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In the Bookmaker News category we report on the news from the best online bookmakers like Bet365, Paddypower, William Hill, Sportingbet, Bwin, Betfair, Ladbrokes, Betvictor, Betfred, …
There was some bad news for Paddy Power Betfair as they suffered a loss of £250m from the value of the FTSE 100 this week. The big market reaction came after it was announced that the Irish Government plan to double the betting duties in the country.
The Irish turnover tax is set to go up from 1pc to 2pc in the new changes and this applies to both retail and online bets… Read the rest
9th October 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
The Church of England has joined in the campaign to stop gambling advertisements during live events.
Apparently, the church has its own spokesman on gambling – the Right Reverend Alan Smith, Bishop of St Alban’s – and he is accusing bookmakers of failing to protect gambling addicts. The bishop is calling for new legislation to stop the broadcasting… Read the rest
9th October 2018 /
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Talk about having some confidence in a bet. A punter has struck a bold €5k at bookmaker Boylesports on Conor McGregor to beat his big rival Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 on the weekend in Las Vegas.
Former featherweight and lightweight titleholder McGregor is the 11/8 underdog for the bout. If the €5k stake on ‘Notorious’ was to win that would return just under… Read the rest
3rd October 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
Two punters scooped winnings of over €12,000 between them last Friday at bookmaker Boylesports. Both punters had struck a €1 Lucky 15 bet with the bookmaker on Friday evening’s racing.
One of them had picked out four winners from Newcastle which included 12/1 shot Mudawwan to pocket a cool €7,292.
The second punter picked up a €5,190 return with three selections… Read the rest
2nd October 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
William Hill made a big slash of the odds on Manchester United to get relegated from the Premier League this season. That was in a response to a reported big bet that they got on the Red Devils to fall from grace. The last time United weren’t in the top flight was back in the 1974/75 season.
The Red Devils were at 500/1 with the bookmaker, but those odds were slashed in… Read the rest
29th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
The chairman of the Racecourse Association, Maggie Carver, is calling for UK-based bookmakers to commit more investment in betting on horse racing. The sport’s very future is intrinsically linked with income from wagering. Racing was, of course, the mainstay of bookmakers for many years until the growth in popularity of betting on sports like football and… Read the rest
25th September 2018 /
paul
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There was a staggering win off of a nine-fold accumulator on Sunday with bookmaker Sky Bet. The lucky punter won over £33,000 from just a £2.39 stake.
The wager was built of one both teams to score bet and then the rest were full-time results and both teams to score options. The odds were an impressive 13,991/1 with the punter’s £2.39 stake returning £33,439.02.… Read the rest
24th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
It is always nice to hear of a big win through an acca, as it gives a little bit of hope to everyone out there trying to hit a big return from a small stake. There was a big 17-fold acca won at Ladbrokes on the back of UEFA Europa League fixtures, the bet returning a big win of £11k after a £1.30 seventeen-fold acca.
The winning bet was made up of a mixture of full-time scores,… Read the rest
24th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
A lucky punter from Limerick landed a great weekend bonus as they landed an acca and Lucky 15 success from the same four selection. The Punter threw down just the €3 stake on the bet and what came back was the significant rewards of more than €18k.
There was a €2.50 acca played and a 50c Lucky 15 from the horses which were on races from Friday’s cards at Doncaster, Sandown,… Read the rest
16th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
There is a new competition over at Betfair that is running which the operator has started in conjunction with the new NFL season. They are running a competition through their Twitter feed which involves their followers taking on their NFL tipsters.
For each week of the season, you will have a chance to pick between the top two players in a given position (either… Read the rest
8th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Betfair
A Sky Bet punter was celebrating at the races on Thursday as they pulled off an incredible bet. The punter landed over £40,000 from the first race of Thursday so it wasn’t a bad way to start the day. Imagine that, landing a massive sum from the first race of the day!
The race in question was the 1.50 at Salisbury which was won by the aptly named Fortune And Glory.
With… Read the rest
7th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
Sky Bet have joined the likes of BetVictor, Betfair Sportsbook and William Hill in offering through their online services, a minimum bet guarantee on horse racing.
Sky bet is one of the biggest online operators in the country and also boasts one of the biggest turnovers in horse racing betting in the UK.
They are offering at least a partial ‘minimum bet’ guarantee… Read the rest
5th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
There was a big winner from Dublin cropping up at Boylesports last week. The punter cashed in on a horse racing accumulator and Lucky 15 to walk off with a tidy sum of cash. The winner had selected a €0.70 Lucky 15 and a €1 each-way accumulator on the same four horses from meets at Chelmsford and Carlisle.
Monsieur Jimmy (6/1), Majboor (6/1) and Northern Powerhouse… Read the rest
5th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
A punter at Paddy Power returned a superb win from a seven-fold Both Teams To Score acca with the bookmaker. This was from games spread across some of the English tiers and with six legs of the wager having been successfully navigated, all of the pressure was on the Millwall v Swansea game from the Championship to complete.
The punter had played a Both Teams To Score… Read the rest
5th September 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
Betvictor have broken new ground in online betting as they have become the first major online operator to provide a lay-to-lose guarantee on every race in Britain and Ireland. The new initiative was launched this week.
BetVictor customers will now have the opportunity to win up to £500 by selecting a Guaranteed Bet option.
The coverage will be available on the… Read the rest
21st August 2018 /
Lee A Jackson
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Bookmaker News
