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Colossus Bets has announced that the predictable results of Euro 2016 have resulted in the winning of two ‘Millionaire’ correct score Pick 6 pools. The company has also confirmed that they could have a first ever winner of the ‘The Colossus’ by tonight, the headline pool worth £10,000,000. Poland’s 1-0 defeat of Northern Ireland on Sunday night was the final …

Sky Betting and Gaming has underlined a desire to recruit top graduate talent with four 12-month opportunities confirmed as part of its University Placement Programme for 2016. Developed in association with Sheffield Hallam and Leeds Beckett Universities, the University placement programme will see some of the region’s top undergraduate talent join Sky Betting and Gaming for a 12-month period following …

Stockholm Nasdaq-listed sports betting platform provider Kambi continues to grow its ‘tier 1’ industry client portfolio by announcing that it has launched its betting services for Rank Group online subsidiary Grosvenor Casinos (Grosvenorcasinos.com) Chosen as sports betting software provisions partner by Rank Group in January, Kambi has delivered a full range of markets to Grosvenorcasinos.com in time for a packed …

Australian gambling operator Tabcorp has appointed Jamie Hart former Innovation Director of William Hill to lead its News UK joint venture Sun Bets as Executive Director. Industry veteran Hart who left William Hill in March, following a senior executive restructure will be tasked with launching the new Sun Bets sports betting proposition for the UK market. As Sun Bets Executive …

BetVictor has launched its own in-house developed ‘Promotional Hub’ which enables customers to manage their promotions through a real-time and fully personalised overview. Each customer can see their available promotions and their personal progress, next steps and account history. The fully personalised experience is powered by an in-house developed bonus tool which connects all third party and proprietary gaming activity …

BetBright has integrated the Racing Post Sport football package, which includes key stats, spotlights, predictions, verdicts and forecast line-ups. It has coverage of more than 20 worldwide competitions, including the 2016 UEFA European Championships which began last Friday. The bet-prompting content has been integrated into each match and offers the customer information across more than 18 betting markets. BetBright are …

Australian online betting operator Favourit (favourit.com) has ceased its operations, no longer accepting wagers or deposits from customers following its failed Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) IPO by  new owners Celsius Coal (Celsius). This weekend Australian business news sources reported that Perth businessman Ranko Matic, investor in mining company Celsius, had been blocked off the company’s planned ASX listing by Australia’s Securities …

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had pushed for Bet365 to receive more that double the AU$2.75m fine it has received for posting a misleading sign-up offer on its Australian site. The ACCC believed that the bookmaker should pay between AU$5m- $6m for the sign up offer, which was accidentally promoted between March 2013 and January 2014 on its Australian landing page …

West London football club, Queens Park Rangers (QPR) has confirmed online betting exchange Smarkets as its Championship season 2016/17 official shirt sponsor. Agreeing terms on a one-year deal with QPR, Smarkets upgrades its existing collaboration with the London football club which last season saw the betting exchange become its official betting partner. QPR will now display the Smarkets logo on …

With ‘Remain’ currently trading at a 77% chance and with just 13 days to go, Betfair’s ‘Brexit’ market is set to trade £50 million and in doing so make political betting history.  The EU referendum market has seemingly captured the attention of Betfair customers. There have been tens of thousands of individual trades ranging from £2 to £315,000 showing that …