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With this year’s rollercoaster of a season nearing completion and Leicester looking like their fairytale will have a happy ending, the time to decide on the PFA Player of the Year will soon be upon us. A six man shortlist will be revealed on Thursday 14th April with the winner announced later this month. Whilst Riyad Mahrez is heavily expected to win …

Betsafe has gone all out for its latest promotional campaign by creating what it believes to be the world’s greatest apartment for sports fans. Known simply as the Betsafe apartment and located in downtown Stockholm it includes a 65” Samsung 4k HDTV, two 40” Samsung Smart TVs and an extra tv-screen in the bathroom, rare sports memorabilia, a vintage USA World Cup 94 …

Betfair’s trading team has declared that it has witnessed its ‘greatest cash-out of all time’, as a punter this weekend pocketed £53,000 from a potential £1.5 million accumulator. The football punter had placed an incredible 22 match accumulator on this weekend’s football matches (listed below). Betfair detailed that the punter had nerves of steel, as he had been offered a …

Nathan Rothschild 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.  iSport Genius is a sponsor of this year’s Betting on Football Conference (#bofcon), taking place on April 21st at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Nathan spoke to SBC about iSport’s initiatives for in-play, how 2016 will be a …

Bettingexpert.com, the multi-language affiliate that hosts user-generated tips, has highlighted three key markets for this week’s round of Champions League games.   Home-field Advantage: Bayern Munich v Benfica For this week’s highlighted win at home, tipster Slipknot 2002 is putting his stake on Bayern to beat Benfica. Although he claims his heart lies with Benfica, he believes that this Bayern side …

Football Index is a UK gambling licensed platform which the company describes as the world’s first football stock market. It’s a tradable market in football where users can buy and sell stocks in players, known as Futures, with real money, build up a portfolio and earn dividends with the overall aim of cashing out and selling at a profit. You can for example …

Former Norway and Liverpool FC defender John Arne Riise has had to drop his association with Scandinavian bookmaker Betsson in order to sign for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK. Riise (35) one of Norway’s most successful footballers, had agreed to join the Ålesund football club on a free transfer at the start of March. On signing for Aalesunds FK, Riise …

Following a dreadful week of unfavourable results at Cheltenham 2016, all bookmakers will be longing for the start of Euro 2016 (France 10 June – 10 July). Euro 2016 will be the first major summer football tournament under the POC regime, Scott Longley examines how betting operators will look to turn the event into a cash cow… This summer will …

Titanbet UK has become the first bookmaker to pay-out on Leicester City winning the 2015/16 Premier League (EPL) title. With eight match days remaining and the Foxes just five points clear of nearest title rival Tottenham Hotspurs, Titanbet UK has declared that the EPL trophy will go to the East Midlands club. Titanbet UK marketing declared that it would pay-out …

Ahead of the ‘Betting on Football Conference’ (#BOFCON – 21 April @ Stamford Bridge), Colossus Bets CEO & Founder Bernard Marantelli assesses football betting innovation, as operators and suppliers try to deliver further engaging products to more demanding consumers.  Marantelli a live betting expert and renowned professional punter details why football is a premium product for operators and suppliers to focus innovation …