only for the sentimental value in a few decades time. Although looking at the recent hipster resurgence in SLR and film, maybe there’s actually more reason to pop it safely back into its box and into the attic.

Family time

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While all the other schools go back tomorrow, our kids have one more “extra” day of September holiday (ok, technically, the extra day is October) before they go back to the rigours of Term 4 and the rush towards Christmas and summer holidays, so we’re going to do some fun stuff as a family tomorrow.

Obviously, I can’t tell you what the fun stuff is, because then there would be hordes of fans trying to get my autograph and such wherever we ended up going. Look, I have no problem with the meet and greet routine – I love my readers – but it does rather get in the way of family time.

I can tell you for a fact that the 10 weeks of Term 4 will disappear into thin air quicker than your poorly guarded cellphone at the local Spur. 2019 is nearly over, and what have any of us actually achieved?

I’ve done alright. Some photography work, some fitness work, a promotion to the Premiership (by proxy), a decent haircut this morning, and some family time tomorrow. It’s all good.

But you? Basically, you have 3 months to get your 2019 sh*t sorted out.

 

Best get to it, right?

Flickr’d

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I finally managed to get a few images of the wildlife we saw this week up onto Flickr. Here they are.

Some by me, some by my daughter; some willing birds and animals, some less so. Lizards, Steenbok, Grey Rheboks, Blue Crane (above), Ostriches and a Cape Lappet Moth caterpillar.

The drive through to Black Oystercatcher never ceases to yield some amazing flora and fauna.

I have some sorting out to do on my Flickr stream, and I’ll get to that soon.