Online Bookmaker Reviews and Betting News

Online bookmaker Bet365 have penned a new deal with Premier League side Stoke City. The Potters will now have the popular bookie as their main shirt sponsor for next season’s kit. The Coates family, who own Stoke City have made the move from the Britannia building society in an attempt to “maximise the international element of the Club’s exposu…
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Online bookmaker Sportingbet received some good news this week, as Spain are set to issue online gambling licences on June 1^st. This has been a drawn out affair, with licence applicants having had to wait a long time for positive word from the Ministry of Finance in Spain. Sportingbet had to stop its operations in Spain because of the result of court case broug…
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A while ago, when Manchester United were five points clear at the top of the Premier League, and seemingly on course to comfortably defend their title, we wrote that online bookmaker BetFred were paying out early on the Red Devils winning the league. Did it seem like too much of a premature move back at the start of April? Not really, as the challenge from City se…
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Online bookmaker Paddy Power have become the first UK Bookie to incorporate content from the Racing Post into its smart phone app. This is a big coup for the popular bookie, as it gives them a great advantage in the competitive field of horse racing betting. The Racing Post, Britain’s leading newspaper dedicated to horse racing, will be integrating it…
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The summer of 2012 is expected to be a bumper one for British Online bookmakers. Just to quote some figures from Government research, over 70% of the adult population in the UK, gambled at some point during the year of 2012. That is over 35.5 million punters. What was happening in 2010? The FIFA World Cup of course, which will have helped drive up the number of cas…
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William Hill, Britain’s largest bookmaker, has seen another big profit from its online business. The company is still trying to get their Nevada Gaming Licence passed out in the US, after snapping up three well-established US sports books Breaking into the Nevada market is going to be highly profitable for William Hills, but they have faced some del…
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Online bookmaker Ladbrokes have reported a big increase in the number of bets coming in through mobile phones and tablets. The amount of activity coming in from mobile punters on the Ladbrokes sports book are now accounting for around 20% of Ladbrokes’ online bets taken. This has been a good 5% increase of mobile betting over the last twelve months or s…
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Online betting exchange BetFair has came out in support of British Boxing, as they came to an agreement with the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) to become their official gaming partner. This means that some important funds will be going to the association, which will help secure and fund British boxing interest. The deal means that BetFair will b…
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Several bookmakers are becoming increasingly frustrated over the time taken by the UK government to formulate definite plans over the regulation of new internet gambling legislation. Among them Bodog, who have put plans to expand their UK-based operation on hold. The move is expected to lead to a number of redundancies. Bodog UK introduced horse racing t…
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Two of the UK’s popular game shows, Deal or No Deal and Red or Black?, have come under some scrutiny from the Gambling Commission. For the producers of both shows, the Gambling Commission seem keen to work with the stakeholders in order to get the shows to meet UK gambling laws. Neither are facing a ban, but unless things don’t come into line, punis…
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