Sportsbook

A Sky Bet customer was in a jubilant mood on January 9th following a win on the bookmaker’s Super 6 competition.   Owen Burrows, a 25 year old from Cambridge, correctly predicted the scores of six FA cup third round ties to win the £250,000 jackpot. Burrows said of his win: “I genuinely can’t believe I’ve won, it feels like a dream.” The …

Ahead of the upcoming primaries and this year’s US Presidential election, British bettors are focussing their political bets on Donald Trump to fail on his White House ambitions for US 2016. Betting exchange Matchbook today has informed that over £1 million  worth of bets for Trump to fail in his bid to succeed Barack Obama. At present Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is the favourite …

This morning London AIM listed betting operator GVC Holdings (GVC) issued a corporate trading update for its full year 2015 performance (period ending 31 December) Ahead of its merger with bwin.party Entertainment, GVC reported Net Gaming Revenues (NGR) of €247 million (£184 million) up 10.2% on FY 2014’ €224 million (£167 million). The operator further detailed that during 2015 it …

UK marketing news source The Drum has reported that Toronto listed operator Amaya Inc has appointed Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B Group) as its lead creative marketing agency for new sports betting brand BetStars.com The appointment of CP+B Group as lead agency, follows last December’s soft launch of the BetStars Version 1 client by subsidiary PokerStars. Amaya governance has continually …

Unibet are pleased to announce that they will become a sponsor of Essex County Cricket Club (CCC). The deal will see them become the Official Betting Partner of the County, and will also include stand sponsorship at The Essex County Ground. Unibet will be offering Essex fans a bespoke welcome offer, as well as market leading odds on all Essex …

EveryMatrix has strengthened its Virtual Sports offering by partnering up with leading Virtual Sports provider Global Bet. The partnership sees Global Bet’s full portfolio of virtual sports and number games rolled out to EveryMatrix’s network of Sports Betting and Casino clients on a single wallet, omni channel basis. Ebbe Groes, CEO of EveryMatrix, stated: “It’s become apparent over recent years …

Global gaming technology firm Inspired has announced that Betfair is the latest company set to offer its Virtual Sports products. Sports betting and gaming provider Betfair will offer a selection of titles including Rush Football, Rush Horses, Rush Greyhounds, Rush Motor Racing, Rush Speedway, Rush Cycling and Rush Tennis. These will be available both online and on mobile.   Betfair will …

The Australian subsidiary of Paddy Power, Sportsbet has added the popular in-play betting function to its offering.  In-play betting is made complicated in Australia due to the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act which restricts in-play bets to personal ones made at betting shops, or via a phone line. Betting operators get around this in a variety of ways, the likes of …

Curacao/Malta licensed online bookmaker Pinnacle Sports (www.pinnaclesports.com) has hired former bet365 Performance Marketing Manager Alex Carr as its new Affiliate Program Manager, to be based in the operator’s London office. Carr, who has spent the last 5 years in a variety of affiliate and performance marketing roles with the Stoke based bookmaker, starts his new role managing Pinnacle Sports Affiliates with …

World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor will be title sponsor of the Welsh Open world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 15 to 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. John Higgins won the title last year against a strong field, which included the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark …