http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNNlePr8qII

The first on our list is from American betting organisation Proline, who show that even if the unexpected happens you can still make some money on it.

There is no better feeling that winning that all important bet, and here our Australian counterparts at TAB show us how to celebrate.

Sportsbet bring us their take on mobile betting, which is apparently the greatest thing since betting.

Paddy Power go over the dire consequences of betting against your own team in this ad; foolish form by Gregos Traitorelli.

If your not in, you can’t win according to expekt.com. The biggest drawback to ‘being in’ could the difficulty people have in understanding betting odds. When you play games at an online casino such as android casino or sign up with an online bookmaker, they go the extra mile to explain how odds work, the differences between decimal and fractional odds and everything else related to odds.

That’s the beauty of the online gambling industry these days – you can research form for the bets you’re placing or winning strategies for your favoured casino games whilst playing them. It’s really worth doing your homework for some of the games; poker has become a profession for many these days which goes to show that the game can be manipulated by the best players to ensure a good win.

So if you’re betting online, don’t worry about the complexity – as long as you read up on the betting basics, are smart about where you spend your money in online gambling, and can use insights over emotions when predicting outcomes, you should be fine.

But enough about betting, let’s get back to the ads. Here’s a classic sign-off:

Finally, Chris Kamara stars in Ladbrokes football betting campaign, one of the most memorable of recent times.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t good commercials out there. While many Americans can watch their Netflix-streamed seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad sans commercials, sports fans remain a captive audience for Madison Avenue to broadside with uber-cool ads, because sports are still best enjoyed live. The incentive to do commercials big and flashy is higher than ever before.

There are a slew of quality sports-themed ads on television right now, hawking products from insurance to the new edition of the FIFA video game franchise (but no Betfair Football or other betting ads as this is the US). Here are some of the best.

State Farm “Discount Double Check” featuring Aaron Rodgers and BJ Raji

While competitor Geico gets the bulk of the praise when it comes to insurance ads (though things are going downhill quickly), it’s State Farm that has managed to produce a series of funny ads featuring one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks in Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers is a star in America’s biggest sport, but he does play in the NFL’s smallest market. Nevertheless, the ads are a good use of his personality. The most recent spot adds Packers defensive tackle BJ Raji to the mix, adding a twist to the Discount Double Check move. Drop it Raji.

FIFA 13 “Join the Club” featuring a cast of Snoop and Andrew Luck

EA Sports’ newest iteration of their immensely popular FIFA franchise comes with the requisite high-quality ads. The “Join The Club” campaign shows FIFA player entering a members-only club with some of soccer’s biggest names, with crossover stars like Snoop Lion thrown in for good measure. There’s even a cameo by the number one pick of this year’s NFL draft, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. The message here: America is all-in on FIFA.

Madden 13 featuring Ray Lewis Paul Rudd

Who knew Ravens great Ray Lewis, still going strong in his 17th year at linebacker, could be funny? Paired with Paul Rudd in a series of ads for another of EA Sports’ offering, the NFL Madden franchise, Lewis is perfectly suited for the role. Lewis has turned himself into a media darling, with actual selling power, despite a troubling brush with the law earlier in his career. Rudd’s the bigger star, but it’s Lewis who makes the ads worth watching. Play Madden because Ray says so. Ray’s your family.

DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket featuring Deion Sanders and Eli Manning

Eli is the “other” Manning brother when it comes to the ad game (he actually has one more Super Bowl championship than his more famous brother Peyton), but he has an “aww shucks” quality that works well when paired with the cocksure delivery of flashy ex-NFLer Deion Sanders. The pair are little football fairies in this ad for DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket package, and it’s nearly impossible to resist anything involving football players dressed as little fairies. That’s a fact.

This Is Sportscenter featuring John Clayton

The commercials for ESPN’s flagship news show, Sportscenter, have been some of the best on TV for more than a decade. The ads use the network’s talent–anchors, reporters, talking heads–to highlight the basic whimsy of the job, covering games day-in and day-out. In the world of the This Is Sportscenter ads, famous athletes mill about the cafeteria and costumed mascots type copy; it’s like a sportsfan’s Shangri-La, in the middle of Connecticut. This ad, featuring unassuming NFL reporter John Clayton, lives up the high standard set by the endless string of quality commercials that came before it. It’s wonderful because it we can easily imagine Clayton living this life in reality–the fake suit top, the Slayer, the eating Chinese in bed, the living at home with mom.

Jason Davis is a freelance writer who covers soccer and other sports for outlets like The Guardian, ESPNFC, The Score, and others. He lives in Virginia.

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Still interesting to see things in perspective. Most of these companies make their money selling advertisements. Marketing rules the day.

Here’s a look at some of the best football ads:

Nike Airport Ad

This iconic Nike ad generated excitement in the build-up to the 1998 World Cup in France, and features the favourites for the tournament Brazil and their players in an airport. The likes of Denilson, Romario, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo showcase their skills.

