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Wilson’s Star bet pays Tabcorp

The Star City casino was a standout performer for Tabcorp in 2002. Photo: PETER MORRIS

Outgoing Tabcorp managing director Ross Wilson will leave the gaming group on a high after handing down a 39 per cent increase in earnings on the back of a strong performance from its Star City casino.

The Victoria-based company posted a net profit after tax of $261 million, well up on last year’s $187 million and at the top end of market expectations.

Mr Wilson’s once controversial acquisition, Sydney casino Star City, was the standout performer in 2002, posting a 41 per cent surge in profit before interest and tax to $158.5 million, helped by cost reductions and the scrapping of its loss-making high-roller business.

Mr Wilson, who leaves the group at the end of the month, said: “I am leaving the UFABet company in a very strong position, which is a credit to the board, management team and employees,” he said.

Mr Wilson, who oversaw a 32.5 per cent annual compounded growth rate since 1994, said he was confident the company could maintain above-market growth rates in the new financial year and into the future.

He cited second-half profit growth of 39.6 per cent – above the first-half growth of 38 per cent – as evidence of a positive trend.

Still, Mr Wilson said he expected fiscal 2003 “to be a very tough year” given economic conditions.

Mr Wilson said the company should focus on a local acquisition.

Tabcorp paid down $165.4 million in debt during the year, giving it a debt to equity ratio of just over 50 per cent and a balance sheet allowing it to make another billion-dollar-plus acquisition.

“But I’d like the company to do what it’s done before: wait ’til the time is right. I wouldn’t rush it. If you’re wrong, you never recover,” Mr Wilson said.

Tabcorp’s result was struck on a 6.6 per cent increase in sales to $1.9 billion.

The Star City performance was helped by the closure of its high-roller operation, which lost $6.5 million in the previous year.

On a like-for-like basis, Star City’s profit was up 34 per cent.

Star City sales rose 4.4 per cent to $611.9 million, but improved in the second half, rising 6 per cent.

Star City’s operating expenses slumped 6.7 per cent, helping keep costs to $1.53 billion, against the previous year’s $1.47 billion.

Tabcorp’s wagering operations’ profit before interest and tax rose 21.9 per cent to $63.9 million, helped by the success of the soccer World Cup, which drove a 68.5 per cent rise in sports betting. Sales from the unit rose 6 per cent to $403 million.

Its gaming division’s profit before interest and tax rose 5.7 per cent to $230 million, despite an additional $12.2 million in government levy, which was offset by an 8.4 per cent increase in sales to $917.6 million.

Shares in the company fell 11¢ to $12.89 yesterday after running up almost 8 per cent in the previous six sessions.

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Split Second Ligaz11 Decision

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How I ended up in Blackbark, Idaho that night is because my kid brother and his wife are in The Casino Business. That’s what I always tell people. Sounds better than saying Nora is a waitress and Joey is a busboy.

Joey and Nora got started in poker rooms because of me, back when all three of us lived in Los Angeles. I had become a floorman the traditional way. First I was a professional poker player, then I went broke a few times so I became a poker dealer. I was very good at staying quiet when it mattered most, so they made me a floorman. That’s when my brother Joey started hanging around the poker room where I worked, and before I could save him, he got hooked on Omaha. And that’s where he met Nora. At an Omaha table.

They both gambled themselves broke, repeatedly, and one day Joey came up to me with a prepared speech.

Him: I want to be a dealer.

Me: No, you don’t.

Him: Yes, I do. And so does Nora.

Neither of them lasted long in the chair. Couldn’t take the heat. And by then they were too well connected and addicted to the scene to get out of it, so they took the next jobs they could get – waitress and busboy — as long as it was in a poker room.

Joey and Nora got married and they turned it into a cycle. First Nora got bored and had a fling. Then Joey started going to whores, even though he never did that kind of thing when he was single. Then came threats of divorce and it only took one called bluff before it was I’ll-see-you-in-court. Single again, they slimmed down and got to feeling good about themselves, attractive to everyone and especially each other. Then they were back in the sack and next thing you know they were going to movies and recommitting for life again. When Joey and Nora moved from LA to Blackbark a few years back, it was a big restart. New jobs, new town, new courthouse. A couple years later, Joey called me up:

“Hey Bo!” Joey always yells into the phone if he’s the one who called. “Me and Nora are splitting up again. Do you think you could come to town for a couple days and help out with some things?”

