Football

The Soccerex African Forum, 4-5 November, Durban, South Africa, will feature leading African sports governance figures discussing impacts and strategies on match fixing and sports corruption within African football. Soccerex have confirmed Sam Nyamweya, President of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) and Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghana Football Association as key football governance speakers attending the forum. The leaders …

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw the first winners of the £500,000 bonus leg in its £1,000,000 HDA15 football jackpot yesterday evening. Barnsley’s come from behind win at home to Bradford saw six winning bonus leg tickets, the highlight of which was a ticket costing just 40p which added £50,000 …

The latest Online Gambling Quarterly report from MECN has had a number of unusual events to assess, given that the first half of 2014 was marked above all by the FIFA World Cup and some events, such as the PokerStars acquisition, that shook up the industry. This new report covers online gambling industry benchmarks, KPIs, and related topics and comes …

French licensed sports betting operator France-Pari, reported a 28% increase in revenues for its Q3 2014 performance. The Paris based sports betting operator posted revenues of €4.1 million (£3.2 million) up on from €3.2million (£2.5 million) recorded for the corresponding quarter of 2013. The improved performance in gaming revenues saw the company post EBITDA of €115,000 France-Pari senior management reported …

Predict The Six announced its first jackpot winner last week. Dave from Colwyn Bay had the jackpot all to himself winning £2,712, and in doing so became £2,711 better off for his efforts His prediction that Diego Costa, Oscar, Robin Van Persie, Graziano Pelle, Fraizer Campbell and Sergio Aguero would all score in the same Premiership weekend proved correct The …

French lottery operator Française des Jeux (FDJ) has become the first national partner to sign up in support of Uefa Euro 2016. FDJ, which operates a network of 33,000 points of sale in 12,000 towns and villages across France, will help promote the tournament through its lottery activities within the host country. “We are very pleased to welcome FDJ on …

Colossus Bets operator of football pools mega jackpots , today confirmed the first WINNERS of its £1,000,000 HDA in just the 8th weekend the bet has been offered. After last week’s near miss with one player getting 14 out of 15 and turning down a Fractional Cash-In offer of £320,000 in the process, this week 2.5 tickets have gone one better and …

English Premier League football club West Ham United have announced a new partnership with fantasy football operator Mondogoal. Mondogoal operators of daily real money fantasy football games, confirmed that West Ham United would receive a club branded Mondogoal game – http://www.mondogoal.com/westham. As part of the agreement the online game, which uses stats compiled in real time by Opta Sports, will …

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw one player hit the proverbial crossbar in their £1,000,000 HDA15 football jackpot this evening.  The last surviving player in the weekend’s pool, who placed the bet through Betfair, just needed Manchester City to beat Roma in the UEFA Champions League fixture earlier this evening to …

French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice has agreed terms with European sports betting operator NetBet, which will see the NetBet sports betting brand promoted on the OGC Nice club shirt. Malta licensed NetBet will be additionally promoted with branding placements inside the club’s Allianz Riviera Stadium (capacity – 34,000). The NetBet brand will also be further promoted via OGC …