The Carling Cup final kicks off this Sunday at Wembley. Smart money’s on Chelsea but a Tottenham win isn’t completely unlikely.

Chelsea have managed to only lose twice in the last 18 years to Tottenham but that is irrelevent. Chelsea also beat Tottenham only a month ago in mid-january but that also is irrelevent! Okay, so Chelsea are the favourites but both Lampard and Terry are rumoured to be rested for the game so there’s hope. Also, Tottenham are in great form, beating premiership leaders Arsenal 5-1 to get to the final. Unfortunately for Tottenham fans, Chelsea have not lost in 15 games in all competitions and don’t look like their form is dropping.

The bookie’s, quite expectedly, have put Chelsea as favourites with such odds as 21/20 (Centrebet). A look at today’s odds have revealed that the best Tottenham odds are about 12/5 (VC Bet). 

Liverpool, following their exit from the FA Cup, courtesy of Barnsley,  are due to play Inter Milan in the Champions League. This could go one of two ways- either they will win, and their form could increase and therefore their results should better. Or, and I believe this is more likely, Inter could win and Liverpool could carry on going downhill ultimately ending in Raphael Benitez’ termination of contract as manager.
Inter Milan have been placed 2-1 to win the game (VC Bet) whereas Liverpool are on 13/8 (Boylesports). A boring draw is at 21-10 (Bet365).

It’s looking good for a Chelsea v Man U final in the FA Cup. The next fixtures, on the 8th March, are Sheffield / Middlesborough v Cardiff, Man Utd v Portsmouth (The winners of those two games play each other in the first of the semi final) and Bristol Rovers v West Brom, Chelsea v Barnsley (The winners of those play in the other semi).
Average bookie odds indicate that most predict the remaining games to go as follows:
Semi 1: Middlesborough v Man Utd
Semi 2: Chelsea v West Brom
Final: Chelsea v Man Utd - Chelsea win

OK I’m not a lesbian but I have to say that this girl is seriously gorgeous… I couldn;t believe my eyes when getting off the tube in central London yesterday and I saw this petite pretty girl being hounded by a guy with a camera.,… yes it was Jordan (the much much smaller boobed Jordan) with one of her kids…. I didn;t realise famous people used the tube and more importantly I didn’t realise how attractive this lady was in the flesh.  Jordan, or Katie Price, which I think is her real name, is married to Pete Andre and I think initially became famous for her ridiculously big boobs, but being a clever little business woman has made a name for herself!  She has  her own TV show, was on I’m a celeb (where she met her now hubbie) and for many years she was the face of Foxy Bingo, one of the nations most popular bingo sites.  Not doing bad really- she’s done a lot with her life, is incredibly attractive and down to earth enough to use the tube like the rest of us… good on your girl¬! and realised that you don;t need to have big knockers to be happy

I recently found the following site; Football Winners. It is a pretty basic idea where you pay £2 per ticket for a chance to win their weekly jackpot. You just select 10 winners out of the 25 weekend fixtures they give you, and if the pot isn’t won, it rolls over to the next week.

They had 17 winners last week netting a decent sum each, I’ll be having a go this week.

This week the fixtures to choose from are:

Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers
Arsenal v Newcastle United
Coventry City v Millwall
Oldham Athletic v Huddersfield Town
Peterborough United v West Bromwich Albion
Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle
Southampton v Bury
Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City v Blackpool
Burnley v Scunthorpe United
Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town
Huddersfield Town v Millwall
Luton Town v Leeds United
Grimsby Town v Shrewsbury Town
Port Vale v Bournemouth
Tranmere Rovers v Yeovil Town
Walsall v Gillingham
Bradford City v Barnet
Nottingham Forest v Bristol Rovers
Chester City v Rotherham United
Darlington v Macclesfield Town
Lincoln City v Dagenham & Redbridge
Milton Keynes Dons v Rochdale
Morecambe v Notts County
Wycombe Wanderers v Chesterfield

Let me know who your 10 winners be!

Click here to have a go at Football Winners.

Not sure what you all think about it and I am sure that you’ve all the heard the rumours…. Scrabble makers Hasbro and Mattel have launched an attack on Facejizz saying that thier ‘Scrabulous‘ Game is a ‘gross copyright and trademark infringement’.   Well I have to say that I quite agree with them- not sure if I had created the game Scrabble that I’d be happy about a direct rip off on some social networking site.  So its no suprise that the toy makes are a bit pissed off , BUT the problem is that over half a million facebook users (including most of my mates) are racking up games of Scrabulous on a daily basis, and becoming thoroughly addicted.  The ‘Save Scrabulous’ campaign on Facebook already has over 13,000 members, many of whom have also been badgering (in every way possible) the Toy makers Hasbro and Mattel and petitioning for it to be kept.