Here it was all these years gone by and it was still no different than when we were kids, Joey getting in a jam and me coming to the rescue. And now he needed me again. To help out. With some things. Translation: He needed my back to help with moving, he needed my mouth to help with lawyers, and he needed my wallet to help with everything. I went. And I helped. That was a year ago. Last week Joey called:

“Hey Brother! Pack your bags! Me and Nora are …

Net Judi Slot Online Gambling Ban Reappears in House

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Another Internet gambling prohibition bill is making the rounds. The House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday voted 34-18 in favor of a bill that would ban the use of credit cards for online wagering.

This is the second time in less than a month that an online gambling prohibition bill has been on the House’s agenda. Late last month, Rep. James Leach of Iowa tried to attach an Internet gambling provision to the anti-terrorist bill introduced in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

That provision was removed at the last minute, but many industry insiders did not expect it to disappear. And this latest development seems to indicate that it didn’t go very far at all.

The current bill, known as the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act of 2001” (HR 556) was introduced by Leach in February 2001. Leach has argued that Internet gambling is “the single easiest way to launder money,” and has been pushing hard to make it illegal.

Leach’s bill prohibits the use of credit cards, checks, and electronic fund transfers to in online wagering, and it would hold banks responsible if they knowingly allow violations of this legislation.

The new version of the bill does, however, include an amendment that excuses Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies from any wrongdoing for facilitating online wagering traffic. Another major carve-out in the bill is games of skill, which include fantasy sports leagues and ‘educational’ games.

Leach has managed to secure considerable support for his bill over the past year. House Financial Services Chairman Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio) commented in a prepared statement that the proposed legislation “will protect our financial system and give financial criminals one less place to hide.”

As the vote indicates, however, support for the bill was hardly unanimous. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts suggested that it is not the federal government’s responsibility to police gambling activity or oversee the way in which people spend their money.

Financial institutions aren’t very happy about the proposed legislation, either, because much of the responsibility for policing this bill falls squarely on their shoulders. And some Judi Slot Online industry experts don’t think that is a reasonable expectation.

Richard Hunter, managing vice president of business analysts Gartner Inc., noted that it would be possible for banks to screen known gambling sites, but that it is quite easy for these companies to disguise a casinos’ identity by using a different corporate name.

He also suggested that the proposed legislation would likely not be very effective at stopping money laundering, and that the U.S. federal government may actually be more concerned about lost revenue and drains on productivity rather than reducing funding for terrorist organizations.

The current version of the bill includes civil and criminal penalties for online gambling, including fines and prison terms of up to five years. Federal and state attorneys general would also be able to launch lawsuits against online gambling providers.

In related news, Rep. Bob Goodlatte reportedly plans on November 1 to …

Get a $20 PacificPoker Bonus by Shopping at the Card Player Store

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Buy two or more items from the Card Player Store and get $20 deposited to your PacificPoker account . This includes books and videos. You must be a cash player at PacificPoker to get the bonus. Click here for details. Be sure to enter your PacificPoker user name in the appropriate field to get the bonus.

PacificPoker to Host UK Open

PacificPoker will host the inaugural PacificPoker UK Open in jolly old London, England, from Oct. 26 to Nov. 7, 2004. With $1,080,000 in total prize money and a grand prize of $500,000, this televised gala affair is sure to become a not-to-be-missed annual event on the poker calendar.

The initial tournament seating will consist of 18 six-player tables. The last man “standing” at each table will pocket $10,000 and progress to one of three semifinal tables, again, each with six players.

The top two players from each semifinal table will progress to the final six-player table. Each player at the final table will receive a minimum of $30,000 in prize money, and the chance to win $100,000 for third place, $150,000 for second, and $500,000 for the championship.

The tension and excitement are sure to be thicker than the famed London fog. The buy-in for the PacificPoker UK Open is $10,000. Or, be one of the lucky few to win a complimentary entry, plus a bonus $2,500 in spending money, for as little as $5 by playing in one of PacificPoker’s online satellites. So, don’t get shut out. Sign up or start playing the satellites today.

