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The Houston Texans have won consecutive games for the first time this season by virtue of a hard fought 24-21 victory over the visiting San Francisco 49ers. The Texans led 21-0 at halftime but fought themselves in a ball game after the Niners scored the first 14 points of the second half. The rally fell short, however, and Houston improved to 4-3 on the NFL season. The 49ers evened their record at 3-3.

Players that bet on NFL football found the game completely irrelevant, however, as it landed right on the pointspread for a disappointing push. After covering their first four of the season against the NFL pointspread, the Niners have a loss and a push in their last two games to leave their record at 4-1-1 versus the number. Houston is now 3-3-1 ATS on the season. The 45 points scored managed to go OVER the total of 44′ by a half point. The 49ers evened their NFL totals record at 3-3, while the Texans have gone UNDER in four of seven.

Despite losing a big lead, Houston coach Gary Kubiak was pleased with the outcome:

“We get down, they get up and they all of a sudden grabbed the momentum of the game. But we made some big plays late and defensively Eugene made a big play so it was a big, big win.”

Niners’ coach Mike Singletary benched quarterback Shaun Hill after a terrible first half and replaced him with Alex Smith. Smith responded by throwing three touchdown passes and getting San Francisco back in the game. After the contest, Singletary explained his move:

“I just thought it was time to make the switch. It was as simple as that. No long, drawn-out thought process. But let’s make the change.”

Smith explained that he caught the Texans’ defense playing passive football in the second half:

“Starting the second half, down three scores, you’re seeing some stagnant looks from the defense, they’re not throwing as much at you.”

Top draft choice Michael Crabtree finally made his San Francisco debut after a lengthy holdout and described what the experience was like:

“I was kind of calm. I practiced on getting calm and coming into the game, knowing what I was supposed to do and executing my plays. I think I did a good job, but I’ve got some more work to do.”

San Francisco will travel east to face the Indianapolis Colts next Sunday, with the 49ers installed as a +11 road underdog and the total set at 45. They’ll return home for their next two games, hosting the Tennessee Titans the following Sunday and facing the Chicago Bears off a short week the next Thursday, November 12. Houston will play their next two on the road, beginning with a game at Buffalo on Sunday. That game is currently off the board. They’ll play at Indianapolis the following week before a bye week.

Ross Everett is a freelance writer and highly respected sports betting authority. He is also a consulting handicapper for Sports-1 Sportsbook and is in charge of setting NFL betting lines. He has written extensively on sports betting theory along with a wide range of other topics including fencing, self defense and flower arrangement.

After years of offering their readers free newspaper based bingo competitions the Sun finally made the move into the online bingo arena a couple years ago. During this time Sun Bingo has rapidly become one of the most popular bingo sites in the UK.

Sun Bingo is a safe, secure and easy to use site covering the most popular bingo games including 75 ball, 80 ball and 90 ball. Like many other sites they also offer a number of unique scratch cards, prize draws and other games to try your luck at. Bargain bingo cards are just 5p with standard bingo cards starting at just 10p.

Signup is fairly straightforward and new players are offered a 100% cash match bonus up to a maximum of £100. There’s plenty of bingo clubs to choose from and 3 chat rooms per club. The Sun Bingo community is massive so there’s always a good buzz about the site, although in recent months the site has been just a bit too busy for its own good. Hopefully this will change as the site is expanded even further to cope with the demand.

It’s also worth noting that regular bingo offers are often promoted via the Sun newspaper so if you’re an avid reader make sure you keep an eye out.

Do you love dice based games and can’t resist any of them? Then you must take a look at some of the great games that are there on iTunes for your iPhone and most of them are free! Awesome graphics and fantastic concepts come together to create an amazing set of games that will keep you occupied no matter where you are. Here’s a look at some of these cool new apps for your iPhone.

Virtual Dice: This is nothing but the real dice. In case you like rolling dice just for the sake of it or even for fun but can’t, why not download this cool app for your iPhone. Here, with twist of your wrist, you can rotate the dice on the screen. The number of dice you desire to play would depend on you. Graphics add to the fun.

MotionX Dice: Ancient civilizations used dice to figure out a lot of things in their life. They rolled the dice and looked at the numbers that showed up and tried to divine their future or understand the answers to the questions they sought. Now, in today’s advanced world, you too can make this happen again with this super cool app from iTunes, called MotionX Dice. Download this app on your phone and never be bored again when you are with friends. Ask questions, shake your iPhone to roll the dice and check out all the fun answers! Do make sure you ask specific questions and not any vague ones. There’s a choice of 56 dice with different options and as many as 31 ‘tables’ for different kinds of tasks, be it magic or divination.

Three’s: This has been a popular game over the years where as many as 20 players can play to see who will get the lowest scores when you add the values of 5 rolled dice. 3 is counted as zero. This same mind absorbing game is now available on the iPhone through iTunes where you can roll dice on your screen and see what happens. It’s a simple game, but extremely popular because you can play it alone or with 20 different people too!

Expedition Africa – The Game: This is an amazing adventure quest game that follows the route followed by Henry Stanley to find Dr. David Livingstone. For history freaks, this is like a dream come true. This game is played by rolling dice and you have to survive all the challenges thrown across on this journey. You have to make sure that your risks are balanced out by the rewards you receive and the game gets over when you no longer have any porters to help you, or food of course.

Thom writes articles for mac software experts, PocketMac. They specialize in Mac and Apple related software, including their Apple iPhone application, Shiveringkittens.

Since the advent of online bingo, the face of the game and the demographic of the players have changed dramatically. In this gaming arena, though it’s certainly true that more and more men are beginning to play, the women still have a population advantage. It is no longer true that online gaming is strictly a male pastime.

In the United Stated, of the 117 million game players that are actively enjoying their online games, roughly 64% of them are women. And as you know, 50% is half… Scientific studies have proven this to be true. Adult women are getting in on the fun in a huge way. Forget the stereotypes; ladies are on the rise in the online gaming world.

Now, it still remains true that the types of games that attract women are far different than those that attract men. Women enjoy games that are more along the lines of solitaire, bingo and strategy games; which would explain the upturn in the number of women players. And the fact that bingo is the number one online game, because sites such as Bet 365 Bingo make it so fun. So ladies, if you haven’t started playing bingo yet, don’t let the boys catch up! Check out the fantastic and fun sites in the online bingo UK family.

When gambling online, you shouldn’t gamble on security. Since betting and money are involved, there is a high risk of getting defrauded in online casinos. People who thrive on scams are just waiting to fool you with their fake online casinos. Here are some pointers to help you spot the crooks.

One big one is if the casino is relatively new. But, it is also wrong to reject a casino just because it hasn’t been well-established in the UK casino community; after all, how else would they become established? A quick litmus test for a fake is whether or not they offer a bonus to the first 100 or so registrants who deposit some money.

A good way to check the validity of a casino, such as Paddy Power Casino, is to ascertain the number of banking options available. If a casino is unable to pass the standards of a banking firm or has not been able to hit arrangements with a number of firms, you should steer clear them. It might be that the banking firms have not been sufficiently convinced of the stability of the casino.
You can check the validity of an online casino by way of a third party. Auditing firms and security companies can ensure fairness as well as assess the average number and size of payouts of the casino.