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  The World Cup in Brazil left bookies feeling bright despite three of the fancied teams making the semi-finals and a lack of shock results as the knock-out stages progressed. Pre-tournament, Mobile betting was expected to be the key battle-ground for operators and the reality was no different.  Ladbrokes’ David Williams believes the main disappointment was England’s failure to capture …

Lee Richardson Chief Executive of Gaming Economics opens a series of content, interviews and industry commentary building up to the EIG Berlin Expo (21-23 October). In this two part  betting white paper, Richardson presents detail Gaming Economics betting analyses and observations regarding the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. A sports betting industry veteran Lee Richardson has held various senior management …

Whilst Australia may have bowed out in the group stage of the World Cup, they far exceeded expectations with results which included a narrow 3-2 loss against eventual third place finishers the Netherlands. Back home Australian football fans did their bit by exceeding bookmakers’ expectations in terms of the collective amount they placed in bets. Throughout the month long competiton …

The forthcoming UK Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Act will come into play from October 1st and may force online gambling operators to obtain a UK gambling license should they wish to continue their partnerships with sports franchises in the nation. This act is being put in place to ensure that all companies who accept bets from customers, or, importantly, market …

Germany’s World Cup triumph netted one shrewd punter £83,000, after his sensational fivefold came in. The online, TV and mobile sportsbook tweeted the bet yesterday, saying: “One punter has well and truly #skybettered us. He placed this fivefold in August and has won over £83,000! Well done!” Imagine sweating 11 months, you Gotze be kidding me!!!

Swedish punter ‘Zami‘ has just won €10,000 and the title of bettingexpert Tipster of the Year after outperforming  more than 1,500 other tipsters who give their tips for free on bettingexpert.com. How does it feel to win the very first bettingexpert Tipster Of The Year award? It feels great to be the winner of the bettingexpert Tipster of the Year …

TV gaming firm NetPlay TV has revealed that growth in new depositing players and total depositing players was strong during its second quarter at 38% and 33% consecutively with net revenues increasing by 5% against the same quarter of 2013. Net revenue derived from SuperCasino was slower in the latter part of the quarter as result of the Football World …

GVC Holdings has revealed that trading during the World Cup was up 61% on the same period last year, with an average net gaming revenue per day of €736,000. The firm, which owns the Sportingbet brand, said that trading over this thirteen day period was assisted by the favourable results in the latter stages of the World Cup which resulted …

After a difficult start in the group games, leading sports spread betting company Sporting Index bounced back in the knockout stages and ended up well ahead of punters on this summer’s World Cup. Generally speaking, Sporting Index do well when there are low-scoring games, so the first round of group matches, with an average of 3.06 goals per game, left …