The fourth session of this year’s Betting on Football Conference (#bofcon) at Stamford Bridge was focused on data and trading patterns. It featured Senior Odds Compiler at Super Soccer Jeevan Jeyaratnam, Paolo Personeni of Sportsradar and Nathan Rothschild, Co-Founder of iSport Genius, with the Founder of Sportsbook Training Services Jonathan Smith moderating the ‘Trading Places – How has the availability of …

The founder of esports agency Stark Esports, Khaled Naim, spoke at #bofcon today on the subject of FIFA as a gateway between football and esports.  Stark has a partnership with VFL Wolfsburg and further deals with a host of Bundesliga clubs including Bayern Munich are also on the cards. The terms of the Wolfsburg deal sees Stark aiding the side’s entrance into …

In a poignant blog post about skin betting on Unikrn published yesterday, co-founder and CEO, Rahul Sood, has highlighted what’s wrong in esports betting, especially in regards to underage gambling and top Twitch streamers who are wagering in-game virtual items that have real monetary value. According to Eilers Research skin betting is close to $5bn (£3.4bn) in terms of money wagered in 2016. …

Betfair has relaunched its successful ‘Back Yourself’ campaign to mark the 2016 London Marathon.  As such anybody taking part should visit the site as it offers runners the chance to win money for their charity by betting on themselves to hit their target time. The site will be open to all participants from Wednesday 20th April until Saturday 25th April. There’s …

PwC US has released a report assessing the overall esports industry from a number of different angles with a focus on awareness, viewership and opportunities for companies looking to move into the space. There have been various assessments of the industry’s growing value, and this one states that there’ll be a 43% leap from 2015 to a total revenue of $463m (£321.7m) …

188Bet and McBookie are the latest betting operators to be announced as Authorised Betting Partners (ABPs) by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). As such the pair have joined an ever increasing number of bookmakers including Bet365, Sky Betting and Gaming, Betfair, BetStars and SeanieMac as sign ups to the scheme which supports British horseracing. For 188Bet and McBookie it’ll ensure that both will …

A report in the Evening Standard is claiming GVC Holdings is at the centre of a Canadian whirlwind of lawsuits with its ongoing legal battle with Swiss ex-ice hockey pro Doug Honegger having taken a new turn.  Honegger claims that GVC owe him money for the work he states that he did as a joint venture partner on its behalf in terms of …

Perhaps the unlikeliest of political rises in history has been that of Donald Trump. Whether he wins or not he’s turned the US political landscape on its head. This is a man who nobody seriously believed could get this far except perhaps The Donald himself. William Hill had him at 150/1 to become the next US President when it first …

Award winning developer and betting industry supplier BetConstruct is a silver sponsor at this year’s Betting on Football Conference (#bofcon). Ahead of the event this week we spoke to CEO Vahe Baloulian about getting things right ahead of a major tournament such as Euro 2016 and retention strategies beyond, as well as the year ahead, how mergers are like marriages and …

A new app named BetJuno is aiming to create a ‘one stop shop’ for bettors, with winning tipsters and bookmakers all in the one place.   BetJuno was created by a team of financial professionals with the aim of simplifying the betting experience and enabling anyone to become a tipster and get paid for it. The service will only pay tipsters …