Roy Hodgson has named his squad for the European Champions this summer and there is no place for the experienced Rio Ferdinand, while uncapped duo John Ruddy and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have been called up.  The bookmakers have now made England 12/1 favourites in the Euro 2012 odds, as punters react to the England squad selection.

And, of course, there are plenty of Euro 2012 free bets to pick up also, which is a great way to bet for free in the run up to the tournament.

Lots of people were hesitant to predict England’s chances until they knew who was on the plane. So now it has been announced, what does the betting look like?

There has certainly been plenty of discussion about players who have made it in and those who have missed out.

The bookmakers are now giving longer odds on Hodgson’s side lifting the trophy since the squad has been selected. The Three Lions have now been moved to 13/1, being overtaken by France as the fourth favourites to win the competition.

Andy Carroll has played his way into the squad with his performances for Liverpool over recent weeks.

The striker – who has scored three goals in seven matches for the Reds – could be asked to lead the line for Hodgson in the opening two games with Wayne Rooney being suspended. You can now back Carroll at 8/1 to be England’s highest goal scorer in the tournament.

Despite his ban for the first two matches, Rooney is still the favourite to end as Hodgson’s highest goal scorer. He is available at 5/1.

Looking at another talking point, a lot of eyes were on weather Rio Ferdinand and John Terry would be included in the squad. This is not the case though as Ferdinand finds himself left out of yet another European Championships.

Terry is almost certain to start the first game against France, but who will join him in the heart of defence?

Gary Cahill looks to be the most likely, especially as he plays with Terry for Chelsea and they look to have built a solid partnership.

The Chelsea duo are 4/5 to both start in central defence in France as England look to start Euro 2012 with three points.

Now the squad has been named, there is bound to be a lot of discussion and Hodgson will hope to learn more about his players in the two friendlies against Norway and Belgium.

Article source: http://www.caughtoffside.com/2012/05/17/euro-2012-odds-bookmakers-offer-free-bets-roy-hodgson-england-squad/

ANSWER: The Put bet is a seldom-played wager that you can make on the Pass line after a point is established. For instance, say you have no action on the Pass line and the shooter rolls a six. You can then put a bet down on the Pass line and instantly take the maximum odds.

The reason the casino allows you to make a Put bet is because you bypass a 22.2% chance of winning on the come-out if the 7 or 11 rolls, and only a 11.11% chance of losing if you crap out, which is when the 2, 3 or 12 appears. For the normal craps player, especially one who does not take Free odds, it is a terrible bet and not worth giving up the come-out roll potential.

If you abstain from taking Free odds, which, by the way, carry no house edge, the casino has a 9.1% advantage on a 6 or 8 Put bet, 20% on the 5 or 9 and an enormous 33.3% edge on the 4 or 10.

Players who take the benefit of instant Free odds will need to play on a table that offers at least 5x odds if the Put bet is played on either the 6 or 8; otherwise, it’s better to be Placing those numbers instead.

Only if the casino offers 10X, 50X and even 100X odds is a Put bet a decent bad wager, especially on a $2 game. The higher odds will more than offset the 7/11 come-out advantage. If the casino where you play offers only 2X odds max, it is more profitable to make a Pass line bet and take advantage of the come-out 7/11.

Q: When I approached a blackjack game, a dealer told me he was cold. After an hour of play, I was down just $10, so I would consider that an overall win. Does a dealer really know if he or she is about to get hot or cold? — Bill A.

A: As you approached the game, the dealer was offering comment on past performance, along with misguidedly relying on the notion that his preceding hands are a predictor of a future, frigid result.

A dealer can tell you at any given moment whether he or she is hot or cold, but that is just an observation from previous hands. What no dealer can do is predict whether he or she will be hot or cold in the future, simply because the next hand remains an independent, random event. The cards don’t care what has happened in the past.

MARK PILARSKI IS A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR FOR NUMEROUS GAMING PERIODICALS. E-MAIL QUESTIONS TO PILARSKI@MARKPILARSKI.COM .

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Police officials are warning that new United States sanctions on two key lieutenants of gang-lord Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, announced by the Treasury Department on Tuesday, are unlikely to have a significant impact on South Asia’s largest organised crime cartel.

Shakeel Ahmad Sheikh, also known as Chhota [‘Little'] Shakeel, and Ibrahim “Tiger” Memon — have been sought by the police in India since 1993 for their role in over a hundred violent crimes, most notably the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai.

The Treasury Department notification, interestingly, appears to bear out India’s long-standing charges that Memon is in Pakistan — recording that he travels on a passport issued by that country, number AA762402.

