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Bookies suffer a Christmas football betting battering

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A set of punter-friendly football results over the Christmas and New Year period will have hurt the bookies at a crucial period in their financial years, according to analysis from Cenkos. All the leading Premier League teams won on Boxing Day including Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, the current league leaders. Liverpool subsequently won the following day and …

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West Ham kings of the coupon buster – AccaTracker Data

SBC News West Ham kings of the coupon buster – AccaTracker Data

West Ham United’s players are due a case of champagne from the betting industry after putting in yet another coupon-busting performance this weekend. The team’s 1-2 away victory at the Etihad against runaway leaders Manchester City was the most frequently picked match in people’s multiple bets this weekend, and it’s fair to assume the vast majority had marked ‘home win’. …

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Bankers begin their comeback – AccaTracker Analysis

While the weekend’s headline result was Everton’s demolition of Chelsea at Goodison Park thanks to Stephen Naismith’s hat-trick, this unexpected outcome actually disguised the fact that the bankers are starting to make a comeback. The start of the football season has seen a series of erratic results as the football clubs and punters get into the swing of a new …

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Bankers take holiday as sun shines on bookies – AccaTracker data

It’s been a bumper Bank Holiday weekend for bookmakers on the football front, with a series of unexpected results confounding people’s bankers in their accumulator bets. According to data from AccaTracker, the mobile app developed by Team FA that keeps track of user’s bets, only three of the ten most popular matches included in multiple bets this weekend ended in …

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Week One of Premier League favours bookmakers – AccaTracker data

SBC News Week One of Premier League favours bookmakers - AccaTracker data

In a week where William Hill and Ladbrokes have been citing poor sporting results in their disappointing interim figures, the start of the football season should have been a fillip for bookmakers. Data from AccaTracker, the leading football betting app developed by Team FA, found that the two most popular matches in people’s accumulators on the first weekend of Premier …

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Real Madrid tops the bettingexpert tipster chart for 2014/5

SBC News Real Madrid tops the bettingexpert tipster chart for 2014/5

Spanish giants Real Madrid may have been trophyless this season, but there is one table that Cristiano Ronaldo’s side has topped, beating other football clubs from all over Europe. Real Madrid were the most popular side being tipped on in the past season, according to bettingexpert – Europe’s biggest community of sports tipsters, with almost 9,000 tips across the course …

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Liverpool and Everton biggest flops compared to spread betting expectations

SBC News Liverpool and Everton biggest flops compared to spread betting expectations

Spreadex’s Andy MacKenzie analyses how teams performed compared to their pre-season odds, and finds that it has been a miserable season on Merseyside. The Premier League may be done and dusted for another year – but how does the final table look when it comes to teams’ performances based on their pre-season betting odds? We all know that Chelsea ended …

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£4 Colossus Bets ticket nearing £1m payout

SBC News £4 Colossus Bets ticket nearing £1m payout

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, has announced that one player in its £2,000,000 correct score Pick 6 ‘Millionaire’ game is currently debating a £104,000 Fractional Cash-In offer from a £4 ticket, ahead of tonight’s Premier League fixture between Chelsea and Everton. If the player resists the Cash-In offer he needs …

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