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The decision to keep Irish racing going despite the outbreak of the coronavirus seems is doing wonders for bookmakers.
Bettors have been flocking to Irish racing as British racing is on shutdown at the moment.
Irish racing an oasis in streamlined action
So betting, in general, has become streamlined for punters and bookies alike. Even though Irish racing is… Read the rest
23rd March 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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One punter at Paddy Power enjoyed an incredible weekend of horse racing betting. After some fairly big upsets at the Cheltenham Festival, things settled down a bit on the weekend.
On Saturday there was jump action (sponsored by Paddy Power) at Kempton, and there was also a big meeting at Uttoxeter for the Midland National day on Saturday.
A Paddy Power punter… Read the rest
17th March 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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The Randox Health Grand National, a worldwide spectacle, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The world’s famous steeplechase, run over 4m4f across Aintree’s fearsome and unique fences, will now not take place in 2020.
Jockey Club Racecourses, which owns Aintree, had been considering plans to stage the race behind closed doors… Read the rest
Some good news for former MoPlay customers came this week. It was announced on Monday that operator Betfred have purchased the UK-facing customer database from MoPlay.
Betfred to return stakes
According to an email sent out by Betfred, they will be returning stakes that had been placed on open bets on MoPlay accounts. Importantly the email stated that “will… Read the rest
17th March 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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Betway has become the latest online bookmaker to have fallen foul of the Gambling Commission and has been hit with a record fine of £11.6m for failing to protect gambling addicts and to prevent people betting with stolen money.
Campaigners calling for betting license to be withdrawn
Campaigners had called for Betway’s licence to be suspended pending further… Read the rest
The outbreak of the coronavirus has slowly but surely ground most sporting action a halt. Thursday proved to be a big day for cancellation announcements.
Not only has the Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the F1 calendar cancelled (with more races likely to follow), but all major sports in the US have now been suspended too.
The big sports shutdown
The… Read the rest
13th March 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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A Paddy Power punter pulled off a remarkable wager on the weekend. The wager was a boldly optimistic 8-fold acca of only drawn outcomes in football matches.
The bet had been placed with a £1 stake.
After all eight draws (that’s right, eight draws) came up on the bet, the punter collected almost £20k in winnings.
The selections were from up and down the English football… Read the rest
2nd March 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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William Hill have announced a pre-tax loss of £37.6 million for 2019.
Bad as though that sounds, it represents an improvement on the firm’s 2018 performance when a loss of £722m was reported.
CEO Ulrik Bengtsson isn’t fazed by the latest loss which came in a year when the government reduced the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs)… Read the rest
26th February 2020 /
paul
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It’s coming. The 2020 Cheltenham Festival, one of the biggest highlights of racing’s calendar year is almost here.
The action begins on Tuesday, March 10th and will draw to its exciting conclusion on March 14th, which is Cheltenham Gold Cup Day.
For horse racing fans and punters, it doesn’t get much bigger or better than the Festival action from Prestbury Park.… Read the rest
26th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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A Paddy Power punter defied odds of 5,174/1 over the weekend to earn themselves a win of over £5,000. That was all from a simple £1 stake.
Well, simple isn’t quite the right word, because the winning bet was a staggering 17-fold accumulator which was played.
Porto strikes late in the final leg of the bet
The final leg of the bet was resting on Porto winning a home match… Read the rest
26th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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Last week MoPlay suffered a suspension of their operator licence by the UKGC. It was confirmed on Monday that the business is now insolvent. It was also announced that customer withdrawals have been stopped.
Solvency issues
The MoPlay brand from Addison Global had its licence suspended by the UK Gambling Commission recently, with the governing body saying… Read the rest
24th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
The Tote is one of the oldest and most famous betting institutions that exist in the UK. It was back in the 1920s that it was originated by a certain Winston Churchill. It is still going strong to this day and in fact, has just recently had a bit of a makeover.
Visit Tote
The new Tote.co.uk
Formerly operational as Totesport, 2020 has seen the shift in re-branding to… Read the rest
20th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
Sports betting exchange operator Matchbook has had its UK gambling license temporarily suspended for as yet undisclosed reasons.
On Monday, Matchbook’s UK customers reported receiving emails informing them that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) had taken the decision to temporarily suspend the operating license of Triplebet Ltd, Matchbook’s… Read the rest
18th February 2020 /
paul
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Sometimes just backing the favourites in horse racing does pay off. It did for one Paddy Power punter last Friday. The punter built a 10-fold acca consisting of all favourites at the races.
Remarkably all ten of those favourites won, and the £1 stake on the wager returned a very cool £7,202.00.
That’s a pretty remarkable outcome which all started with a dramatic… Read the rest
18th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker Betfred have secured a deal to be the official sponsor of the massive Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury II boxing match on the weekend.
After an exhilarating draw between the two in December of 2018, the two will go at it again at the MGM Grand on Saturday, February 22nd.
It’s been a long time coming this rematch and there isn’t going to be a bigger fight happening… Read the rest
18th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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