Asian facing sports betting operator TLC88.com has announced that it will continue its partnership with Sunderland AFC as official Asian Betting partner. The operator confirmed a further three year extension to their current partnership deal. Sunderland’s partnership with the sports betting operator will continue until 2017, The Football club’s Commercial Director Gary Hutchinson commented on the extension: “We are really …
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World Cup experts are being given the opportunity to win over £8,000 (€10,000) if they can correctly predict the outcome of Brazil 2014. bettingexpert.com, one of Europe’s largest media portals for sports betting and igaming enthusiasts, has released its free-to-enter World Cup Predictor challenge with a top prize of £8,000 to the person who can correctly forecast the successful teams …
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The Irish based betting exchange BETDAQ has become the first live UK B2B partner of pool betting operator Colossus Bets, winner of the Betting on Football Best Innovation Award. Colossus Bets gives customers the opportunity to win up to £10,000,000 by giving the correct scores in seven selected matches offered weekly and is the World’s biggest bet. There are several …
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Federbet, the Belgian-based integrity body which claimed last season 110 matches were identified as having been fixed, with suspicions over a further 350, has been widely criticised by both sporting and gambling organisations. French regulator ARJEL issued a joint statement with the French Football League (LFP) decrying the claims. It said: “ARJEL and LFP cannot agree with the statements that …
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Durham University sports student Ollie Silverton has signed an exclusive contract with online bookmaker Titan Bet for the Best Job in the World – an all-expenses-paid opportunity to represent the rising star of sports betting at the world’s biggest football tournament in Brazil this summer. Silverton, 21 from Cambridge, who has only just completed his final exam, beat hundreds of …
Read More »Sky Bet, the UK’s fourth largest online sportsbook, has entrusted M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment to fast track its title sponsorship of the English Football League. The event, digital and social media specialists, which has global offices in London and New York, will launch a campaign that demonstrates Sky Bet’s commitment to growing and reinvesting in the beautiful game. The …
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Betting Promotion has been preparing itself for the World Cup with a number of new client launches. Richard Hogg, CMO at Betting Promotion, announced last week that since ICEi the team has been very busy focusing on its own trading where improved processes have led to an increase in revenues. “We have been working hard improving our proprietary trading, which …
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Synot Group, Czech Republic gambling and lottery operator has announced that it will become the title Sponsor for the Czech Liga, the top football division in the country. The deal sees the gambling and lottery operator take the title sponsorship off Gambrinus, as the Czech Liga, rebrands itself as the Synot Czech Liga for the start of the 2014/2015 football …
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To celebrate the launch of 666Bet.com the new bookmaker is offering its first 1966 customers an astonishing promotion – odds of 1966/1 for England to win the World Cup. The special promotion – undoubtedly the most generous ever offered by a bookmaker – is for a maximum stake of £1. And after the 1966 limit has been reached, 666Bet.com will …
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Marc Etches, Chief Executive of the Responsible Gambling Trust, the UK’s leading charity aimed at minimising gaming related harm, discusses the range of services open to problem gamblers and how the industry can ensure that the enjoyment of the majority does not overtake the wellbeing of the minority. World Cup challenge Next month’s football World Cup in Brazil is being …
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