Get a $20 UltimateBet Bonus by Buying Books From the Card Player Store

UltimateBet has teamed up with Card Player with an exclusive offer for newsletter subscribers. Just buy two or more books from the Card Player Store, or subscribe to Card Player magazine, and get a $20 UltimateBet Bonus. You were going to buy those books anyway, so get an UltimateBet Bonus for doing so. You must be a cash player at UltimateBet to get the bonus. This offer will end soon, so hurry and click here for book details. To subscribe to Card Player magazine, click here. Be sure to enter your UltimateBet user name in the appropriate field to get the bonus.

UltimateBet is offering freeroll Poker Online Pkv Games tournaments for the entire month of July to players at Card Player Poker, with prizes that can be used to enter regular tournaments or satellites for two major World Poker Tour events. There will be four freeroll tournaments daily, Monday through Friday, at Card Player Poker. Place in the top 50 to win a seat in the Sunday weekly freeroll event, which takes place at the UltimateBet site, in which each of the top 10 winners receives a prize of one tournament entry chip plus $9 cash. You can use that to play any $100 plus $9 real-money tournament at Ultimatebet.com. You can enter the regular $100 plus $9 tournaments, which award cash prizes …

George’s QQ Online Pkv Premiership Predictions

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Leicester City and Tottenham are the only two teams left with a realistic chance of winning the 2015-2016 Premier Peague title.

Leicester duly beat Sunderland 0-2 away last weekend, while Tottenham overcame Manchester United 3-0 thanks to a three goal blitz midway through the second half.

Arsenal, in third, could only manage a 3-3 draw with West Ham in a thrilling London derby.

Manchester City in fourth beat West Brom at the Etihad in a game where their visitors had chances to come away with a point.

This week Leicester take on West Ham at home, while Spurs have a tricky QQ Online Pkv game away at Stoke. Manchester City play Chelsea away with Arsenal in another London derby with Crystal Palace.

Saturday, 16 April 2016

Norwich 1 v Sunderland 2

Everton 2 v Southampton 1

Man Utd 2 v Aston Villa 1

Newcastle 1 v Swansea 2

West Brom 2 v Watford 0

Chelsea 1 v Man City 0

Sunday, 17 April 2016

Bournemouth 1 v Liverpool 2

Leicester 1 v West Ham 2

Arsenal 2 v Crystal Palace 0

Monday, 18 April 2016

Stoke 1 v Tottenham 0

George’s Premiership Predictions April 16 2016.

FA Cup

The FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley promise to deliver some fantastic action as Man Utd face Everton and Crystal Palace meet Watford. As always bet365 will be offering an extensive range of pre-match and In-Play markets. With their Bore Draw Money Back offer even a goalless draw is never the worst result – if you place a pre-match bet on any Correct Score, Half-Time/Full-Time or Scorecast markets for any Soccer match and if the game finishes 0-0, bet365 will refund your stake if the bet loses.

This offer will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, and the match finishes 0-0, only the remaining active stake will be refunded.

Euro 2016 Punters All Over Carroll Unlike Rash

Weekend hat-trick hero Andy Carroll is now 10/1 from 33/1 to make the England Euro 2016 squad this summer with Marcus Rashford’s price going the other way after being hooked at half time against Spurs.

bet365’s Steve Freeth “Carroll was available at 33/1 before the Arsenal game, 14/1 at half time after his quick fire brace and that was soon 10/1 when he completed his hat-trick in the 52nd minute with Rashford now out to 20/1.

“A fit and firing Carroll may give Hodgson a ‘Plan B’ option, but fitness concerns may be against him.”

Betting Editorial Soccer – City paired with Real Madrid

Manchester City will play one of Manuel Pellegrini’s former sides, Real Madrid, in the semi-finals of the Champions League after edging past Paris St-Germain. The 62-year-old Chilean was in charge of Real in the 2009/10 campaign when they finished second in La Liga behind Barcelona. City are in the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in their history after securing a 3-2 aggregate victory against PSG. In …

The Carlos Toto Hk Tevez saga: They think it’s all over…

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It may have hung over the Premier League like a bad smell for nearly two years but the Carlos Tevez transfer saga appears to have finally been resolved.

