51 and counting.As if FIFA were not in enough hot water already over goal-line incidents.

In an interview with Germany’s Focus magazine, President Sepp Blatter made an extraordinary admission that football’s governing body was considering abolishing draws and extra-time in World Cup finals matches.

According to Blatter’s admission, penalty shoot-outs could replace ties in the group games, while, mirabile dictu, the ‘golden goal’ could make a return to the knock-out stages in order to spice up extra-time before another shoot-out, if necessary.

What has prompted this sudden revelation of another potential volte-face, following FIFA’s u-turn on technology last week?

Blatter is presumably reacting to the meagre 2.27 goals-per-game average from the 2010 World Cup, the second-lowest on record, narrowly beating Italia ’90’s 2.21 haul.

The opening round of two games per group yielded only 1.6 goals on average, with nothing beyond Germany’s 4-0 trouncing of Australia to write home about Togel Singapore. The tournament was dull in footballing terms, with the exception of Germany’s brief but fantastic foray to the semi-finals, which yielded a rich harvest of breakaway goals and sent the lumbering old battleships of England and Argentina spiraling to the bottom with aplomb.World Cup.

But a resoundingly negative final littered with bookings, gamesmanship and brutal tackles put an unhappy seal on what should have been a carnival of football. At the climax of Sepp’s big show, the watching world was left unhappy and even the winners Spain took their crown having netted fewer times (eight in seven games) than any previous champions. Blatter felt responsible.

South Africa after all was the President’s baby from the moment he first garnered African votes to win the top job in football with the promise of a World Cup hosting in return. Perhaps he is over-reacting to the bad impression the finals left on the field, or indeed looking to be a pro-active president as a re-election looms in 2011, although his throne looks safe.

With UEFA increasingly strutting its stuff and steaming ahead with its own innovations such as the extra …

We live in a world where everything has become online. Although this has its advantages, some people are fonder of a realistic approach towards things. In this case, the world of gambling and casinos has taken a turn in that direction. In the time span of 20 years, online betting has become incredibly popular. This is a great thing because it has become more available for all those that wish to venture into the world of gambling. It’s also good because it gives people that aren’t quite skillful at gambling a chance to try it out for free, as there are numerous sites that have moneyless gambling games which can help you learn about a certain game.

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Here you will find a comprehensive guide to strategic craps techniques, you can use these to increase your expertise and your advantage!

Place the chips half-on and half-off the bottom of the pass line. If on the next roll a 4 is hit you win your pass line bet back, and an additional sum of money derived from the odds bet. In this case, the payoff is 2 to1 on the odds bet. The actual number the point is set to determines the payout on odds bets. If the point is set to 4 or 10, odds bets are paid back at 2 to 1 odds. If the point is set to 5 or 9, odds bets are paid back at 3 to 2 odds. If the point is set to 6 or 8, odds bets are paid back at 6 to 5 odds.

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The Don’t Pass Bet

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Betfairs first online Togel Singapore poker tournament

A 31-year-old scaffolder from County Laois, near Dublin, has won Betfair’s first online poker tournament. His winning hand of a pair of tens sealed his victory over more than 600 entrants and he has walked away with £21,000 prize money, a fifth of the total £100,000 prize money, and a trip for two to the Melbourne Cup next month.

“It’s brilliant and fantastic that I won,” said the Irishman. “The small €5 and €10 tourneys are a great way to get experience and to learn the game. If the cards fall right, anyone can win it – everyone has a chance.”

The scaffolder, who plays under the pseudonym Zxnm, is a relative newcomer to poker. He has only been playing Texas Hold’em for a year and had previously played in just one satellite tournament. He won his place in Betfair’s tournament through a £10 single table satellite.

He has yet to decide what to spend his winnings on and he has never been to Australia before. “I didn’t even realise I was going until after I’d won and I haven’t even thought about who I will take with me.”

Binion murder trial begins

Jury selection has begun in Las Vegas for the retrial of the pair accused of the murder of Ted Binion, who ran Binion’s Horseshoe, the home of the World Series of Poker.

Ted Binion, whose family controlled Binion’s Horseshoe, was found dead in his home Sept. 17, 1998. In May 2000, his girlfriend, Sandy Murphy, and her lover, Rick Tabish, were convicted of his murder and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

In 2003, their murder convictions were overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court and a new trial was ordered. Tabish remained in prison while Murphy was released in December 2003, pending a new trial.

Binion’s family owned the famed downtown Binion’s Horseshoe Hotel & Casino, the home of the World Series of Poker. But he lost his gaming license over allegations of drug use and ties to a mob figure.

He fell …