Premiership based football betting game Predict The Six has launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to fulfil its ambition of rapid expansion. The football jackpot game is aiming to become a modernised football pools for the 21st Century. It launched last season, and enjoyed considerable success, with the idea of the game very simple to understand, and easy to use. …
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Asian facing betting brand TLCBET has secured its first football shirt sponsorship with Premier League side West Bromwich Albion – a record sponsorship deal for the club. TLC is now the Club’s Principal Partner for the 2015-16 season and will have its logo adorning the side’s kit. It is not the first time the two companies have worked together, they …
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BT Sport’s Delia Bushell has said that the broadcaster would be willing to partner with any interested bookmaker wanting to offer interactive betting to viewers. Speaking at yesterday’s launch of the new BT Sport channels, Bushell revealed that the firm had not made any firm plans for offering gambling, but was prepared to look into the possibilities. Bushell, managing director …
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The English Premier League will have no title sponsorship from season 2016/2017. Premier League governance decided to no longer seek for a title sponsor for its competition and present itself as a ‘clean brand. The move reflects the organisation desire to mirror major US pro-leagues’ the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL. The Premier League confirmed that it would not renew …
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George Harborne, Head of Partnerships at Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, reveals some reserach the club has done into naming rights for stadia. Old Trafford, Anfield, Bramall Lane, Goodison Park, The Hawthorns and the list goes on. English football has an abundance of beautifully historic stadia, all adding to one of the countries football primary unique selling points – …
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Last month, the English Premier League (EPL) sold the rights to broadcast its matches between 2016 and 2019 to Sky Sports and BT Sport for a record-breaking £5.14Bn ($7.92Bn). According to research undertaken by Gaming Economics, betting on the EPL is fast overtaking horseracing as the most popular sporting event of choice by UK punters, with in-running betting (IRB) taking …
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George Harborne, Head of Partnerships at Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, discusses how the betting industry currently works alongside the country’s top football clubs. As far as partnership categories go, betting is one which is a ‘sure thing’, with Premier League clubs deriving some form of income from advertisers in this industry. However, despite the hefty investment from the …
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Preparing his company for a Noridic OMX NASDAQ IPO, Spiffx Founder Lennart Gillberg explains to SBC why he is bringing the innovative new betting exchange to the market and his company’s goals for 2015. SBC: Can you outline your corporate journey from creating an alternative betting exchange to listing on the Nasdaq Nordic OMX? Lennart : We started four years ago by having …
Read More »In six months time the greatest, and most lucrative, TV rights battle will begin as various parties vie for the right to broadcast matches from the golden goose that is the Premier League. The current deal runs until the 2015-16 season, and when the auctions begin early next year firms will bid for various packages featuring three year contracts. These …
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Punters have been given an easy-to-use way of discovering whether or not a fancied bet offers value, thanks to Europe’s biggest tipping network. Super affiliate bettingexpert has launched a free Betting Odds Calculator App, which informs users of what odds their prediction should be and what odds are available on the market. It can even allow users to bet directly …
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