Monthly Archives: May 2018

Kentucky Derby odds have justify as the favorite

If it’s the first Saturday in May, that means the most storied thoroughbred race in North America is on tap: the Kentucky Derby, also called the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.”

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

The 144th Run for the Roses from Churchill Downs is Saturday with an apparent wide-open field. The current betting favorite in the 1 1/4-mile race for three-year-olds on the dirt track in Louisville is Santa Anita Derby winner Justify at +350.

Justify is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who has won the Kentucky Derby four times – last with American Pharoah in 2015. That colt became only the 12th winner of the Triple Crown (and first since 1978), which means a sweep of the Derby, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico two weeks later and the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park three weeks after the Preakness.

BetConstruct holds workshop ahead of G2E Asia

BetConstruct, an award-winning software provider, is visiting Macau this year to host Innovations Workshop and attend G2E Asia.

Held on May 14 in Macau, this will be the third event in the Innovations Workshop series conducted by BetConstruct. As always, the evening will combine informative showcase of the company’s latest launches and solutions, great food and fantastic entertainment. BetConstruct has a number of compelling solutions for the Asian market. We will demonstrate the solutions developed in response to the needs of the Asian market. That includes SpringBME with its gaming products marketplace, FeedConstruct’s data feed solutions and Friendship platform for streaming distribution and many more. The participants will have a chance to learn about new launches of BetConstruct. Follow the link to register for the workshop and learn about the company’s innovations.

With the slogan Connecting People and Innovations in the Asian Entertainment Industry, G2E Asia is an outstanding opportunity for industry professionals to network and tap into the regional market. BetConstruct has a huge showcase of its novelties prepared for the expo at Stand 2841. Alongside with enhanced data feed solutions and our renowned Asian view Sportsbook, we have Virtual Football Penalty Kicks, a new game added to our Virtual Sports solution and our Live Casino Software with a recent launch – Dragon Hall for Baccarat. However, the absolute highlight of our showcase will be our innovative virtual reality solutions: VR Casino, VR Live Dealer and VR Slot. To make sure our visitors find their stop at our stand exciting, during the days of the expo we will suggest them to play VivaroGo, a location-based game. Hunting for QR codes and scanning them, our guests can win real prizes! Not only VivaroGo is a highly engaging game, but also a powerful customizable tool for commercial campaigns and business promotion in general. To find out more how BetConstruct can help you create a successful business, follow the link to book a meeting with us at G2E Asia.

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Red and Black: Partypoker MILLIONS North America & Grand Prix Germany round-up

It was a case of red and black as the partypoker MILLIONS North America missed its guarantee but saw a man called Black taking down the CAD 1,400,000 first prize, and Alfred Holzer wins the Grand Prix Germany.

Taylor Black is the latest winner of a partypoker MILLIONS title. The Santa Cruz native travelled to Montreal to compete in the partypoker MILLIONS North America festival and took home the most significant score of his career.

David Eldridge, Karim Kamal, and Christopher Kruk had all finished top of the pile in the CAD 10,000 High Roller, CAD 1,000 Open and CAD 25,000 Super High Roller before 1,954 entrants punched a clock for the CAD 5,300 buy-in Main Event. The typically bullish partypoker LIVE team promised to pay CAD 10,000,000 to the players, and a few piggy banks will end up in the bin to find the CAD 300,000 overlay.

The man, Black, won’t care that partypoker ended up in the red. Speaking to the local press after his life-changing win, Black said he was ‘shell-shocked’ by the magnitude of his accomplishment. Not for the first time, Black’s bank manager will be making a personal call. Last year, he finished runner-up to Thomas Pomponio in the 18,054 entrants Colossus III at the World Series of Poker, earning $545,430.

Champions League review: Liverpool to face Madrid in Kiev final

Liverpool and Real Madrid face each other in a repeat of the 1980/81 European Cup Final when the pair meets in Kiev on 26 May in the final of the Champions League.

The last team to defeat Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League/European Cup was Liverpool.

1980/81.

Back then, Liverpool was the Daddy, marauding through Europe seeking out titles with the same ferocity that Thanos seeks out Infinity Stones. Today, they’re a half decent Premier League side, nothing more, nothing less. They trail the champions, Man City, by 21 points. Real Madrid is suffering a similar ill-fated domestic season, trailing Barcelona by 15 points.