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Betfred Co-Founder Fred Done has paid out more than £1 million to 8,000 punters who backed Leicester City to win the Premier League. Of these one of the happiest has to be a punter from Warwickshire who is now £45,000 richer having staked £30 on the Foxes to win the league at odds of 1500-1. Leicester City’s 1-0 win over Southampton on Sunday left them …

This year’s Betting on Football Conference at Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea FC, is now just 2 weeks away. And despite his busy schedule, SBC Managing Director Andrew McCarron took some time out to answer a few questions about the upcoming event. This includes major discussion points for the industry, Euro 2016 focus and the key expected takeaways for …

Matt Davey Chief Executive of Toronto-listed igaming supplier NYX Gaming (NYX), has declared that ‘maintaining independence’ will be the key to acquired asset Openbet’s long term success. Reaching a binding agreement for its £270 million acquisition of Openbet from long-term private equity owners Vitruvian Partners, NYX’s deal will be part funded by William Hill (contributing £80 million) and Sky Betting and Gaming …

Colossus Bets is a valued sponsor of this year’s Betting on Football Conference taking place at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC, on April 21st.  Colossus Bets is the home of ‘The £10,000,000 Colossus’, the world’s biggest sports jackpot and boasts none other than Michael Owen as brand ambassador.  Ahead of #bofcon we spoke to company CEO Bernard Marantelli about the …

The Officers of the Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group have announced the launch of their Parliamentary seminar series looking at the Future of Gambling. The first seminar will be held on Tuesday 19th April 2016 and will be on The Future of Online Gambling. The speakers will be Clive Hawkswood, CEO of Remote Gambling Association (RGA), Anthony Werkman, Director of …

Football Index is a UK gambling licensed platform which the company describes as the world’s first football stock market. It’s a tradable market in football where users can buy and sell stocks in players, known as Futures, with real money, build up a portfolio and earn dividends with the overall aim of cashing out and selling at a profit. You can for example …

BetVictor has today announced Mr President as its new creative agency to work on the bookmaker’s Euro 2016 campaign, following a competitive pitch. Mr President, IAB Creative Agency of the Year, has been tasked with continuing to reinforce BetVictor’s ‘Simple As’ brand proposition which launched earlier this year. The site was given a makeover and the entire idea is focused …

Toronto TSX-listed NYX Gaming Group has updated the market, announcing that it has entered a ‘binding share agreement’ to purchase 100% of Openbet from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners LLP. NYX Gaming governance disclosed that it has placed a total consideration of £270 million for Openbet assets, which will include the repayment of the firm’s existing £95 million debt. The …

Senet Group is seeking a new Chief Executive following the resignation of founder CEO Ron Finlay, who was recruited to set up governance for the organisation in 2014. Ron Finlay said: “Senet Group has been on an amazing journey in the last 18 months. We have taken the idea from a piece of paper to create an independent body that has delivered a national …

UK racing stakeholders are planning to launch a rival pool betting business to compete against the Betfred owned Tote, according to the Mail on Sunday. Plans for a new betting pool are being led by The Jockey Club and Racehorse Media Group, in conjunction with several interested parties. However the Tote currently has a statutory monopoly on horseracing pools, which …