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Cambridge Student Joseph Vambe collected a nice £6,793 win from a wager at Betfred last weekend. The big return for the 19-year-old came from just a £4 stake.
Vambe had played the bet on a Yes or No coupon, where predictions are made as to whether a game will see both teams score or not.
Both Team To Score Picks
Leicester-Chelsea
Watford-Everton
West Ham-Brighton… Read the rest
6th February 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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A punter from County Roscommon struck a nice win over the weekend on the horses, with bookmaker Paddy Power. They managed, with just a €5 stake to walk away with nearly €8,000.
All in just 55 minutes as well from a fourfold acca on the horses. The first three runners in the wager all won convincingly at 5/1, 11/1 and 7/1 which left a nervous time on the final leg.
The… Read the rest
15th January 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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There could be a major shakeup in online betting coming. The UK Gambling Commission looks set to announce on Tuesday this week, that they are proposing a ban on credit cards being used for gambling online.
The watchdog’s goal is to prevent any exploitation of customers.
Findings of credit study to be released
The UK Gambling Commission is expected to publish … Read the rest
13th January 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has called on the Football Association to reconsider its decision to sell FA Cup broadcast rights via a third party to a gambling website.
Since the start of last season, bookmaker Bet365 has had rights to show FA Cup ties on its website and app in a deal agreed in January 2017, six months before the FA announced… Read the rest
9th January 2020 /
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Are you a regular punter on the horses? Have you noticed a change to the popular Best Odds Guaranteed promotion at certain operators? Well, since December last year, there have been changes happening to the BOG deal, depending on which bookmaker you are using.
Popular offer undergoing reactionary changes
The Best Odds Guaranteed offer is popular with punters… Read the rest
8th January 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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William Hill has announced that they have agreed on terms with Arena Racing Company. The bookmaker has a deal in place with At The Races. That is where live racing streams on the William Hill platforms are supplied from.
Now they are using that streaming data deal to supply a broadcast to a new channel. This channel is called “Betting TV” and it is a free-to-air… Read the rest
8th January 2020 /
Lee A Jackson
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On Monday, Paddy Power released details on Monday of some of the biggest accumulator wins of the last decade. There were some stunning bets on the list and glancing over some of them, it’s hard to comprehend how some of them even happened.
Top of the list of the bets that cost Paddy Power the most in one hit, was a staggering six-fold that came in at just under £1 million… Read the rest
31st December 2019 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bet365 claims the top prize
London hosted the SBC Awards 2019 ceremony was on December 3rd. Once again it was operator Bet365 who walked away with the title of the Sportsbook of the Year. That is the sixth consecutive year that they have claimed it and Bet365 were also awarded the Football Sportsbook of the Year title.
The top honour for the Racing Sportsbook category… Read the rest
5th December 2019 /
Lee A Jackson
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We are all accustomed to bookmakers crying foul but maybe the threatened strike action by Irish on-course bookies hasn’t been allocated the column inches it deserves.
Bookmakers eventually withdrew their threat of strike action at Punchestown’s fixture on Tuesday this week but there are deep divisions between the on-course fraternity, the Association… Read the rest
26th November 2019 /
paul
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The time of Betfred’s ownership of the Tote has officially come to an end. The racing pool, once run by the state, was purchased by Betfred back in 2011 through an auction format. But Betfred boss Fred Done has sold off the remaining 75% of the operation to the UK Tote Group.
The UK Tote Group, which was known as Alizeti Capital when they purchased the first 25% share… Read the rest
19th October 2019 /
Lee A Jackson
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It is huge news when three of the UK’s biggest bookmakers agree a merger, especially one that will be worth £9.3bn if it is given the go-ahead.
Paddy Power and Betfair owner Flutter Entertainment has agreed a deal to buy Canadian rival The Stars Group, owners of Skybet. The combined group will headquartered in Dublin and listed on the London Stock Exchange… Read the rest
4th October 2019 /
paul
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We are all accustomed, and probably almost immune, to fake reviews published on shopping sites. Those shopping sites don’t need naming and most have now taken steps to ensure customer reviews are genuine and not the work of bots or paid reviewers with a financially-dependent opinion of a product. But it was believed that the betting industry had been… Read the rest
30th September 2019 /
paul
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Who hasn’t sat there playing a bit of fantasy football? It has become a really popular aside for punters. That dream of entering the world of being a football manager for a day. A lot of different fantasy football sites exist and with a set budget, you are charged with building say a Premier League or Champions League dream team. Then you get points awarded for performances.… Read the rest
13th September 2019 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
Irish bookmakers Boylesports will open their first betting shops in the UK next week and are set further expansion in the coming months.
The Dundalk-based organisation is bucking a trend which has seen UK bookmakers retreat from the high street.
Boylesports are Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker with some 250 shops across the country but have… Read the rest
Contemporaries have turned on fellow bookmakers, some of them high profile, after it was reported that some layers would not take some multiple bets on Frankie Dettori’s rides at Royal Ascot last week.
Star Sports boss Ben Keith was among those furious that punters had been unable to get bets on one of the sport’s most popular figures at one of racing’s… Read the rest
