About.com Selects RJ Bell for Sports Gambling Expert Guide Position

LAS VEGAS, NV, June 21, 2005 – About.com, ranked in the top 10 of all Internet sites with 40 million unique visitors per month, has selected RJ Bell for their Sports Gambling Expert Guide position. About is renowned for their search engine optimization, appearing on the first page of the major search engines for nearly every popular sports betting search. RJ Bell is the founder and president of Pregame.com and FreePicksByEmail.com, the Internet’s largest daily sports betting newsletter.

RJ Bell said, “I am excited about the faith About has placed in me. I was told there were numerous highly qualified candidates for the job. My selection reaffirms for me the content approach we are committed to at Pregame - providing info worth betting, info that empowers our users to play with confidence.”

Matty O’Shea, head of content at Pregame.com, said: “I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the sports information industry, including Roxy Roxborough, and the fact is RJ Bell has the uncommon ability to communicate important, oftentimes complicated, concepts in an understandable fashion.”

Greg Taylor, president of Big Juice Media, said: “RJ believes in the power of networks, and that’s exactly what FreePicksByEmail.com is based on. And this is evident from the impressive collection of sports information collaborators he has assembled. RJ’s ability to provide not only his own expertise, but that of leading experts in all sports gambling niches, should result in a great deal of powerful information for users.”

RJ Bell’s regular collaborators include Marc Lawrence, publisher of Playbook, and perhaps the most respected handicapper working today. Christopher Costigan, a true sportsbook insider and operator of leading watchdog site Sports911.com. Rob Crowne, a leading authority on professional sports betting syndicates.

As a handicapper, RJ Bell has won 3 world championships (documented by The Sports Monitor). As an author, he is a regular contributor to the sports gambling community’s most prestigious publications, including Marc Lawrence’s Playbook and Doc’s Sports Journal. RJ Bell graduated with highest honors (Summa Cum Laude) from The Ohio State University, finishing in the top 1% of his class with degrees in both Finance and Computer Science.

The About Sports Gambling site will focus upon football, basketball, and baseball with RJ Bell at the helm, providing information of practical value for both beginner and expert.

About.com ranks in the top 10 of all Internet sites with 40 million unique visitors per month. Pregame.com is where players get ready, allowing them to play with confidence. Pregame provides sports information worth betting on, including premium picks and sportsbook expertise, backed by customer service you can trust. Flagship offering FreePicksByEmail.com delivers help from famous handicappers, and is the Internet’s largest daily sports betting newsletter.

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