Bet365 named Best Football Bookmaker

Affiliate Manager James Woods (centre) picks up the Best Football Bookmaker Award on behalf of Bet365 from BetConstruct's Dave Webb

Bet365 picked up the Best Football Bookmaker title at the inaugural Betting on Football Awards last week, outpacing the competition with 35% of the popular vote. Bet365 took the award, sponsored by BetConstruct, ahead of the four other finalists: BetVictor, Paddy Power, Pinnacle Sports and SkyBet. On behalf of Bet365, James Woods, Head of Performance Marketing, collected the award from BetConstruct’s Dave Webb.

Head of Performance Marketing James Woods (centre) picks up the Best Football Bookmaker Award on behalf of Bet365 from BetConstruct’s Dave Webb

The Awards night was held at the Octoberfest Pub in Fulham following the successful Betting on Football Conference at Stamford Bridge during the day. Delegates were treated to a wide range of German beer and entertainment from a traditional German Oompah Band. SBC’s Rasmus Sojmark announced the winners of the awards.

Other winners on the evening included:
Oddschecker, which won Best Football Affiliate – Sponsored by Matchbook;
Betfair, which picked up Best Football Marketing – Sponsored by bettingexpert;
Colossus Bets, which won the Best Football Innovation – Sponsored by EveryMatrix.

Matchbook’s Cian Nugent hands over the Best Football Affiliate award to Oddschecker Data Analyst Jonathan Coen

Picking up Betfair’s Best Football Marketing Award is Grand Parade’s Dominic Hawken and Betfair’s Senior Digital Brand Marketing Manager Andrew Malloy. They were presented with the award by Better Collective’s Marc Pedersen (right)