Brazil v Portugal – Nike Ole! Advert

Another vintage Nike ad sees superstars from Brazil and Portugal go head-to-head. Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo again star, but this time they are joined by Ronaldinho, Luis Figo and a young Cristiano Ronaldo.

Nike: Good v Evil

Edgar Davids, Luis Figo and a raft of other Nike adorning superstars showcase their skills and steal the latest Nike ball in this classic ad.

Adidas – 1

A pioneering ad for Adidas, this one sees Raul, David Beckham, Kaka and even Jermain Defoe showboating against a raft of helpless and faceless defenders.

Nike Secret Tournament

A 3×3 secret tournament, this ad had viewers on the edge of their seats in the 2000′s as the stars of the game did battle – with Eric Cantona the announcer and referee in this classic Nike ad.

Nike: Good v Evil (Classic)

An early trendsetter, this good vs evil ad from the 1990′s has Paolo Maldini, Luis Figo, Patrick Kliuvert, Ronaldo and Eric Cantona taking on a group of heavy-handed demons, and winning!

Nike Parklife Ad

This ad featuring home-grown heroes Ian Wright, Robbie Fowler, David Seaman and the mercurial Frenchman Eric Cantona promotes grassroots football, and was an immensely popular ad in the UK.

Adidas 2006 World Cup Ad

Clever and entertaining, this Adidas ad ran in the build-up to the 2006 World Cup, and featured the world’s best players at the time and past greats such as Michel Platini and Franz Beckenbauer.

Nike Write The Future Ad

Nike’s incredibly popular ad released in the build up to the 2010 World Cup. Teaser promos showed Wayne Rooney living in a trailer and highlighted football’s knack of throwing up life-defining moments.

Nike My Time Is Now Ad

Nike’s ad for the 2012 European Championships. A new addition but already a big hit.

Adidas is all in

A brand-defining, cross-discipline campaign by adidas to highlight their approach to sports. Right up there with Nike’s Write The Future ad as having one of the biggest buildups in football advertising.

ITV – It’s Good To Dream (Euro 2012)

ITV’s ad in the build up to 2012 is well-made and documents England’s international tournament track record over the years and how things could have been had things went their way.

Some people call it low-brow. We call it good advertising. Here’s to the advertising hooks that we can count on.

From: Top Marketing Schools

At AdSavvy we’ve come to the conclusion that one of the 10 biggest events of the year is the release of the SuperBowl Commercials for that year. We even think it should be considered an entirely separate event from the Super Bowl. Because really, it’s a cultural phenomenon.

The day after the SuperBowl each year, all of the top searches on Google are people looking for this or that superbowl commercial. The most popular videos on YouTube end up being superbowl commercial videos. More people talk about their favorite super bowl commercial at work the next day then they do about the SuperBowl itself.

It will be no different in 2011. Long after people remember the game, people will still be talking about the commercials.

This year, AdSavvy will be posting every single 2011 SuperBowl commercial on our site. We will also be providing analysis and our votes for the best Super Bowl commercials of 2011.

A few years back we did a fun little feature titled The 25 Sexiest Banned Commercials of All Time and we regularly feature sexy ads on the site.

Last week we saw the following article make the rounds on the Internet: 12 Ads that Prove Sex Still Sells. And it got us thinking… does anyone really need proof that sex sells?

Back in August, Sam Katz, the incumbent mayor of Winnepeg accidentally kicked a teen in the head during a charity soccer match between some adult city workers and a team of kids from the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba. The video went viral and achieved semifame on the internet among Canadians. Now a clip from that video has shown up in a hilarious mock ad supposedly paid for by an unknown group called “FOPATKITFOC” or, “the Friends of People Against the Kicking in the Face of Children.” Nice.

Robert Mackey at the New York Times blog calls it the “mock Canadian attack ad of the year”.
Check out the original video of the facekick, complete with audio:

The best part… the announcer’s commentary: “Oh! He’s booted him in the face in an election year!”

In the Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode “Paddy’s Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens”, the gang tries to come up with various marketable products in an attempt to build the Paddy’s Pub brand.

Frank comes up with a gun that shoots alcohol directly into your mouth, Mac comes up with the dick-towel (http://www.dicktowel.com/), and Charlie comes up with the now world-famous ‘Kitten Mittons’. An excellent episode about advertising and marketing. Best episode yet. Check out the complete, uncensored Dick Towel video after the jump:

Also, if you’re interested in making your own pair of kitten “mittons”, check out this post on instructables.com:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Kitten-Mittons/

When I was a kid, there was this freaky weirdo in my class who used to wipe his nose on his sleeve. We used to call him names like “greensleeves” and “slimer” and “asshole”. Little did we know that he was using the “proper” method of sneezing and coughing. Boy, do I feel stupid now. I bet he invented this thing.

http://www.mysneezee.com/