Online casinos

Casinos rise and fall faster than you can blink an eye. The first casino was opened in 1941 on the Los Vegas strip; however by 1992 all of those casinos had been demolished to make way for new modern casinos. Online it has been the same evolution with casinos sprouting around every corner of cyberspace. These have come and gone faster than the click of your mouse. But how did this start?

Let’s start with Google the internet search engine. Type in online casino and it brings back more than 27 million websites. The shear volume for the term online casino reflects how many people have vested interests in the gaming industry and how popular online casinos have become. The first online casinos first made their appearance during 1996 and a mere US$17 million was wagered, compared to US$3 billion by 2000.

It is estimated today that more than a trillion dollars gets spent online each year with online casinos worldwide. Bear Stearns, a leading worldwide investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm, estimates that during 2003 more than US$ 6 billion had been spent on online casinos by US gamblers alone! With the growing adoption of broadband internet this online pool of gamblers increases each year.

With online casinos there has also been the expansion of online advertising to gamblers, which according to the BBC places gambling advertisers as the fifth largest advertisers on the internet. Online casinos make use of two types of software. Those that you can download and install onto your computer and the true online casinos where you gamble on the interface of the online casinos web page. Each party makes their choices of how they wish to interact online. With all this sophisticated software, how do online casinos compare to your average brick and mortar casino? Each has their advantages. In an online casino you can play more than one poker game at a time or even gamble on more than one game at a time. In a normal casino this would not be physically possible. The advantage of any real casino compared to an online casino is that you can always judge the physical reaction of the players around the table.

With an online casino it is impersonal and you would never be able to guess the cards the other person is holding. Online casinos have made great strides in trying to mimic the feel of a real casino in the fashion of the bricks and mortar casinos. They have flashy web pages and music to lure you to play. Domain names in it self have become a big issue with the purchase of misspelled domain names for online casinos.

A recent dispute with the domain name of Sportsodds springs to mind. This domain name was registered by their competitor to drive traffic to the competitor’s webpage’s. This ended in a legal dispute. Online casinos are big business judging from the amount of money that gets placed on bets and by the amount of money being spent on it. Where there is big money, there will always be disputes.

Online casinos are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and they are accessible from anywhere in the world. Casinos use to be down the road or in your next big town. That has changed in the 21st century. With the advent of online casinos the casino is now in your home. Better yet, if you are reading this, you are already at the casinos doorstep. What is stopping you from placing your bet at an online casino today and joining millions of others?

A quick guide to online casino bonuses

When online casinos first came into the scene they had to think on a marketing idea that would attract more players. Online gambling was new and many players were unsure if they should deposit funds in what seemed like an unknown entity. The marketing ploy that most online casinos chose and is still being aggressively used today is the cash bonus.

Nothing charms a future client more than free cash, and online casino bonuses are just that. The most popular form of a bonus is the sign up or welcome bonus. The size of the bonus differs between the different casinos but it usually revolves between 100%-400% of the initial deposit. There is usually some kind of limit to the bonus so you can’t just deposit 100,000$ and hope to triple it up.

Naturally, as more and more casinos started offering cash bonuses a different kind of client emerged. A client whose sole interest was in the bonus itself and his goal was to cash out the bonus as soon as possible and than simply leave. This led up to the online casinos toughening their wagering requirements before allowing a withdrawal of the bonus.

The wagering requirement is a total amount you have the bet in order to be able to withdraw the bonus. The actual number varies from casino to casino but a typical number could be between 10x – 20x the amount of the bonus, so if you deposit 500$ and receive 500$ as a cash bonus your total betting must be above 5000$ to cash out the bonus. This may seem like a big amount but remember that if you are playing a game like blackjack using 5$ bets, you will win many hands (as well as losing) so the requirements can usually be cleared in matter of several hours.

Some casinos have blocked several games from qualifying as a method to clear bonuses. This usually includes the bets games that casino offers like a very liberal version of blackjack (for example a very small house edge single deck game) or some forms of video poker.

Online poker sites also offer sign up bonuses. The method to clear those bonuses is a little easier since you have to play a certain number of raked hands. Online poker bonuses are easy to clear even if you are a mediocre player and most online poker sites of periodical reload bonuses which allow poker players to enjoy other bonuses than the regular welcome bonus.

