William Hill has signed a deal to become Chelsea FC’s new official betting partner, in a three-year collaboration with the 2014/15 Premier League champions. The bookmaker will also host Chelsea’s match day betting service at Stamford Bridge, allowing fans to place bets at the stadium on the day of the game and collect winnings from any one of more than …
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David Bowie is the bookmaker’s favourite to posthumously be awarded the 2016 Mercury Prize for his album ‘Blackstar’. Ladbrokes has made ‘Blackstar’ the early favourite with odds of 2/1 though both Radiohead and Anohni are close contenders for the coveted prize. Both Radiohead’s ‘Moon Shaped Pool’ and Anohni’s ‘Hopelessness’ are priced at 5/1. Bowie’s Blackstar was released a mere two days …
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The 2016 Olympic games gets underway in Brazil today and there’ll be plenty of action to keep us entertained until August 21st. It’s been a controversial games before it’s even kicked off with the unravelling of the doping scandal, but here we focus on the opportunities that it offers for bookmakers. In its latest Bookies’ Corner series SBC picked the …
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A better than expected Euro 2016, which generated £36 million gross-win has helped William Hill Plc steady its 2016 financial performance, following its worst ever Cheltenham Festival results. Presenting its H1 2016 results (period ending 30 June), William Hill governance stated that the company remains on track to hit its revised full-year guidance of £260-280 million. The FTSE-listed operator would …
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Independent bookmaker bet365 has reduced its Australian market losses to AUS 10.9 million (£6.3 million) for the 12-month period ending 27 March. The figure represents a marked improvement on its fiscal 2015 market losses of AUS $31 million. Since beginning its operations in Australia under a Darwin license in 2012, the Stoke-based bookmaker has accumulated losses of AUS $133 million …
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New UK online betting operator Sun Bets, the joint business venture of Tabcorp Holdings and News UK, has launched its online casino offering in partnership with market leading software supplier Playtech. Sun Bets who officially launched this week, will be complemented by a comprehensive Playtech serviced online and live casino product. Playtech continues to strengthen its services partnership with News …
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Championship football club Derby County has announced that Coral will be its official betting and gaming partner until the end of the 2018/19 season. Coral will offer a full cash betting service at the iPro Stadium on match days, with betting stations located around the ground. This stadium betting service will be operated by BD Stadia, market leaders in betting …
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English Premier League Champions Leicester City FC have announced Amaya Inc online betting subsidiary BetStars as its official European Betting Partner as the Foxes make their Champions League debut in season 2016/17. Announcing the partnership this morning, Leicester City management detailed that the BetStars brand would receive high coverage placement throughout The King Power Stadium (capacity: 32,000) during season 2016/17 …
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BetITBest‘s Nico Jansen is interested in discovering the best in people. This week it’s Charlie McCann. Charlie McCann has worked for BetVictor since 2011, previously as the Director of Online Public Relations, before becoming Head of Communications in May 2015. An expert in the sports betting industry, he has also worked for both Stan James and 32Red. ____________________________________ Best Holiday Just back …
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It has been announced that Penn National Gaming Inc. has bought social games developer Rocket Games Inc. The agreed fee for the acquisition of the San Francisco based developer was $60m (£45.1m), with potential incentive payments to certain Rocket executives over the next two years. Among Rocket’s gaming library are Downtown Deluxe Slots, Triple Double Slots and the popular Viva Slots Vegas. Penn …
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