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European bookmaker Tonybet has revealed that UKIP leader Nigel Farage did not accept Antanas Guoga’s (Tony Guoga) €1 million charity bet on Britain remaining in the European Union. The €1 million bet personally wagered by Guoga, would have capped off a victorious night for Farage as the ‘Leave’ camp won a nail-biting EU Referendum taking 52% of the votes. Guoga the …

The UK’s EU referendum may have left the bookmaking industry scrambling for position, but Michal Kopec of Better Collective thinks that the industry will soon recover from the shock Brexit result. Michael, who is Senior Business Manager for the company, also commented on the plummeting British pound in the immediate aftermath of the result, and the effect on Gibraltar based operators, who …

As British citizens hit polling stations yesterday, the UK ‘Remain’ camp were confident of victory as bookmakers priced the outcome at 1/6 at the close of polls. The low odds would give ‘Remain’ a 90% probability outcome, as ‘Leave’ drifted to between the 6/1 – 7/1 range. In the build-up to polling day, bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes had detailed …

Many woke up in shock today as it was announced that the British public had voted for a Brexit. It was a historic day for bookmakers as it was for UK politics, with the amount of trading on the day saw the event reach a political betting highs. The Betfair Exchange EU Referendum market reached a record £127m of traded …

As England prepare for the Euro 2016 knock out stages and a potential showdown with penalty nemesis Germany, penalty legend Matt Le Tissier has taken on the infamous German Robokeeper in a short film to show England how to do it. Sky Bet’s Making Penalties Better campaign, created with Sports PR and marketing agency Heavyweight Sports, has run a series of videos throughout …

Following this morning’s official resignation by Prime Minister David Cameron,  William Hill has installed Boris Johnson as even-money favourite to become the next elected Conservative leader following David Cameron’s resignation. William Hill’s have cut Johnson’s odds from 11/4, and make Theresa May 7/2 second favourite, with Michael Gove 9/2, Andrea Leadson 12/1, Priti Patel and Stephen Crabb both 16/1; George …

British bookmakers have declared the EU Referendum to be the largest political betting market of all time as wagers pass the £100 million mark. This morning Ladbrokes stated that its ‘EU Referendum’ market had become its biggest non-sporting event of all time, beating the previous record held by last year’s UK General Election. William Hill declared that its customers had …

A Michael Jackson enthusiast has won a VIP experience in London to visit the West End, thanks to LeoVegas and its latest special competition. The mobile casino asked members of the public to test out their skills by taking part in the ultimate Michael Jackson lip-sync battle, to celebrate the launch of Bally’s ‘Michael Jackson King of Pop’ game. Entrants …

The latest edition of the Tipster Challenge at Salisbury was a complete reverse of the previous week, as almost all of the pre-race favourites failed to win at extremely short prices. Incredibly, four of the seven winners prevailed at odds of 10/1 or greater, including Jackhammer (25/1) and Hatsaway (20/1). It turned into a nightmare day for SBC News, as Andrew …

SmartBets, the odds comparison site powered by bettingexpert.com, has enlisted the help of its free-to-use BetBot to give Euro 2016 fans on Facebook a helping hand with their last 16 wagers. Autonomously participating in conversations with users, BetBot responds to users via Facebook Messenger, providing real-time odds on upcoming games from major bookmakers through SmartBets, as Euro 2016 reaches the latter …