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London creative strategy agency Cubo, has been awarded Betfair’s brand management account ahead of the start of the new Premier League season on 8 August. Cubo will launch and manage the operator’s first ‘above-the-line’ campaign for the start of the English football season titled “More to Play For”. The campaign will utilise multiple media channels including TV, Radio, Press and …

TEAM FA has released the latest version of the AccaTracker iOS app, the largest independent football results and bet-tracking app. The app is in its third iteration, with headline features including the ability for a user to build accumulators across 100 football leagues, bet placement with the major sportsbooks, live results tracking and real-time notifications. Jamie Knowlson, CEO and co-founder …

The 28 June introduction of the Online Gambling Bill by Portugal’s Council of Ministers has seen the announcement of market exits’ by 888, Betfair and bet365. All three operators sent market exit communications to players, affiliates and media partners this week in order to inform them of their decision to no longer offer services and to detail account withdrawal procedures. …

Victoria Pendleton Britain’s most successful female Olympian ever, is set to make her racing debut at 5.55 Newbury flat mile this Thursday 2 July Teaming up with up Betfair, Pendleton gave the UK media an update on her goal to race in the Cheltenham Festival in March 2016. The two time Olympic Gold medallist stated that she felt confident of …

Betfair governance has named 2015 (year end 30 April) as an excellent year, as the operator saw full year top line metric growth on all key performance verticals. Posting 5 consecutive quarters of double digit growth, Betfair would record corporate revenues of £476 million up 21% on FY 2014 £393 million. The operator would further record a boost in EBITDA …

Ahead of the release of Betfair’s Full Year 2015 financial performance results this Wednesday, Betfair CFO Alex Gersh gave in-depth insight to financial auditing business publication Financial Director on the operator’s turnaround since its 2012 corporate restructure. Gersh detailed to Financial Director how Betfair’s newly established executive team under CEO Breon Corcoran had transformed Betfair from its post 2011 IPO …

One of the most successful tipsters on this season’s Champion’s League competition believes that both Barcelona and Juventus will score in normal time during tomorrow night’s final in Berlin. bettingexpert.com, a free tipping network that has members all over Europe, has been displaying tips on the competition all season and is expecting some of its best members to have their …

Team GB Double Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton (34) is set to make her debut as an amateur Jockey at Newbury, racing the George Frewer Charity Race on 2 July Pendleton has been trained by legendary jockey trainer Paul Nicholls, as part of Betfair’s attempt to qualify the Olympian as a racer in next year’s Cheltenham Festival Foxhunter Chase. Pendleton …

Betfair has announced the appointment of Chief Operating Officer Mark Brooker as its new Executive Director of the operator. Brooker has held the role of Chief Operating Officer since April 2014. Brooker joined Betfair in March 2010 and was previously Managing Director of the Company’s Sportsbook division and Corporate Development Director. Prior to Betfair, Brooker spent 17 years working in …

Betfair has confirmed that it will undertake a review its European media buying account handled by Havas Media Group agency; Arena. The review of the sports betting operator’s media planning has been called by newly promoted Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Johnny Devitt. Betfair had created the CMO role for Devitt following the departure of Brand Director Mark Ody, merging the …