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Coral continues its expansion within English football by announcing its fourth betting and marketing football partnership in 2015. The bookmaker will become official betting partner and stand sponsor to Yorkshire football Club Leeds United. The sponsorship agreement for season 2015/16, will see Coral as official sponsor of Leeds United’s North East Corner Stand. The bookmaker will further serve as official …

Coral has today been announced as Newcastle United’s (NUFC) new Official Betting and Gaming Partner after agreeing a two-year deal with the club. The partnership will see Coral betting and gaming brands promoted throughout Newcastle United’s St James’ Park Stadium (capacity 53,000) on match days. Coral interactive brands will further be promoted on Newcastle United digital inventory (club website – …

Football League title sponsor Sky Bet covered Carlisle United fans tickets and travel for the 779 mile round trip to Plymouth Argyles Home Park stadium, the gruelling journey dubbed the UK longest away day The generous bookmaker paid for the 79 fans who made the  journey setting off at 10 am on Tuesday and returning to Carlisle at 5 am …

Sports data and content supplier Perform Group has confirmed that it has agreed to enter a monitoring and match integrity partnership with FIFA subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS). Perform are set to integrate football data supplies into the EWS monitoring system, which will include historical match data and live performance analysis. The partnership will aim to improve EWS capabilities of …

Tipsters at Bettingexpert.com were licking their wounds this week after the most fancied team in the Champions League Qualifiers failed to deliver. Swiss side Basel were the most tipped side on 12X betting by the bettingexpert tipster network, but succumbed to a last minute Maccabi Haifa goal which secured a surprise 2 – 2 draw. Despite this, 59.1% of CL …

Gala Coral has bucked a trend by announcing good trading figures for the group’s third quarter period, ending 4 July. Net Revenue of £305.0m was 6% ahead of last year, and EBITDA of £65.7m was up 8%, boosted by continued growth in Online and Gala Retail. The figures are despite the £7.2m extra costs of gaming machines caused by an …

Fantasy sports platform developer, Sportego (Sportego.ie) has announced that it has signed an exclusive brand partnership with Midlands Premier League football club West Bromwich Albion. The partnership follows Sportego’s UK launch and will see the fantasy developer release a tailor-made West Brom fantasy app which will be available on IOS and Android devices for the 2015/16 season. Sportego, through its FanFeud.co.uk product …

Asian focused casino and leisure operator Donaco International Limited has announced an international marketing partnership with Premier League football club Manchester United. Manchester United are set to promote Donaco resorts in Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos to its +300 million worldwide fan base. Donaco governance stated that its company would support Manchester United international coverage, operations and social …

One away win and two draws in the top five most popular football accumulator matches means that bookmakers have enjoyed another good weekend of results in English football. Data from AccaTracker, the leading football betting app developed by Team FA, found that only three of the ten most popular matches in people’s accumulators on the second weekend of Premier League …