Bonuses are an attractive way to build up your bankroll if you are just starting out in the world of online gambling. Just remember to read the casino’s terms of agreement or consult your favorite online casino portal in order to be sure what the wagering requirements are so you will have a better idea what you are up against.

Sharks of gambling industry. part 3

Donald Trump

Successful businessmen rarely limit themselves only to one type of entrepreneurship. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer in the premium real estate market and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates gambling casinos. Gambling industry often serves as a good support for main business. This is how the famous American billionaire and politician Donald Trump uses the gambling industry. Trump began his career at his father's company, the Trump Organization, and initially concentrated on his father's preferred field of middle class rental housing.

The range of Trump's interests is very wide, first of all, it is real estate, mass media, restaurants. It is not surprising that such a multifaceted entrepreneur became also interested in gambling industry. Understanding that practically all niches in Las Vegas are occupied, Trump paid his attention to the developing Atlantic City. It is there that he founded three casinos. Now Trump owns "Trump Taj Mahal", "Trump Plaza" and "Trump Marina" in Atlantic City. The fortune of Donald Trump is 2.6 billion dollars, he occupies the 278th position in "Forbes" world rating.

Calvin Ayre

Swift development of IT technologies influences practically all spheres of human activities. Gambling business is not an exception. Now one can play club poker, make bets on the results of sporting events via the internet without leaving home. The pioneer of online gambling was Calvin Ayre. Calvin was born in 1961 in Canada. In student years he worked up selling fruit. Having thus earned 10 thousand dollars, he organizes a company that specializes in IT technologies.

Perhaps, now he would also be engaged in developing, for instance, software, if once upon a time he came across an article that described business that accepted bets via telephone. After reading it Calvn decides to change the profile of his enterprise. In 1994 he creates "Bodog Entertainment Group". Believing in the potential of the computer network Internet, he starts to develop his business specifically in this area. With the help of web portal bodog. com for the first time people were able to bet online, and then play in casino and club poker. In March 2006 Calvin's photo appears on the cover of "Forbes", he becomes the first online casino games businessman who made his way into this prestigious magazine. According to "Forbes", Calvin managed to earn 44 million dollars, with this sum he occupies the 746th place in "Forbes" world rating.

9 sweet secrets of live tournaments

Playing poker online is fun and I dabble at it as well from time to time. But, many players seem to feel that playing in a live tournament is very similar to playing online. Well, it is and it is not. Here are 9 golden tips on how to ease your transition from playing online to playing in a live poker tournament.

1) If you have difficulty facing pressure in daily life, do not think that playing in front of watchful eyes and a roomful of people will have no effect on you. If you are very easily moved and influenced, I suggest you keep your money and forget about playing in a tournament at all and this is relevant even more when talking about a live poker tournament.

2) Wear comfortable and not fashionable clothes. This is not a fashion show: this is poker. Thus, wear those clothes that will help you feel comfortable and at ease. I have known a woman who wore tight jeans and then all through the round, she kept fidgeting uncomfortably. Regardless to say, she was the first one to lose and all because she was dressed uncomfortably.

3) Drink only water and even then only a little so that you will not feel thirsty and also will not get the urge to go to the lavatory. Either of the two feelings are disastrous to a poker player in the midst of a hand.

4) Do not drink alcohol or even sugared soft drinks. Alcohol will cause you to lose your concentration and sweet drinks give a false sense of well-being; both will work against you when you play in a live game.

5) Do not sit next to the dealer. Most poker tournaments allow you to pick your seat in the earlier rounds. It is best to sit opposite the dealer so that you will be able to look at each and every poker player.

6) Try not to change positions while playing. If you really begin to feel uncomfortable, change your position after a hand ends. In not circumstance should you move while playing.

7) Go to the toilet when the break is announced and do not hang around talking. It is best to loosen your gall bladder than exchanging a few words with other players.

8) Watch how others are doing. Those about to lose will opt to play only when they have strong hands; those with a large stack will be more willing to risk it.

9) Learn the rules and regulations of the particular poker tournament you have entered so as to save unnecessary losses.

