Unibet has outshone the competition in the first round of Premier League action, according to the users on one of Europe’s biggest tipster networks. Tipsters on bettingexpert.com recommended odds from Unibet for 14.7 per cent of their selections on Premier League football this weekend, putting the bookmaker ahead of rivals bet365 (11.9%) and William Hill (10.6%). Of the 1,044 Premier …
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European sports betting operator Unibet Plc, continues to be hit by negative currency exchange rate fluctuations on its core performance metrics for 2015. Updating the market on its interim performance, Unibet has disclosed record group revenues for Q2 2015 which amounted to £80.5 million (Q2 2014 – £75.6 million). Unibet would record H1 2015 group revenues of £156.6 million up …
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Tennis has triggered the most betting integrity alerts over the past quarter, accordinding to ESSA‘s second quarterly integrity report which details the level of suspicious betting activity detected on the markets of some of the world’s major regulated betting operators. Overall, during the second quarter of 2015, ESSA members raised 73 alerts of which, after detailed examination, 23 were found …
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Unibet Group plc has signed an agreement to acquire the online gambling business of Stan James Group plc together with full rights and ownership of the brand. The transaction does not include the UK shops business operated under the Stan James brand, which for a transitional period has been granted rights to the brand. Stan James is one of the …
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Evolution Gaming, lprovider of Live Casino solutions, today launches its new live studio within Belgium’s historic Casino de Spa. Evolution’s A-Licence operators will be going live with their new Spa-based Live Casino, operators include bwin, Unibet, 777, Circus, Starcasino and Napoleon Games. All will stream live dealer Roulette and Blackjack plus Auto Slingshot Roulette from the Spa studio between 18:00 and 02:00, …
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Unibet has increased its share of market as the tennis tipster’s bookmaker of choice on the second day of Wimbledon. The Swedish-owned betting brand was selected by 26.34% of tipsters on the bettingexpert.com tipping network for predictions on the second day of Wimbledon, higher than the first day’s total of 24%. Once again bet365 and bwin made up the top …
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Unibet was the tennis tipsters’ top choice on the first day of Wimbledon, according to tipster network bettingexpert.com. Unibet was by far the most popular choice of bookmaker among the bettingexpert tipsters as it was selected as the preferred bookie for 24 per cent of all tennis tips – more than second placed bwin and third placed bet365 combined. Bettingexpert’s …
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Set for Saturday July 11 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Arena, UFC 189 Aldo vs McGregor is this years most anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) fight. The main event will see stoic Brazilian featherweight champion Jose Aldo ‘Junior’ (28) take on raucous Dubliner ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor (26) in a fight that has caught the public and international media’s …
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Darren Haines the former Head of UK PR at Paddy Power has joined Heavyweight as Director of PR. Haines, who previously spent 11 years at the bookie who made their name through PR and has also worked under Theo Paphitis at his retail empire, will be working across the award agency’s roster of betting and sports clients. Haines said: “I’m …
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France’s online gambling trade body Association Française du Jeu en Ligne (AFJEL) has stated that the country’s regulatory framework is in need of urgent review in order to create better market conditions for business. Following a release of a 5 year market assessment, AFJEL stated that the performance of the French igaming sector had been “mixed” at best, and that …
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