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LCB Network acquires The Wizard Od Odds for
$2.35 |
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The number one website in the
world for gambling games odds, strategies and advantage plays, The Wizard Of
Odds.com, has been acquired by the
LCB
Network for $2.35 million. Its the largest purchase to date of its kind and
endorses the fantastic work by site creator Michael
Shackleford.
Starting out in the late 1990s Shackleford began with a
not-for-profit page he called Mike's Gambling Page where he analysed half a
dozen games and posted the results about percentage odds on them, casino house
edge calculations, and optimal playing strategies. There was no advertising at
all but when people began to visit the site and increase its traffic he just
kept making additions and improvements. Eventually this led to work doing
analysis of new games and a regular column in Casino Player magazine.
So popular was the site that in 2000 it started accepting advertising
and got a smooth makeover with a great new name, The Wizard Of Odds. Now,
seventeen years on from its conception, the site boasts 1700+ pages and is
accepted as the best of its kind on the internet. With so many myths about
gambling and worthless betting systems its the place to go to for smart players
hungry for the true odds and best strategies without having to do the
mathematics themselves.
A maths graduate himself, Michael Shackleford
passed actuary exams and became an actuary associate in 1995. But in 2000 he
quite his job to devote himself full time to this website and to gaming
consulting. He made it his goal to become the most known and trusted name in
gambling advice for the whole gamut of casino games. He is now a highly
respected master of game odds computation.
Acquiring The Wizard Of Odds,
LCB Network have retained the creator as a full time writer and advisor working
closely with the new owners, helping keep the integrity of the valuable
information that many a professional gambler turns to as their
bible.
This is of course not the first acquisition by LCB who started
out as a single site themselves, LatestCasinoBonuses.com. Since its start in
2006 it has gathered other top performing professional sites to umbrella into a
network and now has over 67,000 members that enjoy exclusive no deposit
bonuses, its detailed casino, slot machine and software reviews, gambling news,
editorials, community forum, free games and a massive library of information
covering every part of the gambling industry.
Michael Shackleford will
remain with The Wizard Of Odds but will contribute to LCB's network of other
sites as well. $2.35 million says he is a valuable asset.
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