Live poker games are against people and so if you can read people well, you will have an advantage when playing in a tournament. But do not over-estimate your opponents. Many poker pros fall to relatively unknown players because they are over-confident. So, study the game (You can do this by reading tips and the like at websites like gambling-portal. com and others) , think wisely and calmly and you stand a good chance of reaping in the first prize.

The history of the bingo game

The bingo game is one of the most popular games in the world today. Most people are familiar with bingo games in town halls. Now there is a relatively new trend – the online bingo game.

Have you ever wondered where it all started?

The modern day bingo game was originally a form of lottery. When Italy was united in 1530, the government instituted the Italian National Lottery. The Lottery has been held almost every week since then. Today the Lottery is absolutely indispensable to the Italian government - earning more than $75 million yearly!

In 1778 Lotto caught the attention of the intellectuals. The classic Lotto game consisted out of a card that was divided into three horizontal and nine vertical rows. Each horizontal row had five numbered and four blank squares in a random arrangement. The vertical rows contained numbers from 1 to 10, the second numbers from 11 to 20, continuing up to 90. All the Lotto cards were unique. Players would be dealt a single lotto card, whilst someone would draw chips, marked from 1 to 90, from a bag and read the number aloud. Players covered the numbers on their cards if it were read. The first player to cover a complete horizontal row was the winner. In the 1800’s educational games became popular. Lotto games were adapted to teach children spelling, multiplication tables, animals and history. Even today, in the very competitive toy and game market, similar games are popular.

One evening in December 1929, toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe stopped at a carnival a few miles outside Jacksonville. Everything was closed except for one booth. The booth was packed with people. Someone would draw numbers from a bag and read it aloud. The players would all check their cards to see whether they got the number. The winner was the first person who filled a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row of numbers and yelled “Beano”. The winner would than receive a small Kewpie doll as price. As you can guess, this game was called Beano.

Lowe, who has owned his own toy store for about a year, saw the potential of the game immediately. Back home he bought some card and a rubber number stamp and produced his own beano game. Testing it on his friends he soon realized that the game was almost addictive and lots of fun. When one of his friends yelled Bingo instead of beano he knew he had found the name of his new game!

The first Lowe bingo game had two variations – a 12 card set for one dollar and a 24 card set for two dollar. The game was an instant success and soon became popular. Of course he was not the only one to recognize the potential of the bingo game. Many imitators soon tried to market the game. Lowe could not patent the game, but offered to pay his competitors $1 if they would call it Bingo.

A few months later Lowe was approached by a priest from a small parish. Someone in his parish suggested that they use the bingo game as a fundraiser to help the church out of its financial trouble. The priest bought a few sets of Lowe’s bingo game, but unfortunately always had six or more winners.

Lowe immediately saw the potential expansion of the game, but also knew that a huge variation of numbers for the bingo cards will have to be developed. He asked an elderly mathematics professor at Columbia University, Carl Leffler, to devise 6,000 new cards with non-repeating numbers. The professor agreed for a fee for each new card. But, as the professor continued, he found that it became increasingly difficult to produce new bingo cards. Lowe was impatient and at the end he paid Leffler more than $100 per new bingo card. Finally the task was completed, but rumor had it that the professor lost his sanity!

Soon the bingo game was one of the most popular games in North America, and it remains so until today. Many associate it with fundraising, but today Bingo is much more than a fundraiser in church halls.

About ten years ago the online bingo game was developed. Within five years it became even more popular than going to the movies or concerts! Many would agree that online bingo games are the best thing since sliced bread.

Of course online bingo is much more than just a game. It is a place to be with friends and to relax. Who would have guessed that one of the best games ever had such a long history?

Spotting and playing against the aggressive poker player

Nowadays, a new kind of poker player is developing. They are the backwards players, tilted backwards and they have one significant attribute that can be appreciated because they have no idea what a nut means. These players are not inexperienced players. They will usually understand draw odds, they know the fact that on a high percentage all other players won’t start with cards that are considered to be the nuts and that players don’t keep a hand that is probably locked. Backwards players aren’t just plain unintelligent. They can develop into good players but they still have to learn. And they hold their money dearly, so they will believe every time that all the players they encounter will do the same with their stacks, that no one will ever risk to lose money for playing them or follow an important purpose.