A tribunal was due to convene today to decide the amount of compensation due to Sheffield United for West Ham United illegally fielding Carlos Tevez in the 2006/07 season.

The proceedings are no longer required as both clubs have settled on a figure of just over £15 million.

Sheffield United maintained that they were relegated as a direct result of West Ham playing Tevez whilst fully aware his contract was in breach of Premier League rules.

The specific statues in question cover the murky area of third-party ownership of players. During the season in question Tevez’s registration was Toto Hk shared between West Ham and MSI Sports Management.

Sheffield United’s outspoken chairman Kevin McCabe is pleased with the eventual outcome even if it did take 22 months to come to fruition.

“We are happy and satisfied with the settlement with West Ham.

“Throughout the finalisation of the terms for the agreement, the discussions were friendly, co-operative and in the best of spirit with both the Blades and Hammers advisory teams.

“We are two clubs with a fantastic footballing history who now want to move on and focus on the business of playing football, hopefully for us against the Hammers in the Premier League next season.”

For his part the West Ham chief executive Scott Duxbury is also relieved the protracted wrangling has been put to bed.

“For everyone concerned, the time was right to draw a line under this whole episode.

“We have had very positive discussions over a number of days with Sheffield United and acknowledge their willingness to resolve this in the best interests of both clubs.”

It is understood that the £15 million or thereabouts is due to be paid in instalments over the next five years.

West Ham United could have ended up paying more if the matter had gone before the scheduled tribunal. On the other hand Sheffield United are keen to get some cash as soon as possible to cement their assault on promotion back to the Premier League.

This payout by the Hammers comes on top of the £5.5 million they were fined by the Premier League back in April 2007. On this occasion West Ham were found guilty of breaking third-party ownership agreements from the moment Tevez and his compatriot Javier Mascherano arrived at the Boleyn Ground.

Although fined West Ham did avoid a points deduction which would have lead to the club finishing below Sheffield United and being relegated in their place.

This seeming injustice prompted Kevin McCabe to push the Blades grievances through the courts. It was Tevez’s crucial goals at the tail end of the season which took West Ham above Sheffield United in the final Premier League table.

A joint inquiry …

Transfer Mill Starts To Grind In Pengeluaran HK South Korea

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In between football seasons comes the silly season – a time when clubs are looking for new players and vice-versa. The internet bulges with stories of interest, denials, refusals, offers, medical tests, breakdowns and then, sometimes, a picture of a beaming player wearing a new club shirt.

The World Cup comes around every four years to add extra impetus. The global stage acts as a month-long advertisement for players. In Korea’s case it lasted almost three weeks but it was enough to set a few wheels in motion.

Potentially the biggest transfer of a South Korean player this summer is that of Park Chu-young. The striker, who turned 25 last week, already Pengeluaran HK plies his trade in Europe and has been with AS Monaco since August 2008. His solid performances in France were noticed in bigger leagues and then his impressive displays in South Africa, have, according to reports, persuaded English Premier League clubs to check their bank balances to find the $10 million or so that would be necessary to buy him.

Monaco doesn’t want to sell but that doesn’t always matter in the modern transfer market. The Ligue One team played an exhibition against Incheon United on July 11 after which coach Guy Lacombe was quizzed by local journalists about the future of the former FC Seoul star. The boss said the usual stuff about that ‘Park is a Monaco player’ but admitted that ‘never’ was not a common word in the lexicon of football.

The English media took notice of such remarks and so did, according to reports, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Aston Villa and Fulham. It is an impressive list and while such reports should often be served with a pinch of salt, there is a gathering of momentum that suggests that Park will be on his way north before the end of the summer. It will be a move welcomed by a Korean media that likes to see its stars in England, the most popular league in the world.

Those journalists would probably choose Liverpool, 18-time English and five-time European champions, as the preferred destination. With Park Ji-sung at Manchester United, another Park at United’s great rival just up the road would add an interesting extra sub-plot ahead of the new season.

New Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson, who hardly selected Seol Ki-hyeon in his time at Fulham, has asked the club’s loyal fans that if they have to read transfer reports, not to read too much into them.”We are looking to add to and improve the squad, but I prefer not to talk or say what we are doing until we have something concrete to announce,” he told the club’s website. “We are being linked with players left, right and centre and it amuses me that we are sometimes linked with players we haven’t even heard of.”

The well-travelled Hodgson has certainly heard of Park as it has been claimed in England and Korea that …

Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club V Judi Online Deposit Pulsa Liverpool FC Dr. Joel Rookwood

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There was something vaguely recognisable about Ferihegy Airport as I left the terminal building yesterday morning en route to central Budapest. The last time we had visited the Hungarian capital was during a painfully long European trip, the type only the UEFA Cup can serve up. It was an era that predated the continent’s current accessible, extensive and affordable budget airline network, and we inextricably chose Budapest as a suitable city from which to embark upon an overland journey to Sofia for the UEFA Cup tie against Levski in 2003. We seemed to overlook the fact that an entire country lay in between Hungary and Bulgaria. It proved to be an adventure of bribing corrupt officials, crashing into trams, sleep Judi Online Deposit Pulsa deprivation, uninsured driving and eating horse burgers for tea, a journey which also involved driving the length of the country formerly known as Serbia and Montenegro. The flashback inspired by the familiar landscape of greater Budapest was a reminder of a journey that seemed to epitomise the UEFA Cup experience, as a collection of epic expeditions into the unknown.

Since those mediocre (albeit memorable) days when the UEFA Cup represented the sum total of our realistic European ambition, Liverpool have been spoiled with success. In a re-evaluation of contemporary club status, failure to reach the final of the Champions League has been re-conceptualised as just that, failure. And yet, as a consequence of an uncharacteristically poor start to this season’s continental campaign, demotion into Europe’s secondary competition looked likely, after results in the opening four games of the group stage of the European Cup had not gone Liverpool’s way. The harsh reality is that Benitez’s side have been victim of their own inadequacies in failing to finish in the top half of a group which on paper did not present a serious challenge to post-Christmas qualification. The re-establishment of Liverpool under Benitez as regular participants in the latter stages of Europe’s premier competition renders the slide into the farcical experiment that is the Europa League particularly notable.

Liverpool went into the crucial match in Hungary against definitive minnows Debrecen knowing that victory in match day five would be rendered largely meaningless, if group leaders Lyon succumbed to defeat away to second-place Fiorentina. Liverpool’s latest European adventure commenced according to plan, as the visitors immediately took control of the Pest contest. A fourth-minute goal from Parisian striker David Ngog was all the five-time European champions required in order to secure victory in the game. Despite having another twenty shots in the match, Liverpool failed to add to their lead. In truth however it was a professional and economic performance from a Liverpool team who were without the attacking prowess of Fernando Torres, with Yossi Benayoun and Alberto Aquilani only granted a late slice of the action. As for other attacking members of the squad, I heard unconfirmed reports that Ryan Babbel was busy giving an interview to another ‘news’ paper, whilst Andriy Voronin …

Twelve Retain Bandar Poker Online Crown in Europe

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In twelve of the more important European leagues this season’s champions are identical to last season’s title winners. In some countries the reign of one club has lasted for quite a long time; Olympique Lyon have won their sixth successive title while Olympiacos have collected their third title in a row and ninth in the last ten years. PSV have also made it three in a row in a most unlikely fashion, clinching the win on the final day.

Country Team Successive titles

Belgium Anderlecht 2

Bulgaria Levski 2

Croatia Dinamo 2

Denmark FC Kobenhavn 2

France Lyon 6

Greece Olympiacos 3

Hungary Debrecen 3

Italy Inter 2

Netherlands PSV 3

Portugal Porto 2

Scotland Celtic 2

Serbia Red Star 2

Celtic and Linfield among Double Winners

Celtic and Linfield have joined Dinamo Zagreb, Dynamo Kiev, Levski and Red Star Belgrade as double winners in the 2006/07 season. Only six teams have succeeded in winning both the league and Cup titles with Sevilla as the only remaining candidate for such an achievement.

Several clubs have come close to the double, notably German champions Stuttgart, who lost to Nürnberg 2-3 in the German Cup final. The runaway Italian Bandar Poker Online champions Inter failed dismally in the Coppa Italia losing to Roma 4-7 on aggregate, while the Hungarian champs Debrecen lost on penalties to Honved.

