The bad news for you folks who follow the online gambling adventures of the Guru of Onlinegambling.co.uk is that his selection for the Stanley Cup has gone the way of the Edsel and other extinct cars.  The Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Vancouver Canucks in six games to advance to the Stanley Cup semi-final round.  With this loss went any chance of the Guru and his followers racking up a windfall profit on the Vancouver hockey team.  Of course, if you had backed your bet up with individual game selections on Vancouver during the course of their run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you would have made yourself some money. 

Unfortunately for the Guru, who had selected the Black Hawks to advance to the Stanley Cup finals last year, it was a year too late.  However, the Guru always has a backup plan, including prognostications for the Belmont Stakes Race in June, and N.B.A. proposition bets that should stand his followers in good stead if they choose to follow his advice.

Some of the most enticing bets in online gambling are the proposition bets.  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, defines a proposition bet as follows:  “A proposition bet, also known as a side bet or prop, is a bet made on an outcome or a proposition.  These can be anything from statistics and happenstance in a regular game to personal, one-of-a-kind bets.”  These bets in online sportsbook gambling are amusing and fun, and they offer you a chance to make some money just by using your head and adding an ingredient of luck into the mixture.     

In the Guru’s successful wagering menu for the 2009 Super Bowl, he mixed game and prop selections to win money.  For example, there were prop bets on the outcome of the coin flip, the first team to score, as well as the name of the person who would score the first touchdown.  There were prop bets on which receiver would catch more passes, which running back would secure more yards, and which quarterback would throw more touchdown passes.

As the NBA playoffs begin to heat up, you’ll see more and more propositions offered in online gambling sportsbook lines.  These lines are fun to play and easy to win if you are selective and know the game.  For example, the prop involving who would be the first Cleveland player to score the first basket is an easy one.  Their star, League MVP Lebron James, rarely takes the first shot or scores the first basket for Cleveland .  You can get great odds on Big Zee or Mo Williams. 

If you are a fan of basketball or enjoy online gambling, go to a recommended sportsbook site and take a gander at the prop bets.  In fact my prop bet is that you will go to the site and place some prop bets.