Ladbrokes subsidiary exchange betting platform BETDAQ has been announced as new kit sponsor of London League One football club Charlton Athletic FC. BETDAQ marketing confirmed that it had signed a three-year contract replacing the University of Greenwich as shirt sponsor of ‘The Addicks’. The BETDAQ brand will be promoted throughout Charlton’s The Valley Stadium (capacity – 26,000) on match days …
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Colossus Bets has announced that its pools products, branded as ‘Cash Out Pools’, have gone live on both web and mobile with The Football Pools. Bernard Marantelli, Founder and CEO of Colossus Bets, said: “The Football Pools is an iconic brand with a long pedigree in offering life-changing jackpot prizes on football. It’s a significant milestone for us that they …
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Betting Exchange Matchbook.com has seen off it’s higher profile industry competitors to be voted best customer service amongst in an independent audit by Bonuscodebets.co.uk. The checks tested the ability of ten bookmakers to handle most important issues of customers when contacting a helpdesk;helpfulness, availability and time of response. Bonuscodebets.co.uk offered 12 points for helpfulness, 13 for availability and five each …
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Ladbrokes has moved to counter the call by Dermot Desmond for shareholders to reject its proposed merger with Coral by reiterating the rationale behind the deal. In a message to the stock market, Ladbrokes’ board said that it ‘noted’ Desmond’s letter and acknowledged that it had had ‘significant dealings’ with him as both a shareholder and a commercial partner over …
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Ladbrokes investor Dermot Desmond has come out fighting against the merger between UK bookmakers Ladbrokes and Gala Coral, imploring the ‘passive’ Ladbrokes shareholders to block the deal and look for better options. Desmond, who has had a long standing interest in the gambling industry through initiatives such as betting exchange BETDAQ, Irish bookmaker Chronicle and GBE Technologies, notwithstanding a stake in …
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Having revamped its website in time for the start of the 2015/2016 Premier League season, football mega jackpots pool operator Colossusbets is looking to give its customers and partners greater value. Announcing its latest pool enhancements, Colossusbet will offer a set of consolation prize funds to all their + £1 million games. The prize enhancements will see the following changes …
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The UK Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) has reprimanded Ladbrokes for causing offence by displaying an advert for betting exchange subsidiary Betdaq in which Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue is wearing a Betdaq purple and white football shirt. The advert which ran during this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil, was displayed on the Betdaq.com website, and featured the …
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Bernard Marantelli, CEO and founder of innovative football pool operator Colossus Bets, explains how the company is continually developing its B2B and B2C offering. You’ve just launched HDA15 – a 15 team accumulator with a £1m jackpot. What is the thinking behind this? We built this company in the belief the public wanted lotto sized sports jackpot bets with Fractional …
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Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, has launched a £1,000,000 HDA15 Football Jackpot aimed at dominating and consolidating the HDA (or 1X2) pools and traditional accumulator markets. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets, said: “Several operators currently run small 1X2 Pools, and whilst they may reach £1,000,000 once a …
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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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