I know that work is dull, and that all these extra applications make Facebook the place to whilst away the time at work and make it a bit more bearable… I’m not so fussed though - we’re banned from using anything that looks vaguely like a social networking site (or ‘dating site’ as it comes up when you try and logon!).  so I say why don;t we go back to the good old archaic scrabble - like they played in the old days.  I love it and love playing with my granny (she’s amazing).. mind you just realised something… the beauty of the the tinternet and scrabulous is that I could actually play with her (even though she lives 3 hours away).  Surely this is the beauty of online gaming, you can play poker, online bingo or online casino from wherever you are in the world and you don’t have to leave your home and brace this wintery weather to pop down the bingo club or round to your mates house to play poker.. Think that I’ll fight with the others to keep Scrabulous alive!

Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy was the latest guest on this years Celeb Hijack BB and had to listen to the moaning and groaning from constestants as they gave her the reasons why they wanted to nominate their ‘fellow’ housemates for eviction. Looks like some of them were nominating out of pure jealousy saying things like she is too fit and good looking so I want her out (about Emilia) whilst her boy brother is the favourite for eviction.

Not sure what Kelly is doing on BB, she has herself become a bit of a celebrity recently whilst her Mum Sharon is better known as one of the judges on Xfactor as well as the face of Gala Bingo whilst her dad, Ozzy is a famous musician

Everyone is complaining about the new series of Big Brother and saying what is the world coming to - watching a house full of clowns and supposed entrepreneurs is what can I say - just dull. Jade, Jeremy and Victor face the public vote but I wonder if any of the public are watching this program, let alone bothering to vote for it- if you ask me its all a load of bollocks - BB1 and 2 were great but as the years wear on you have to be part of a freak show to be admitted on to the program and then the contestants end up airing all their dirty laundy and the skeletons from the cupboard to the general public,. They have now got these so called celebs going in for the day and giving them tasks and stuff.. just rubbish. Well even Paddy Power have not resorted to offering odds on this… so it must be bad! What do you think? new BB any good? or would you prefer to ahve a flutter on something much more interesting like who is going to win the US presidential election (now there is a fun one!)

Just heard about this cool new site called Dream and Win where players can win some great prizes - they just launched their online raffle where people are given the chance to fulfill their ultimate fantasies and win fab prizes such as the chance to fly a Mig-29 aircraft or a Formula One Race package which involves a 5 day all expenses paid trip to France (not bad!). The other prize is another 5 day trip this time to Russia to perfect the art of flying some of the Worlds best fighter jets and visiting the Airforce Museum there which is well reknowned. These have to be the ideal prize for adrenaline junkies and what a great present to win for Christmas. Players can feel safe playing at the site according to the owner Sagis, its a secure site and one that use proven technology and payment systems. It also completely transparent and players can see the odds of winning - the first prize 1 in 2000, but to be honest I’d be happy to win one of the many other prizes out there, not sure I’m up for flying a fighter jet - think that might be a bit lethal with me driving!

The gambling industry has moved a long way since the times when Vegas was considered the only place to place your bets. Nevertheless, UK gambling market is still fairly immature. We have been betting on horses for centuries, but online for hardly a decade.

The biggest growth came for 2005 and 2006, which attracted media, public and investors due ot he huge potential the gambling market represents. The concept of free bets has only been discovered thanks to online gambling. online casinos have been seriously hit by the recent gambling regulations though. Firstly, none of the online casinos outside the EEA (European Economic Area) are permitted to advertise any more, unless they are on a “Whitelist”, which is a list of all the operators that have received exclusive rights to advertise for being genuine, safe and secure for the user. The fact that UK bookmakers are now also prohibited to accept bets from US users, who used to generate the most profit for the UK businesses, came as another huge hit to the operators’ profits.

It seems that with the development and rapid growth of the industry, the governments of most countries started getting concerned about the threats the industry brings, such as crime, fraud, underaged and compulsive gambling and so son. America went further than anyone else in “protecting” their citizens by banning online gambling all together, but the laws are very unclear, as they vary from state to state and have exclusions, such as scratch cards and lottery tickets. The ban has been critisized by many, including some government officials. There are speculations that US government introduced the law to be more in control of such profitable market, as most of the online operators were based outside the US borders.

Even Russian government is planning to introduce gambling regulations by 2009, which made its gambling giant, Ritzio Entertainment Group, look elsewhere to ensure the contengency plan is in place if the regulations are to be introduced.

I am very interested in what you have to say about this. Do you think that our “protectors” are in it to help and ensure safety and security or there is a hidden agenda there? Please leave your comments below.