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Despite their unbeaten start to the Premier League season, and the return to fitness of star striker Harry Kane, Spurs failed to convince punters on Spiffx during the North London derby at the Emirates. Mauricio Pochettino’s side started the match with only 10% of the backing, a figure that dropped to 2.68% in-play, even though Kane brought them level with …

Introducing the first confirmed BOFCON speaker for this week, Nathan Rothschild. He will be making his Betting on Football conference debut at Stamford Bridge on Thursday 21st April, as part of our trading places panel. Nathan is a co-founder and partner at iSport Genius, a revolutionary sports data platform that provides sporting insights through highly innovative statistical analysis of data. ______________________ …

A Leicester City fan has collected a cool £72k from Ladbrokes on his team winning the Premier League. The male customer in his mid-thirties, who wishes to remain anonymous, placed a £50 bet at the start of the season on Leicester City lifting the trophy at 5000/1. After reading Saturday’s newspapers about John Pryke cashing out for £29,000, he decided …

Another day, another confirmed #bofcon speaker on SBC News. This time it’s Jonathan Smith, a man with over 25 years of betting industry experience under his belt! Jonathan founded Sportsbook Training Services, and in April he will be presenting the Sports Betting Academy, a 3-day course for sportsbook staff. He will be making his Betting on Football conference debut at Stamford …

Late last year, The Football League and its primary sponsor and partner Sky Bet agreed a new three year title sponsorship deal. Sky Bet has sponsored the League since 2013 and this latest deal will commence in August 2016, running until at least 2019. We caught up with Ed Martin, Head of Sponsorship for Sky Bet, to reflect on the …

It has been announced that daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has bagged itself deals with three Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal and Watford. DraftKings had been set to launch in the UK in late 2015 but this was delayed until early 2016, with a further detailed announcement expected in the very near future. The company has been fighting legal battles …

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 …