The sanctions prescribe harsh penalties for U.S. entities dealing with the two men or organisations they control, and allow for their assets to be seized.

Though the U.S. had imposed sanctions on Kaskar himself in 2003, the Indian and international police forces have not succeeded in bringing a single prosecution against his cartel, known as the D-Company. India’s police say they lack the investigative resources and appropriate legal frameworks to address the growing threat.

Narcotics operations

Meanwhile, the D-Company’s narcotics operations, running heroin extracted from opium grown in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s northwest, have expanded dramatically — and with it, multi-million dollar investments in property in India’s commercial capital.

“Every second day,” a senior Mumbai Police official told The Hindu, “We listen in to the D-Company discussing investments in Mumbai real estate.” He said much of the syndicate’s earnings from narcotics trafficking is ploughed into property in Mumbai’s suburbs — using cash, brought in through hawala networks that link the city to Karachi and Dubai. Property deals in the suburbs, as elsewhere in India, are routinely under-valued. Frontmen for the cartel then use the cash to buy property, especially those whose value is down, because they are under litigation.

Funds laundered through the sale of these property, an Indian financial intelligence expert said, were then routed to the United Arab Emirates and the West as legitimate investments. “London has become the new Dubai for the D-Company,” the officer said. “Last year, we had fairly credible reports that Kaskar’s brother had made a killing on gold arbitrage in London, but could never find hard evidence.”

Singapore-based financial expert Ryan Clarke has estimated Kaskar’s own worth at $430 million. Indian intelligence sources claim that the D-Company’s total assets could run close to twice as much, and it likely handles around $100 million a year of heroin — though there is no way of assessing the accuracy of these estimates.

Though the U.S. sanctions have been effective against South American drug cartels enmeshed in the banking system, India’s weak financial regulatory apparatus means the D-Company has largely been able to evade these checks.

India has few systems in place to register hawala dealers and transactions, and organised crime cartels find it easy to conceal remittances in the midst of multi-million dollar flows generated by businesses and expatriates. And the country is yet to proscribe the domestic hawala system, known as angariya, which is used by traders across the country — making it easy to move money within the country once it arrives. This and the opaque nature of the property market have rendered policing ineffective.

Efforts to crack down on the alleged frontmen for the cartel have met with little success. In 2008, the Mumbai Police initiated a rare criminal prosecution involving a cartel-controlled property in Malad neighbourhood. Property dealer Ibrahim Atharwala and Shaikh’s brother-in-law, Mohammad “Bhaijan” Arif, were among eight men accused of seeking to buy an apartment using the D-Company funds. But the police had little hard financial evidence to back their claims — and witnesses, with just one significant exception, turned hostile.

Low-level operatives of the D-Company are still targeted by the police. In January, for example, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested Rua’ab Ali, a Basti resident, alleged to have supplied weapons to the D-Company hit-men who attempted to assassinate Mumbai property magnate Manish Dholakia last year, allegedly after a deal went sour.

Not in a single case, though, have the police been able to seize assets purchased by the D-Company or its frontmen after 1993.

Mounting frustration

Experts say the mounting pressure from the U.S. against the D-Company comes from the realisation that its narcotics operations are funding terrorist operations across the region. In an October 2010 paper, analyst Gretchen Peters said: “Organized crime — and specifically the opium trade —has dramatically aggravated, prolonged and reshaped the conflict in Afghanistan.” She noted that the Pakistan-based jihadist groups, too, significantly profited from the business.

In a May 2009 operation in Helmand, for example, NATO and Afghan troops seized 92 tonnes of heroin, opium, hashish and poppy seeds, the second largest drug-haul of all time.

Evidence of the D-Company’s role in these operations surfaced in 2003, when the Treasury Department sanctioned Kaskar, declaring that his “syndicate’s smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa are shared with Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network.” “A financial arrangement was reportedly brokered to facilitate the latter’s usage of these routes,” it said adding that the gang-lord travelled in Afghanistan in the 1990s “under the protection of the Taliban.”

However, the sanctions have done little to stem Kaskar’s activities — much like the Afghan and Pakistani jihadists who operate outside the banking system, and use fake passports to evade travel restrictions.

Pakistan’s stand

Pakistan has doggedly refused to crack down on the D-Company, and insists that neither Kaksar nor his lieutenants live on its soil.

In a 2001 report, though, eminent journalist Ghulam Hasnain reported on the gang-lord’s ostentatious lifestyle in Karachi, saying he lived like a king.