A backward player will do mostly the opposite of what an experienced player does usually. They will be aggressive most of the times, excepting the situations they have a winning hand. They are players easy to tell, they do what in real poker a scared player does. Once they see an opportunity of winning, they get scared of losing and hold that hand dearly through safe and passive play. So, according to this pattern a backward player that has something will mostly check or bid less when he has a real hand that can aim for the pot. Of course, this seems to any one a bad even crazy idea, to bet less when you actually can win. They are minimizing their winnings through their behavior at the poker table. If they can get to the right table they can actually make a profit out of their gaming style. The right table for a backward player is a table where all players are tight and take no chances, a table where people will fold every time the backward player raises in his usual style.

So, take advantage of the existence of the backward player and go on a hunt for them. They are quite easy to spot. All you have to do is look for that particular table where you can see a player that has a stack much bigger than all the others and that player just keeps on betting his huge bets.

To play a backward player you must know his two great fears: when he is being checked-raised and when he has the winning hand and no one calls. He is not a player that bluffs, he just wants everyone out of the table and will bet as much as he can afford to get them out.

If you check raise a backward player you will let him know that you know his style and you are willing to risk everything just like him because you know you can make a huge profit. He can go all-in here if the is hoping for a draw, fold if he truly has nothing or check when he thinks (and he will probably do this) you will let him be on the turn and the river.

A backwards player, once losing his stack through many consecutive re-raises from you will not give up. He will keep on coming back and if you manage to get his money every time you will get his entire bankroll. So you will get rich in just one poker room in a couple of hours if you can find your backwards player and check-raise him often until he is completely messed up.

Internet bingo chat room etiquette

The nice thing about playing internet bingo is that you get to chat online to all your internet buddies. The chat feature allows fellow internet bingo players the chance to chat with each other as well as to ask for help from the chat leaders.

The chat room also provides ways for providers of internet bingo to have mini chat room games. In these games you can win small amounts of Bonus Credits to spend at the site. Bingodrome offers chat room games like Bounce, Runner and Lucky Number.

When you use the internet bingo chat facility there are certain rules and considerations you must take note of when using the chat room facility.

1) When choosing your internet bingo nickname (this is the name you will go by when playing the game) do not choose a name that is obviously offensive to other players.

2) A player must treat all fellow internet bingo players with respect, do not moan if another player is on some kind of winning streak.

3) As is true in everyday life the following is not welcome in online bingo chat rooms: any harassment or abuse to fellow players, no racial abuse or slurs and no chatting of an openly sexual nature.

4) Do not get angry if a fellow player does not want to chat with you. They might be away from there computer or using the auto-buy feature that most respectable internet bingo establishments use.

5) No advertising of other internet bingo sites on the chat rooms is allowed.

6) When a player runs out of credits he may not ask fellow players for credits.

If you are caught doing any of the above, you will be licked from the room and if the offense is of a serious nature, you could be banned from the internet bingo site. So players must stick to these rules so everyone has an enjoyable time.

Top 10 tips on avoiding sports betting scams

The online gambling world is filled with predators that are waiting to yank your hard earned money right out of your pockets. Even in today’s Internet and its higher communication level, there still exist a good number of sports betting outfits that you want to stay away from. Today, we are going to look at ten tips that can help you stay away from danger and bet more safely online.

Tip One: Who Are They?

The first thing you should do before spending even $1 at an online sports book is research. Look for their company information and see where they are located. Do they have a phone number? If not, move along. If they do, give it a call.

Tip Two: Search Engines

Before spending any money, take a moment and visit one or two search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo. Type in the name of the site and see what comes up as well as the company name. If you find blogs and forums of people condemning the place, find somewhere else. A good place to start is sportsbookie. com.

Tip Three: Contact Email

One good move would be to locate their email address on the website, or the contact form, and drop them a quick message. Let me know that you are thinking of signing up and ask them a question or two. See how long it takes them to respond. If you don’t get any response for some time, leave.

Tip Four: Cash-out Time

Good sports books will process your payment within 24 hours. There’s no reason or excuse to wait longer. This one is tough to know. Using Tip Two can help your research.

Tip Five: Bonuses

Most online sports books offer some sort of bonus and that’s great. However, you have to watch out for the places that offer bonuses that seem too good to be true. Read the bonus terms to see what you must do to qualify and withdrawal the bonus. If there’s no data on the bonuses, the place might be a scam. Check out the blacklisted companies in sportsbookie. com and avoid those!

