The Best of Daretogamble.com - World Series of Poker Schedule, Gambling Laws and Props Bets on Bodog

Welcome to the weekly installment of The Best of Daretogamble.com. Each week, I link to several of our finest stories of the week. This is meant to give new readers an idea of the breadth of the topics covered here.

GAMBLING STORIES

We start this week by drawing attention to our list of 10 crazy proposition bets. I post here all the time about proposition bets from sports, entertainment and politics. This post lists some of the wackiest bets poker pros have ever entered upon, from the king of all props bets, Huck Seed, to the strange case of Brian Zembic.

Speaking of the stars of professional poker, ESPN this week announced its filming schedule for the World Series of Poker. The Main Event will get 16 hours of coverage, while the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. competition gets a full 5 hours of attention. 9 of the other 53 event will have their own television broadcasts.

Before the WSOP gets started, Jennifer Harmon will host a No Limit Texas Holdem tournament on behalf of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Jennifer Harmon SPCA Tournament gets under way on April 20 in Las Vegas.

As more money comes into the sport, poker players are becoming more socially active. The issue which strikes closest to home is the issue of internet gambling laws and government attempts at regulation. Read about Dare To Gamble's ongoing coverage of the gambling lobby's attempts to get rid of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

BODOG PROPOSITION BETS

As always, there are plenty of proposition bets to talk about. Bodog has a whole new slate of them this week, from the mainstream to the obscure.

The NBA playoffs are starting, which means there are dozens of basketball wagers to play. You can bet on who wins the NBA Title or which team wins any particular game. One post focuses on individual NBA player proposition bets throughout the first round of the playoffs. Lebron James and Kobe Bryant are two of the players whose performance you can wager upon.

If you are more of a football fan, Bodog has some offseason props for you. It was announced this week that Vince Young will be on the cover of Madden '07. That means the Madden Curse may be in effect. Bodog has a wager on the issue, allowing you to bet whether Vince misses two consecutive games due to injury this year.

Fans of mixed martial arts can bet on the results of UFC 70. The card features Pride favorite Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipovic against Gabriel Gonzaga. If Cro-Cop wins this fight, he gets a much-anticipated showdown with UFC mainstay, Randy Couture.

Bodog also offers a celebrity proposition bet this week. Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy are seeing one another now, which means the inevitable tabloid coverage of their lovefest, closely followed by the inevitable split-up coverage. Bodog lets you bet on whether they get married or move on. These two seem to go through the relationships, so I'm betting this one ends before the wedding day.

We also covered a political proposition bet. Alberto Gonzales testified before Congress yesterday, and Bodog offers a bet on whether Gonzales will still be Attorney General in two months or so. Gonzales is at the center of the so-called "Attorneygate" scandal, so this is a 50-50 proposition at this point. Read our breakdown of the stakes in this latest Beltway scuffle.

The Best of Daretogamble.com - World Series of Poker Schedule, Gambling Laws and Props Bets on Bodog