Racing Post’s charity campaign was launched on Friday afternoon with the unveiling of a giant saddle cloth at Cheltenham racecourse. The campaign titled #SupportOurJockeys is promoting the causes of the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) and Irish Injured Jockeys (IIJ). Ruby Walsh, Chairman of the Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Ltd and winner of last year’s Racing Post Arkle on Un De …
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Anthony Werkman – Betway – Fnatical about esports
Betway is betting big on esports. As one of the foremost promoters of esports amongst the UK’s major bookmakers, it recently sponsored a Betway Fight Night between Team Fnatic and Team Astralis. We spoke to Director of Marketing and Operations at Betway Anthony Werkman about this, how its carving out a reputation in esports communities and the particular need for a separate …
Read More »Nathan Rothschild – iSport Genius – BOFCON Speaker
Introducing the first confirmed BOFCON speaker for this week, Nathan Rothschild. He will be making his Betting on Football conference debut at Stamford Bridge on Thursday 21st April, as part of our trading places panel. Nathan is a co-founder and partner at iSport Genius, a revolutionary sports data platform that provides sporting insights through highly innovative statistical analysis of data. ______________________ …
Read More »FanDuel will leave Texas in May but DraftKings will fight on
The latest in the saga that is the daily fantasy sports legal battles in the States is that FanDuel will be leaving Texas in May, whilst DraftKings has decided to continue to fight for the legal recognition of its paid DFS contests in the state. This is particularly big news as Texas is responsible for a significant chunk of DFS …
Read More »FTSE eagerly awaits Paddy Power Betfair results
Tuesday morning will see the first joint publication of Paddy Power Betfair results, as FTSE analysts and commentators eagerly await the performance update of online betting’ biggest market capital operator. Having opened trading with a £105 share price on the London and Dublin stock exchanges on 2 February, Paddy Power Betfair entered the prestigious FTSE 100 index last week having …
Read More »Nils Anden departs as Unibet marketing lead
Long-serving Unibet Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Nils Anden, has confirmed his official departure from the Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator. Anden, who had served Unibet for more than ten years in numerous marketing and commercial senior management roles, has joined FinTech currency trading platform CurrencyFair.com as CMO. Leading international marketing initiatives and performance since 2012 as CMO, Anden had been …
Read More »Foxes fan cashes out for £72k on Leicester title win
A Leicester City fan has collected a cool £72k from Ladbrokes on his team winning the Premier League. The male customer in his mid-thirties, who wishes to remain anonymous, placed a £50 bet at the start of the season on Leicester City lifting the trophy at 5000/1. After reading Saturday’s newspapers about John Pryke cashing out for £29,000, he decided …
Read More »Baazov may seek rival investment for Amaya takeover
Bloomberg Business News has reported that Amaya Inc CEO David Baazov may look to partner with outside investors in order to fulfil his proposed management takeover of the firm. At present Amaya Inc has appointed a special committee advised by Barclays Capital to review Baazov’s CAD $21 per common share cash offer. Issuing a corporate statement this week, Amaya’s board …
Read More »This weekend’s expert betting tips: Premier League
The Over-Under: Southampton vs Sunderland https://www.bettingexpert.com/tip/2728237-southampton-sunderland With almost 100 tips in the league, TheTrollmanSha has an overview of the BPL. His tip (over 2.50 goals by fulltime), is justified by Southampton’s goal scoring numbers, as well as Sunderland’s goals conceded. With odds of 2.04 from 188BET, he is feeling confident that this bet will settle in his favour. Confidence Stake: 9/10 …
Read More »The Marcus Rashford Phenomenom – applying analytics on the fly to the latest teenage sensations
SBC’s Football Odds Expert Jeevan Jeyaratnam, of odds compiling firm Super Soccer GPS, explains what happens when an unfamiliar name unexpectedly hits the team sheet. The promotion of Marcus Rashford into the starting XI for Manchester United’s must-win Europa League game with Danish champions Midtylland on February 25th 2016 was a landmark for the player, but created a wave of rapid …
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