Articles tagged with "betting"
Check Your Fridge. Bruce Grobbelar Might Be in There.
By Daryl | August 6th, 2009Here's a nice little gambling commercial from PaddyPower, with former Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelar jumping out of a guy's fridge to refund a losing bet. I ...
2009 Confederations Cup Odds via PaddyPower
By Daryl | June 11th, 2009Here are PaddyPower's odds for the 2009 Confederations Cup. They're making Spain favourites at 6/4, with Brazil second at 9/5. Or if you fancy flushing ...
Offshore Oscar's picks May 30, 31 - Bombs away
By Offshore Oscar | May 28th, 2009This is the last official weekend of the season for this series, but don’t be surprised if I pop up during the summer with some ...
Offshore Oscar's pick May 27 - We are going to try something here
By Offshore Oscar | May 26th, 2009The season is quickly winding down, and from the looks of our recent results, it can’t happen soon enough. Last weekend we were very close ...
Barcelona vs Man Utd Champions League Final Betting Odds
By Daryl | May 26th, 2009We know Barca vs Man Utd is going to be a tight game. And the odds from PaddyPower (below) pretty much confirm that... To win the ...
Offshore Oscar's picks May 23, 24 - Splashing on some Köln
By Offshore Oscar | May 21st, 2009Last weekend was another somewhat disappointing one at the betting windows, but that was tempered by the fact that I found what looked like a ...
Offshore Oscar's picks May 16, 17 - Putting the fun back into the fundamentals
By Offshore Oscar | May 14th, 2009Our two plays last weekend didn’t get us anywhere, but that’s why they call it gambling, except in Las Vegas where they call it “gaming” ...
Bookmaker Paddy Power Refunds Chelsea Bets from the CL Semis
By Laurie | May 8th, 2009When it comes to publicity stunts to create fan loyalty, this has to be one of the best we've seen. Paddy Power, the quirky ...
Offshore Oscar's picks May 9, 10 - Well, that didn't work
By Offshore Oscar | May 7th, 2009My midweek Champion’s League London home-teams parlay went over just about as well as a right-wing radio talk show guy trying to host the Oscars ...
Offshore Oscar's picks for May 5, 6 - London Locks
By Offshore Oscar | May 4th, 2009Even as I typed that this last weekend was “easy money” I thought it would be funny if my picks went 0 for 3, but ...
Offshore Oscar's picks May 2, 3 - Easy money will be ours
By Offshore Oscar | May 1st, 2009Last weekend was tough with two frustrating draws on games that could easily have been wins, but that happens all the time so you’d think ...
Offshore Oscar's picks April 25, 26 - Newcastle celebrates a future WAG
By Offshore Oscar | April 23rd, 2009We proved once again last week that it’s better to be lucky than good, and had another smashing weekend at the windows. Chris Hamburg helpfully ...
Offshore Oscar's picks April 17,18 - Brummies gonna make us rich
By Offshore Oscar | April 16th, 2009Friggin Napoli never got into gear, and the North London squads looked flat early last weekend, but those two came through big and we had ...
Offshore Oscar's picks - April 10,11 Norf London parlay time
By Offshore Oscar | April 9th, 2009I’m back from Mexico, and I can’t tell you how thrilling it was to meet so many people who follow my picks while on holiday! ...
Offshore Oscar's picks April 1 - Goin' to Mexico
By Offshore Oscar | March 31st, 2009Another frustrating weekend has us bleeding units again, but we are still way ahead for the season and look to be a pretty good bet ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Mar-28, 29 - Uruguay or the highway
By Offshore Oscar | March 26th, 2009Last week was a nightmare from a betting standpoint, as we lost all three positions without even getting much of a thrill. But I prefer ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Mar-21, 22 - Roma/Juventus too close to call
By Offshore Oscar | March 20th, 2009Another great weekend as we hit two of three propositions, and now our total is heading back toward its peak from a month ago. Those ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Mar-14, 15 - Attention Groundskeeper Willie
By Offshore Oscar | March 12th, 2009We had a great weekend so we were finally able to hit the “overcharge” button on that nasty losing streak and we are swimming in ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Mar-7, 8 - Madrid Derby and soft drink action
By Offshore Oscar | March 5th, 2009The next time I attempt a 4-team London parlay of favorites, I’d appreciate if someone would slap me around a bit to bring me back ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Mar-3,4 - London, calling all parlay fans
By Offshore Oscar | March 2nd, 2009The Hammers came through on Sunday, even though their German counterparts in Hamburg got crushed, but we’ll still take the much-needed units to stop the ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Feb-28, Mar-1 - It's payback time, dammit!
By Offshore Oscar | February 26th, 2009As Radiohead famously sang, ‘Gravity always wins’ and it seems to apply to football betting as well, with our crazy lucky streak turning around in ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Feb-24, 25 - Champions League midweek specials
By Offshore Oscar | February 23rd, 2009When Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross was credited with the teams’ third goal against Portsmouth in the 90th minute, it felt like a sweet moment for our ...
Offshore Oscars picks Feb-21, 22 - Stoked about this Serie A draw
By Offshore Oscar | February 19th, 2009Last week was a bloodbath for us, betting-wise, and watching all those scoreless draws was probably not a lot of fun even for the nutters ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Feb-14 and 15 - Italian and French WAGs special
By Offshore Oscar | February 12th, 2009That USA win during the week seemed so easy that it’s amazing we more than doubled our money on that bet, but that was offset ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Feb-11 – CONCACAF time
By Offshore Oscar | February 10th, 2009Arsenal and Hamburg each managed to disappoint in their own special way over the weekend, but my Serie A parlay came in to prevent a ...
Offshore Oscar's picks Feb-7,8 - Spurs overmatched and it's burger time
By Offshore Oscar | February 5th, 2009This thing has gotten so easy that I keep waiting for Ashton Kutcher to burst through the doors and say that he’s secretly had all ...
Bets Off: No WPS Championship for FC Gold Pride
By David | February 2nd, 2009Anyone care to wager on the likely regular-season champion for the inaugural Womens Pro Soccer 2009 season? Before you put down that hard-earned cash, take note ...
Offshore Oscars picks Jan-31 and Feb-1 - EPL, Bundesliga, and La Liga locks
By Offshore Oscar | January 29th, 2009If FIFA had raised the crossbars a bit (like I’ve suggested to them so many times!) before that Wigan-Liverpool match on Wednesday, I’d probably be ...
Offshore Oscars picks Jan-28 - Midweek upset specials!
By Offshore Oscar | January 27th, 2009Another great weekend leaves us with so many units that we can barely find a place to keep them. I’m now detailing my results from ...
La Liga Over, Barca Winners, According To Betting Company.
By chris | January 27th, 2009If you're a fan of any other Spanish side, something says all this "Barca, Barca, Barca" is beginning to sound an awful lot like "Marsha, ...
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