Tip Six: Betting Lines

This one is pretty simple. Rogue sports books will sometimes alter their lines to seem really favorable to the general public. Look at the lines from some other sports books and make sure they are somewhat similar. Most sports books will have various lines, but they will all be pretty close in terms of odds offered.

Tip Seven: Deposit Methods

Look for sports books that offer many different options of betting. Stay away from any online gambling source that only takes cash, check, money order and Western Union. Reputable sports books will take deposits from 3rd party financial services like NETeller.

Tip Eight: Deposit Amounts

Walk away from any sports book that asks for a large initial deposit. Good sports books will let you deposit as little as $10. Places asking for huge initial deposits are the ones you need to stay away from.

Tip Nine: Small Deposit Practices

As a general rule, you should refrain from depositing a large amount of money into any sports book. Deposit the amount you will bet for a couple days and work with that. Once you feel comfortable with the sports book or if you know they are legitimate, you can deposit as you wish.

Tip Ten: Bonus Checking

If you are working towards a bonus, make sure you check the bonus status (or points) after each bet conclusion. Software is known to fail and make errors. This does not mean the sports book is try to cheat you. If you discover an error, contact the sports book at once.

There you have it. Follow these ten tips and have a safer online gambling experience. These tips will help keep you out of harms way and let you concentrate more on the fun part of sports betting online and winning. Good luck.

New york casinos

New York is world famous and really needs no introduction. The state is home to the Hamptons, Broadway, and 42nd Street, as well as many historical sites including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Empire State Building. New York State has a population well above 18,976,000 and is one of the world's premiere hubs for the arts, entertainment and theatre. The New York art scene alone has influenced aspiring artists from all over the world; in addition the state is one of the major releasing areas for Hollywood and indie films alike. The size and volume of tourists visiting the state each year is staggering.

New York Casinos are part of the excitement that is New York. There are a good number of Native American-owned New York Casinos, ranging from "table-games-only" Class Three style operations to the New York Casinos, which offer high stakes poker, video bingo and other types of gaming. You can find New York Casinos in many different areas; Irving, Seneca Falls, Union Springs, Hogansburg and Salamanca just to name a few. Many New York Casinos are planning expanded offerings in the electronic gambling arena as state legislation allows. Don't be discouraged if your first visit to New York Casinos doesn't offer your favorite game, it could be just a matter of time before that favorite is a regular attraction!

In addition to the land-based casinos, New York has casino boat gaming. This operation entails getting a ride on a boat which travels three miles into international waters. This is where all sorts of varieties of gambling is allowed, gambling which may not be permitted in shore-based New York Casinos. On your boat ride you may encounter blackjack, craps, video poker, roulette, Caribbean stud poker, let it ride, and slot machines. The advantage to boat-based gambling includes a great scenic ride to accompany the thrills of playing casino games. A buffet is often included in the service, but let the rider beware. You must be twenty-one years of age or older to play casino games on the boat. Tickets are quite reasonable, often around fifteen dollars to ride.

New York Casinos offer an interesting diversion many people forget to consider in their travel plans. When you plan your next excursion to New York, search online for the nearest New York Casinos on your route and give them a try. You will be pleasantly surprised at how much fun such an outing can be! Remember to plan your trip to New York Casinos carefully. Make a budget and stick to it, gamble responsibly and above all, have fun.

How to run your own professional horse racing tipster service

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For those of you who have ever joined a horse racing tipster service and been disappointed with the results, you’ve probably thought, “I could do better myself”. Well you may be right!

If you have continued that thought process, you may have considered starting your own horse racing tipster service, but have been held back by not knowing how to go about it. Well now you can join the highly lucrative world of the horse racing tipster with your very own tipster service!

A new e-book has hit the market and it is the most easy to understand and well written book on the subject that I’ve yet to come across. There are a couple of free e-books that I’ve seen touted around on other sites, and having read them, it’s easy to see why they are free. They are either thinly veiled excuses for trying to sell you a lot of different products or they are poorly written and thrown together, leaving you with no really useful ideas on how to get your tipster service off the ground.

‘How To Run Your Own Professional Horse Racing Tipster Service’, is very different. It is a complete and comprehensive, step-by-step, take you by the hand guide that will give you all the information you need to get your tipster service making bundles of cash for you on a regular basis!

