Sporting Index surveyed the British public ahead of the Rio Olympics and found that staying up late to watch the games will cost the country up to 302 million lost hours of sleep. The leading spread betting firm commissioned pollsters Opinium and found that Brits on average plan to go to bed 34 minutes later than normal to watch the …
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888sport sponsors four Championships teams and will pay for away days
888sport has launched an interesting partnership as the first main sponsor to simultaneously sponsor four EFL Championship teams for the 2016/17 season by offering fans free travel to away games until Christmas. As one of the most watched leagues in world football, 888sport believes that the Championship is the right platform for its sponsorships efforts which will include sponsoring Birmingham …
Read More »Luke Tarr of Star Sports picks his Pontefract race winners
Luke Tarr, Head of Public Relations at Star Sports, is back for a second tilt at the Tipster Challenge at Pontefract. After returning 16.50 points on his first outing in May, he will be hopeful of extending the Guest’s lead at the top of the leaderboard. Star Sports will be competing against SBC News, Timeform and Stephen Harris, the Horse …
Read More »BOS Speaker Profile – Pavol Krasnovsky – RTSmunity
Pavol Krasnovsky, founder and CEO of RTSmunity, is speaking on ‘Data Crunching – live betting in esports’ at the upcoming Betting on Sports conference (September 15-16) in London. We caught up with him ahead of the two day event to discuss the work RTSmunity has been doing in the past year, the development of its analytical system and more. SBC: …
Read More »DFS operator FanDuel lands in the UK
The much anticipated FanDuel DFS product for the UK market has now been announced and launched by the operator. The fantasy sports operator, which launched in Edinburgh in 2009 and took the States by storm, has now gone live with its product created exclusively for the UK’s football fans. There is an initial focus on the Premier League, and it will be available to …
Read More »Genius Sports appoints Steve Burton as integrity and governance director
Sports data and media rights distributor Genius Sports has strengthened its leadership team by confirming the appointment of Steve Burton as Director of Integrity, Governance & Sports Partnerships. Burton joins Genius Sports from London specialist sports law firm Couchmans LLP, where he served as Head of Sports Data (2009-2016). Part of the Genius Sports executive team, Burton will lead the …
Read More »BHA publishes UK racing 2017 fixture list
The British Horseracing Association (BHA) has published its fixture list for UK racing 2017, announcing year-round racing on Saturday evenings and three meetings to be staged for the first time on Good Friday. 1,496 fixtures are scheduled to take place over 363 days in 2017, 14 more than in 2016, while there will be an extra day of racing owing …
Read More »William Hill boosts development arm with Grand Parade £13.6 million acquisition
FTSE-listed betting operator William Hill has informed the market that it has agreed to acquire industry software development firm Grand Parade for a reported £13.6 million combined cash and shares deal. Confirming the deal, William Hill governance detailed that it had acquired Grand Parade with a view of bolstering its digital development capabilities as the company continues its corporate focus …
Read More »WantMyBet goes live with iOS and Android apps
The sports focused social network WantMyBet has announced the release of its debut Android and iOS apps. WantMyBet harnesses the common, down the bookies chatter of “Listen to this great accumulator I just put on” and digitalises it for the modern age. It allows people to compete with their tips via the leaderboard, and win both money and free bets. It …
Read More »William Hill nets 2-year European betting partnership with Everton FC
William Hill has penned a two-year deal with Everton to become the Club’s Official European Betting Partner. Beginning this 2016/17 Premier League season, the new partnership will see the Everton FC link up with William Hill marketing to offer exclusive odds on a comprehensive range of markets on all the club’s EPL matches, FA Cup and Capital 1 Cup games. Furthermore, …
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