Colossus Bets

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Colossus Bets is an online betting sports betting firm with its headquarters in London. Founded in March 2012 it is a leading UK pools betting site with its major draw the £10,000,000 Colossus, which quickly proved very popular amongst punters.

It is, for now at least, focussed on the UK market and includes in its list of B2B partners; Betfair, Betdaq and Boylesports. It’s also in the process of developing similar pools betting games across a range of sports and leagues outside of football, including the NFL, NBA and horse-racing amongst others.

Former England striker turned pundit, Michael Owen is a brand ambassador for the fast-growing firm, which also won Best Football Innovation at the 2014 Betting on Football Awards. Check out their blog here.

KEY PRODUCTS

  • The £10,000,000 Colossus: The company’s flagship product and billed as the world’s biggest football jackpot, it’s a weekly chance to scoop the rather large sum by predicting a seven leg correct score football game.

  • Fractional Cash-In: This is unique to Colossus Bets and worth reading about. Whilst the option to cash-in on bets is increasingly popular and available across betting firms, only , only Colossus offers the chance to cash-in and still retain a stake in the jackpot, meaning players can still win huge sums for a very low initial bet, while banking profits along the way. It also means that losing tickets can earn you big money.
  • Pick 6: The baby brother of the £10,000,000 Colossus, you need only correctly predict, you guessed it, six scores to win a minimum jackpot of £2,000,000.

  • HDA15: The £1,000,000 HDA15 is a weekly 15 leg pool bet with a Home/Draw/Away or 1X2 format comprising a minimum £500,000 win fund and a minimum £500,000 bonus – both numbers net of deductions. Any winners of the win fund will have a free pick on the outcome of one further football match the following week, to try and land the £500,000 bonus.

 KEY PERSONNEL

colossusbets-bernardMarantelliletterboxBernard Marantelli – CEO and Founder
Having been involved in the gambling industry for over two decades, Bernard realised there was an opportunity for a superior jackpot pools betting product and seized the chance. Colossus Bets was born. Not one to stick only to gambling, Bernard also holds a First Class Honours Degree in Genetics and Biochemistry, an MBA from London Business School and worked in Deutsche Bank between 2007 and 2010.

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David O’Reilly – COO

Prior to joining the ranks at Colossus Bets, David worked at Betfair as Managing Director in Gibraltar. In ten years at Betfair he went from being a member of the legal team to Managing Director before embarking on a new venture with Bernard Marantelli; Colossus Bets.

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CONTACT DETAILS

Address:
4 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RP
United Kingdom

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 20 3393 3662