Country Double winners (score and rival in the finals)

Bulgaria Levski (1-0 Liteks)

Hrvatska Dinamo Zagreb (1-0 and 1-1 Slaven)

Northern Ireland Linfield (2-2, 3-2 pen. Dungannon)

Scotland Celtic (1-0 Dunfermline)

Serbia: Red Star (2-0 Vojvodina)

Ukraine: Dynamo Kiev (2-1 Shakhtar)

Deschamps “had a need for peace”

Just days after his team secured a return to top flight soccer, Juventus’ coach Didier Deschamps has quit, quoting pressure and lack of communication with the directors as his motives for resigning.

“A coach needs a tranquil atmosphere and I lacked that at Juventus. It is not that I wanted to have a say on everything, but just to find out how we would be organized next season,” the Frenchman told Radio Montecarlo.

As for his successor, Juventus’s chairman Jean-Claude Blanc revealed Marcello Lippi would be his pick.

“We would like to have him back as soon as possible. Let him choose what he would like to do.”

The former Juve and Italy coach claims he is nowhere close to returning to the bench vacated by Deschamps.

“I said I wanted to have a rest for a couple more months. If Juventus want me, I trust they will ask me personally. For now, there is no truth in that.”

Robbie Keane renews with Spurs

The Irish forward Robbie Keane renewed his contract with Tottenham Hotspurs for the next five years after completing his best season yet with the club. Keane scored 22 goals this season, raising his tally to 84 goals since joining Spurs from Leeds United in 2002.

The 26-year old international …

Killing me softly…..with Dominoqq Boumsong

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The pen is mightier than the sword, but definitely not in the hands of a Frenchman. As a result of Arsenal’s hilarious spot-kick, Thierry Henry is now responsible for the remainder of the Gunners’ penalties. The showboat capsized spectacularly, but it’s the bookies that will be turned over; back the French genius to be top Premiership goal scorer at 4/1.

Arsenal’s visit to Tottenham is the highlight of the weekend coupon, the Gunners won 5-4 on their last visit to the Lane (I think I tipped up 5-3), and another potential cracker is on the cards. Arsenal were as short as 8/15 for the thriller last season; with Edgar Davids unavailable due to suspension and 6/4 on offer for the Gunners, Arsenal are the nap of the week.

Like all housewives, the Mrs. has a cushy life. But after long Dominoqq research, I’ve discovered an occupation that’s even easier than watching TV and eating chocolate all day. The West Ham defenders have the cushiest job in the country this weekend, even easier than being Robbie Savage’s fan mail opener.

Anton Ferdinand & Co have the simple task of marking Peter Crouch. It’s now 13 games without a goal for the beanpole striker, although unconfirmed reports suggest that he hit a post in training 2 months ago. We have to go back to 1963 to find the last time West Ham won at Anfield (I think Teddy Sheringham scored the winner), but the Hammers can be confident of a clean sheet in this one; back the goalless draw at 8/1.

Man City and Aston Villa both like to play football, and luckily for them, they meet in a football match on Monday night. City are in scintillating form on their own patch and have hammered the Villa in this fixture for the last three seasons. The 4/5 on offer for Man City should be treated like a jam doughnut in the presence of Wayne Rooney; it should be dived on before it disappears.

If you think that under/over 2.5 is the spread on the amount of goals Peter Crouch will score this season, you’re only partially correct, it’s also one of the most popular bets on a football match.

For the uninitiated, ‘under’ = 2 goals or less, ‘over’ = 3 goals or more. The match between Birmingham and Everton is a no brain ‘under’; it’s as close as you can get to a certainty without finding Jordan’s telephone number.

6 of the last 8 Birmingham matches have gone ‘under’ and it’s 9 out of the last 10 for Everton. You can back ‘unders’ at 4/7 in this match, and that’s similar to printing your own money, only a lot more legal. Never look a gift horse in the mouth, in fact, just stay away from Van Nistelrooy altogether.

West Brom are rock bottom of the recent form table (8 matches), making Newcastle a great bet at a whopping 5/4. Emre …