Even better, is the fact that the second e-book that used to be sold separately at up to Ј297 is now included in this one new e-book and is completely free as part of the package. You can find out more at; the-horse-racing-mail. com/Racing-Tipster. html"

Casino war

I love to play a good round of Poker or Roulette and generally try to squeeze in a few games a day if at all possible. But at other times I like to spice up my game play a bit and try something different. I used to play the game of War when I was a kid because it was a simple game to learn and extremely fun. At the time I never envisioned that it could be more fun, but by playing it in an online casino it is.

War is a game of getting the higher card. If the player gets a higher card than the dealer, they win. There's not too much to it. The game really gets exciting when both the dealer and the player get the same value of card, that's when the battle starts. If both the dealer and the player both get the same value card the dealer will deal each of them three cards face down and one card face up. The person that has the higher card at this point wins. The player has the choice to not got to war, of course, and can fold if they get the same value of the card as the dealer before the battle begins.

While the game of War doesn't enjoy the immense popularity that the game of Poker it does it is still an enjoyable game to pass the time. In fact, it might be one of the best choices for beginners because it gives a beginner the opportunity to learn the values of the cards before they get involved in more sophisticated games like Poker and Blackjack. Because War uses Poker cards this is a great place for people that aren't sure of what the cards mean what to learn before they walk uneducated into a Poker room where the stakes will inevitably be much higher. War uses the same fifty two card deck of Poker cards that many of the other table games use. Because of this it is very easy for most people to transition to a game of War even if they have never played before.

While Poker and Blackjack remain the standard fare for most online casinos it is great that there are those online casinos that offer players more choices than just the same run of the mill games that everyone else does. For me variety is what life is all about and by offering several alternatives to the standard games, games that I love I might add, it makes the day a little better. Everyone gets a little tired of the same old thing from time to time and War is a breath of fresh air.

The rise and rise of poker an article by the sportsman

The immense diversion of the gambling and betting industry over the last ten years has without question changed forever. The likes of football betting, online casinos and, of course, poker hardly existed on the betting landscape as horse racing was in a market of one. The internet coupled with the Lottery have transformed the industry permanently and it’s all the better for it.

The National Lottery place a crucial role in all this despite being hailed by bookmakers at the time as being the deathnel of the ff-course betting shop. The reality, and to be fair nobody, saw it coming, was that The Lottery sanitized the whole notion of betting – it was now seen as OK to have a small flutter for a bit of fun. The internet arrived simply as the rocket fuel to pour on the naked flame.

Nevertheless, the real product winner is without question poker. The exchanges have a case but they are still, at present, seen as only for the sophisticated gambler. No doubt as the rest of the world catches up with the UK the likes of Betfair will flourish more globally but perversely they almost need the traditional bookmaker to be established before them.

Poker however seems to have swept all before it and unlike Betfair it’s a multitude of companies that are seeing the benefit from online bookmakers to bespoke poker sites. But why has a game that has been around for hundreds of years suddenly exploded so much?

The reality is because it is, in fact, very easy to play, if you want to see exactly how easy then check out the rules of poker. True it does take longer to master as much of the marketing will tell you but, especially online, where your face doesn’t give you away those with the basics can still beat the best and the David and Goliath factor is what drives most people, especially when gambling. Whether it’s you versus the bookie, other poker players or other exchange users, the drive is the winning. Not necessarily the amount – watch a new gambler winning a long odds-on bet with Ј5 wagered – still delighted despite only collecting a matter of pence.

Now that so many people play can there ever be a true World Number 1? It is surely very unlikely from now that any single player will win the WSOP twice – ever! This is because te sport is now completely swamped with new players many of whom are very good at their craft but elements of luck will always play a part. Some will argue this is true of any sport but in most traditional sports the best players are there or thereabouts.

Nevertheless, the figures show the game to be in rude health and seemingly not showing sings of reaching a plateau which it must at some point but the figures coming out of Party Poker and 888.com show nothing but the rise and rise of poker. Nobody should be talking of flushing or folding just yet, just wait for the Chinese to get online and the sky will be small fry as far as limits are concerned.

The above article was brought to you by the The Sportsman.