TOP FIVE

Top 5 – Van Halen Songs

After a series of false starts, rock band Van Halen finally announced what longtime fans have been waiting to hear since about 1985.

To borrow a quote from their song Hot for teacher, "In case you missed us, we're back!" This newsletter's Top 5 is in honour of that announcement.

5) Runnin' With The Devil - The first song from their first album is a heckuva tune.

4) Right Now - Not all the songs with Sammy Hagar sucked.

3) Why Can't This Be Love? - See above.

2) Jump - Their most famous song doesn't quite top our list.

1) Eruption - The greatest guitar solo of all-time is our top Van Halen song of all-time.

POKER

Although opportunites for mobile gaming are limited in the States, the opposite holds true in Europe. The World Poker Tour with the help of Hands-On-Mobile and 3UK, are helping Texas Hold'em go mobile. More details here.

FEATURE

How does that old cliché go about taking pleasure in people's pain?

Bettors like to bet on a variety of things like sports and natural disasters and you can add celebrity behaviour as well.

Like her friend Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie was arrested for DUI but served only 82 minutes of her sentence before being released from the slammer.

Sportsbooks aren't taking bets on jail time but they are taking various bets on her unborn child. Weight, hair and eye colour are among the offerings. Talk about hard time.

SPORTS

The bad stink from NBA ref Tim Donaghy and the suspiscious betting involving tennis player Nikolay Davydenko is still in the air.

Hoping to avoid the firestorm that hit the NBA after the Donaghy story broke, the U.S. Tennis Association is putting safeguards in place to prevent a bet scandal.

Read more here.