Monday, July 12, Madrid Petar Svarc scored his second major grab from Bulgarians on Sunday night. A couple of years after he snatched Vera Gerasimova from Bulgarian men, it was the Toto jackpot’s turn to fall victim to this modern-day vigilante. And he didn’t even care – while the Totonians spent their last hours before [...]
Sunday, July 11, Johannesburg It has come down to a two-man showdown. Quite simply, if Spain win in regular time tonight, Hristo Zapryanov wins the White Toto. If not, Petar Svarc takes it. Odds favour Itso as not only are Spain favourites in the game tonight, but the Psychic Octopus has picked them as well [...]
Wednesday, July 7, Utrecht It’s official: with last night’s win of Holland over Uruguay, we are guaranteed to have the first ever European World Cup championship claimed outside Europe! Hooray for Europe (even though Holland certainly have many historic reasons to feel at home in South Africa)! It was a good semi with an unreasonable [...]
Tuesday, July 6, Baba Yaga A really quick digest for you attention as warm-up to tonight’s first semifinal between The Netherlands and Uruguay. First, kudos to Europe for …err….reconquering Africa …with football skill. Unless Uruguay perform more of their magic, we are set to witness the first time ever when an European team will win [...]
Friday, July 2, Green Point As promised, the Bank provides today to you a statistical overview of the action so far. Since I was getting a sense that Kunev was not getting his money’s worth from the Toto (causing disinterest demonstrated in his lack of predictions for the Round of 16), I have produced [...]
Wednesday, June 30, Mangaung Apologies for the radio silence yesterday – it’s just that the Monday games were so uninspiring and Toto rankings movements so insignificant that I had writer’s block, much like the one visible of late in Joana and …. the other one, what’s her name… from BNT’s Spectacular Phone Game (which already [...]
Monday, June 28, Port Elizabeth After a three-day break, the Bank is back with the Digest with lots to catch up on. Going chronologically through the events of the past three days: Friday concluded group action, with Spain and Brazil managing to finish atop their groups and avoid meeting each other in the Round of [...]
Thursday, June 24, Nelspruit It happened slowly, so no one would notice. Your Bank, however, stays ever vigilant, and noted that the majority of the top five slots have come to be occupied by the three members of the Bee family. We have contacted KZK immediately this morning and this undesirable situation will be scrutinized [...]
Wednesday, June 23, Nelson Mandela Bay After Le Hand of Frog (Thiery Henry’s classic grope against Ireland) most of the sane world has rooted for the French to fail miserably in this World Cup. Fate provided retribution and closure for the Irish as the French were simply awful this World Cup in every imaginable way [...]
Tuesday, June 22, Tshwane As Mostuna rightfully noted, we have reached the World Cup’s midpoint, with 32 games played and just as many left to go, though because of the elimination bonuses boosts the Toto Bunch are likely to more than double their point totals until the end. At half time we pause to reflect [...]