John Hill, PR Manager at Coral, has accepted the Tipster Challenge at Fakenham this week. He becomes the fourth industry guest to provide tips, following on from Ed Nicholson of Unibet, Michael Shinners of Sky Bet and Alan Alger of Betway, the current leader of the competition. Hill, who will be looking to beat the 11.41 points collected by Alger …
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Alger represents Betway in the Tipster Challenge at Fontwell
Alan Alger, PR Manager for Betway takes on Stephen Harris from bettingexpert and Timeform in the third week of the jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17 at Fontwell Races. Michael Shinners assumed the lead in the competition last week, after collecting 4.00 points from a pair of winners at Wetherby. Ed Nicholson, Head of Unibet UK Marketing Operations, sits at …
Read More »Sky Bet’s Michael Shinners picks out his winners at Wetherby
Michael Shinners, Racing PR Manager at Sky Bet, takes on Stephen Harris from bettingexpert and Timeform in the second week of the jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17 at Wetherby. Shinners follows on from Ed Nicholson, Head of Unibet UK Marketing Operations, who managed just 0.73 points in the opening week. Timeform assumed the early lead after picking up two …
Read More »Timeform takes early lead in the Tipster Challenge 2016/17
Timeform assumed the early lead in the Tipster Challenge 2016/17, after picking up two victories on Templehills (8/11) and Nordic Nymph (7/2) at Ludlow races. There was just a single win for both Stephen Harris of bettingexpert, and Ed Nicholson, the Head of UK Marketing Operations at Unibet. Nicholson has been with Unibet since December 2012, and professionally involved in …
Read More »Unibet’s Ed Nicholson kicks off new Tipster Challenge at Ludlow
Ed Nicholson, Head of UK Marketing Operations at Unibet, is the first industry expert to take on bettingexpert and Timeform in the revamped jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17, starting today at Ludlow. Nicholson has been professionally involved in racing and betting for nearly 25 years. He appeared as the horse racing form expert guest presenter on the first Attheraces …
Read More »Bookies’ Corner – America Awaits…Clinton vs Trump TV Showdown!
Next Monday New York will host the first ‘US Presidential’ TV debate. With nationwide US Election polls tightening, the race to the White House is expected to go down to the wire. SBC’s ‘Bookies Corner’ gets the lowdown on ‘Clinton Vs Trump,’ with just 45 days to go until America hits the polls (8 November), the US Election has become …
Read More »Bookies’ Corner – The Brexit Fallout
The fallout from perhaps the most important political event for the UK in our lifetime has continued this week with Leave campaigner and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage stepping down. With David Cameron also having resigned, and Boris Johnson announcing he won’t be standing in the race for the next Prime Minister, the political betting markets have been in overdrive. In …
Read More »Unibet’s Ed Nicholson on Brexit betting fluctuations
The EU Referendum is tomorrow and whilst Remain remains the strong favourite across bookmakers, the odds have fluctuated somewhat wildly since the Leave and Remain campaigns began their work to convince the voting public that their opinion is the right one. There have been some sizable bets placed on the event on both sides, and William Hill stated that it expected …
Read More »Bookies’ Corner – Getting ready for Euro 2016
With everyone’s eyes on Euro 2016 this week the latest Bookies’ Corner focuses on just that and the build up to it from the world of bookmaking. SBC spoke to Ryan Murton Head of Digital Marketing at Oddschecker, BetVictor’s Head of Sportsbook Product Eoin Ryan, Head of Football (Interactive) at Gala Coral Richard Scott and Unibet’s Head of UK Marketing …
Read More »Unibet survey reveals England have the most passionate fans
A Europe-wide survey ahead of Euro 2016 has revealed that England have the most passionate football fans. In a survey of more than 4500 adults for Unibet, 31% of those questioned in England believed themselves to be ‘very interested’ in football, more than any other nation surveyed. All the home nations fared well with 29% in Northern Ireland considering themselves …
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