Baseball is back! I doubt most of the world outside of the U.S. cares, but I love it because there is so much more to bet on daily! Of course, I don't know who is good yet and that's probably why I got destroyed so early in the season. Who would have thought the Marlins, Blue Jays and Orioles would be so hot to start? I need to learn a bit more about cricket and some of the European games that are out there too, but there's only so much betting time in a week, especially with all the casino games out there. I can't remember the time I even stepped into a real, land-based casino last (Foxwoods in Connecticut I think), but I can't see doing nearly as well there as the success I find online. Not sure why that is. I did have concerns at one point about how software can be manipulated, but then I learned that everything is fairly well regulated (except for some shady sites....see out blacklist) and so even if the games can be streaky at times, they also need to be streaky in your favor sometimes. Anyway, I did ok in the casinos, but America's favorite pastime, baseball, wasn't my favorite this week as I dropped $2,420.


End of week:  $2,420 to $23,309

One of my new favorite games is Casino Hold'em. Most sites seem to have a version of it, but I was playing it (well, I might add) at Sportbook.com. Then I got into slots on the same site (their download casino offers excellent slots called Realtime slots (if you play, make sure you use the download casino version and not the flash-based slots offered on the web site itself). Anyway, I cleaned house. Not sure if anyone will ever win those "random jackpots" they had, but I did have fun. Then I dipped into the poker rooms a few nights and all and all it was a quiet, harmless week of gambing.


End of week:  $460 to $25,729