“Home,” Mr. Hasnian wrote of Kaskar, “is a palatial house spread over 6,000 square yards, boasting of a pool, tennis courts, a snooker room and a private, hi-tech gym. He wears designer clothes, drives top of the line Mercedes’ and luxurious four-wheel drives, sports a half-a-million rupee Patek Philippe wristwatch, and showers money on starlets and prostitutes.”

In a recent interview to New Delhi-based NDTV, Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said the gang-lord enjoyed mass support in Pakistan.

“They think that he did a very good job,” General Musharraf said. “In Gujarat, they killed 3,000 Muslims. Therefore, Dawood Ibrahim reacted. So he is held in high esteem.”

Article source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3426302.ece

LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Use our free guide to find out how you can spread bet shares of Gloucestershire-based engineering company Renishaw PLC, following the announcement of their third quarter results.

Renishaw Share Price Climbs 11%

Leading the gains on the London Stock Exchange this morning (15 May), Renishaw PLC climbed 11.86% by 9:44 BST.

This boost followed the release of the firm’s third quarter results for the period ending 31 March 2012; showing a revenue for the first 13 weeks of the year to be £81.6 million – 4% up on the £78.4 million generated over the same period in 2011.

You can read more spread betting articles through City Index.

How to Spread Bet the Renishaw DFT

For those investors looking to spread bet shares – they can do so with City Index through their professional trading platform which is available both online and on your mobile.

With a City Index spread betting account, you can take a position on the future price movement of over 12,000 financial instruments, including shares such as Renishaw PLC.

The City Index Renishaw DFT represents the underlying instrument (Renishaw PLC) and offers you a spread price that’s derived from the price of the underlying instrument.

For example, as the market opened this morning – let us say that the City Index Renishaw DFT was available at a spread of 1380/1388. This is the sell and buy price.

Going Long on the Renishaw DFT

As the share price of Renishaw Plc rose this morning, investors decided to go long and buy shares on the Renishaw DFT market through City Index.

They did this because they expected that market to rise higher. Therefore, if you go long and buy with spread betting – you can net a tax-free* profit for each point rise in an instrument’s price, for example Renishaw shares in this case. However, you will also net a loss for each point fall in that price.

As an example, say you decided to go long and buy at 1388 for a stake of £10 per point. This means that for every point the underlying instrument’s share price rose, you would net a tax-free* profit of £10. As mentioned above – if it went against your position and fell, you would net a loss of £10 per point.

Let us say that having watched the market rise for an hour; you decide you want to close your trade.

The market is now available at a spread of 1527/1535 – it’s sell and buy price.

In order to cash in your profits, you sell back your shares at 1527.

As a result, you net a tax-free profit of £1390, i.e. (1527-1388) x £10 = £1390.

Understand Leverage Risk

It is imperative that you understand the risks involved before you start spread betting.

As a leveraged product, spread betting means you control a much larger position than your deposit would normally allow you to trade in the underlying market.

The advantage of this is that your winning trades can return much greater profits. However, the main risk is that your losses can be magnified in exactly the same way as your profits can be.

This means that risk management should play a crucial role in your trading strategy. 

Using the example above, let us consider what happens when the market moves against your position.

So, you have gone long on the Renishaw DFT for a £10 stake.

However, the market moves against you and begins to fall. You decide to cash in your profits to avoid further loss.

The market is now available at a spread of 1249/1257.

You sell back at 1249 – representing a 139 point decline and a £1390 loss, i.e. (1388-1249) x £10

You can read more spread betting articles like this through City Index.

*Spread betting is exempt from UK stamp duty and Capital Gains Tax. However, tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Please seek independent advice if necessary.

About City Index:

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in over 50 countries. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFDs and, in the UK, financial spread betting with City Index.

We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and expand our range of services. The result is our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer support. Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for details.

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LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Use our free guide to find out how you can spread bet shares of Gloucestershire-based engineering company Renishaw PLC, following the announcement of their third quarter results.

Renishaw Share Price Climbs 11%

Leading the gains on the London Stock Exchange this morning (15 May), Renishaw PLC climbed 11.86% by 9:44 BST.

This boost followed the release of the firm’s third quarter results for the period ending 31 March 2012; showing a revenue for the first 13 weeks of the year to be £81.6 million – 4% up on the £78.4 million generated over the same period in 2011.

You can read more spread betting articles through City Index.

How to Spread Bet the Renishaw DFT

For those investors looking to spread bet shares – they can do so with City Index through their professional trading platform which is available both online and on your mobile.

With a City Index spread betting account, you can take a position on the future price movement of over 12,000 financial instruments, including shares such as Renishaw PLC.

The City Index Renishaw DFT represents the underlying instrument (Renishaw PLC) and offers you a spread price that’s derived from the price of the underlying instrument.

For example, as the market opened this morning – let us say that the City Index Renishaw DFT was available at a spread of 1380/1388. This is the sell and buy price.

Going Long on the Renishaw DFT

As the share price of Renishaw Plc rose this morning, investors decided to go long and buy shares on the Renishaw DFT market through City Index.

They did this because they expected that market to rise higher. Therefore, if you go long and buy with spread betting – you can net a tax-free* profit for each point rise in an instrument’s price, for example Renishaw shares in this case. However, you will also net a loss for each point fall in that price.

As an example, say you decided to go long and buy at 1388 for a stake of £10 per point. This means that for every point the underlying instrument’s share price rose, you would net a tax-free* profit of £10. As mentioned above – if it went against your position and fell, you would net a loss of £10 per point.

Let us say that having watched the market rise for an hour; you decide you want to close your trade.

The market is now available at a spread of 1527/1535 – it’s sell and buy price.

In order to cash in your profits, you sell back your shares at 1527.

As a result, you net a tax-free profit of £1390, i.e. (1527-1388) x £10 = £1390.

Understand Leverage Risk

It is imperative that you understand the risks involved before you start spread betting.

As a leveraged product, spread betting means you control a much larger position than your deposit would normally allow you to trade in the underlying market.

The advantage of this is that your winning trades can return much greater profits. However, the main risk is that your losses can be magnified in exactly the same way as your profits can be.

This means that risk management should play a crucial role in your trading strategy. 

Using the example above, let us consider what happens when the market moves against your position.

So, you have gone long on the Renishaw DFT for a £10 stake.

However, the market moves against you and begins to fall. You decide to cash in your profits to avoid further loss.

The market is now available at a spread of 1249/1257.

You sell back at 1249 – representing a 139 point decline and a £1390 loss, i.e. (1388-1249) x £10

You can read more spread betting articles like this through City Index.

*Spread betting is exempt from UK stamp duty and Capital Gains Tax. However, tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Please seek independent advice if necessary.

About City Index:

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in over 50 countries. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFDs and, in the UK, financial spread betting with City Index.

We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and expand our range of services. The result is our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer support. Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for details.

Article source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/free-guide-spread-betting-renishaw-060000300.html

LONDON, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Use this free guide to spread betting for trading over 12,000 financial markets, including the Germany 30 and France 40 (based on the underlying Dax 30 and CAC 40 indices) with spread betting provider City Index.

Read more free Spread Betting Articles at City Index.

Political Unrest Pushes Stocks Down

Following the failed attempts of Greek President Kerolos Papoulias to form a coalition government between party leaders at the weekend, European stocks opened lower yesterday morning (Monday 14 May) as investors sold banks and resource stocks.

By 10:30am BST, the German DAX 30 and the French CAC 40 had fallen over 1.88% and 2.11% respectively.

With the fate of both Greece and the eurozone remaining unclear; investor confidence is low across many European stocks.

How you can Profit from a Falling Market

A key feature of financial spread betting is that you can gain exposure to market movements regardless of its direction.

For example, if you think that a particular market will rise – you go long and buy. In turn, your profit will rise in line with any increase in that price. However, your losses will increase in line with any fall in that price also.

Alternatively, if you believe a market will fall – you go short and sell. In turn, your profits will rise in line with any fall in that price. However, your losses will increase in line with any rise in that price also.

Remember, as a leveraged product – you run the risk of losing more than your initial deposit. Make sure you fully understand the risks before you start trading.

Read more free Spread Betting Articles at City Index.

Why Spread Bet with City Index

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in over 50 countries. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFDs and, in the UK, financial spread betting with City Index.

We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and expand our range of services. The result is our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer support. Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for details.

Read more free Spread Betting Articles at City Index.

Article source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/speculate-dax-30-cac-40-122500797.html

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Fantasy Football players left begging for more after the climax of one of the most dramatic Premier League seasons ever need not despair. Sky Sports Fantasy Football Euro 2012 game is here and open for entries!

If your Fantasy Football side failed to set the league table on fire during the domestic season, now is your chance to compensate as Europe’s finest battle it out in Poland and Ukraine.

Sky Sports Fantasy Football is completely free to play and with a top prize of GBP 5,000, plus a host of other great prizes, why not put your footballing nous to the test?

