As widely anticipated online bookmakers’ bet365 and 32Red have been confirmed as UK racing Authorised Betting Partners (ABP) by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). 32Red and bet365 join competitor Betfair as the first set of online bookmakers to be granted official ABP status. BHA CEO Nick Rust confirmed that the bookmakers had committed to contributing a share of online winnings …
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Bet365 was named Best Bookmaker for the second year running at the Betting on Football Awards last night. The Stoke-based bookmaker beat off strong competition from rivals Sky Bet and Unibet to pick up the title. Sky Bet didn’t go home empty handed though. The firm picked up awards for Best Mobile Bookmaker and Best Sponsorship Partnership for its work …
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The finalists have been announced for next week’s Betting on Football Awards, hosted by SBC at the Playboy Club. The main Football Bookmaker of the Year award will be a three way fight between last year’s winners Bet365, Sky Bet and Unibet. It is the second year of the Betting on Football Awards and the winners of each of the …
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Industry news source EGR Magazine crowned Gala Coral Interactive as “Operator of the Year” at the 2015 EGR Operator Awards. Hosted at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London with a reported 600 industry professionals in attendance, Gala Coral took home the award night’s top honour. The operator would also be awarded prizes for ‘Best Bingo Operator’ and ‘Mobile Bingo …
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Digital marketing services company XL Media is believed to have bought the rights to operate the Freebets.com betting bonus affiliate site previously owned by David Archer of Biggerbet. The UK-listed but Israel-based XL Media has said in recent trading statements that it had recently added a number of bolt-on publishing sites to its extensive portfolio of affiliate marketing site holdings. …
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Bet365 was the standout bookmaker for bettingexpert.com’s community of tipsters during October. Of the 97,970 tips placed during the month, the Stoke-based bookmaker was selected as the preferred operator for a huge 19.1% of them, considerably higher than second placed Unibet which was selected 12.1% of the time. However Unibet was also far clear of third placed 188bet, which had …
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Tweets from three bookmakers have been banned for breaching Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) age restrictions by featuring a photo of American golfer Jordan Spieth. Coral, Bet365 and Totesport all sent tweets featuring a photo of the then 21-year-old Spieth in relation to the US Open. ASA officials challenged whether the ads were irresponsible and breached the code because they prominently …
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The goalless draw at Old Trafford this weekend didn’t just upset the viewing public, Gary Neville-aside it seems, but also upset the applecart amongst the game’s most experienced tipsters. 142 tips were posted on all bettingexpert.com’s 10 language versions, but its tipsters had a difficult time predicting this result, achieving a low strike rate of 22% with 31 winning tips. …
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bet365 management is considering contesting Romanian ONJN’s decision to blacklist and revoke its online betting license despite paying the regulators obligatory back taxes. October saw the ONJN publish its latest blacklist of operators deemed to be breaching national gaming laws. ONJN confirmed that it had revoked bet365.com betting licence, but did not clarify its reasons for the repeal. bet365 management …
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bettingexpert is rewarding some of the best performing and loyal tipsters with a trip to London and the chance to meet up with some of the bettingexpert staff at Emirates Stadium, the home of Arsenal FC. Danish tipster Zami, twice winner of the yearly €10,000 tipster competition, English tipster Nrivanov and German tipster Allee, eight times tipster of the month, …
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