More importantly, bragging rights are at stake as players challenge their mates to prove superior footballing knowledge and managerial prowess. Both public and private leagues are available and with Private League+ you can even put your money where your mouth is and create a cash prize just for your league. Managers can set a wager for each entrant and dictate the pay-out structure. Sky Sports will play the role of banker, free of charge.

You’re the boss and you choose the team, the formation and the tactics. Although the final squads are yet to be announced, it’s not too early to start drafting your own team at leisure as there are unlimited transfers until the first game of the tournament on June 8th. From there on, each manager will be permitted to make 15 changes during the group stages, unlimited transfers once the final eight are confirmed and then 10 further transfers throughout the knock-out stages.

As with the Premier League game, bosses have the option of five different formations; 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2, 3-5-2 or 4-5-1. However, unlike the regular format, it is possible to select as many players as desired from one side, meaning those who expect England to end countless years of hurt this summer can fill their entire team with Englishmen, funds permitting. You have a budget of GBP 75m to spend.

After scoring seven goals in Euro 2012 qualifying, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the game, topping the list of strikers with a GBP 10m price tag. Germany’s Mario Gomez is next at GBP 9.9m, while England’s Wayne Rooney is the third most expensive player at GBP 9.8m, despite missing the opening two games due to suspension and having scored just three goals in qualifying. Better value at GBP 9.5m could be Holland’s Robin van Persie, who was the top scoring player in Sky Sports Fantasy Football this season with a gargantuan 306 points. With live scoring, you can see your Fantasy Football team rack up points live as the action unfolds.

To register for Sky Sports Fantasy Football Poland – Ukraine, click here.

Notes to editor

About Sky Bet

Sky Bet is the sports betting division of Sky Betting and Gaming, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Sky). One of the country’s leading betting and gaming companies, Sky Bet is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire and fully licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). Sky Bet offers an online sports betting service www.skybet.com and boasts a recently enhanced mobile platform, Sky Bet Mobile. The Sky Bet app is free to download from the iTunes App store. Customers can also bet through their TV or by telephone.

About Sky

Sky entertains and excites more than 10.4 million homes through the most comprehensive multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland. Sky continues to break new ground with its own portfolio of channels: Sky 1 combines its commitment to UK production with the best of the US; Sky Living pushes ahead with fresh and innovative entertainment formats; Sky Arts is the UK’s only dedicated arts channel brand; Sky Atlantic is the home to HBO and other iconic drama and comedy, Sky Sports is still raising the bar in sports broadcasting; Sky News remains a pioneer in television news; and Sky Movies is leading the way in High Definition and on-demand.

Sky also works with dozens of other broadcasters on the satellite platform, as well as online and on mobile through the ground-breaking Sky Go service. Sky has also led the UK into the age of high definition television, launched Europe’s first 3DTV channel, Sky 3D, and offers customer even more flexibility and choice through Sky Anytime+, its internet-delivered video on demand service. Since launching Sky Broadband and Sky Talk in 2006, the company has also been the UK’s fastest-growing home communications provider.

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The following video is part of our “Motley Fool Conversations” series, in which analyst John Reeves and advisor David Meier discuss topics around the investing world.

Today’s topic is “Favor the Liberators,” a theme that was featured in a recent piece in Wired on how to spot the future. The concept is fairly straightforward and involves recognizing scarcity and eliminating barriers to the free flow of goods. In the article, Wired referred to digital streaming as an illustration of the concept. David thinks both Zipcar and LinkedIn are possible ideas for playing this type of trend. In the case of the latter, contacts and job opportunities now seek out individuals, instead of the old way, which was characterized by individuals searching for relatively few opportunities.

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Today’s topic is “Favor the Liberators,” a theme that was featured in a recent piece in Wired on how to spot the future. The concept is fairly straightforward and involves recognizing scarcity and eliminating barriers to the free flow of goods. In the article, Wired referred to digital streaming as an illustration of the concept. David thinks both Zipcar and LinkedIn are possible ideas for playing this type of trend. In the case of the latter, contacts and job opportunities now seek out individuals, instead of the old way, which was characterized by individuals searching for relatively few opportunities.

Big tech names might gather a lot of investor attention, but the truth is they’re playing second fiddle to an even larger revolution in technology. To better prepare investors for this new revolution, The Motley Fool has just released a free report on mobile named “The Next Trillion-Dollar Revolution” that details a hidden component play inside mobile phones that also is a market leader in the exploding Chinese market. Inside the report, we not only describe why the mobile revolution will dwarf any other technology revolution seen before it, but we also name the company at the forefront of the trend. Hundreds of thousands have requested access to previous reports, and you can access this new report today by clicking here — it’s free.

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