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Sky Bet & Betfair win Euro 2016 Oddschecker coverage  Having reviewed a busy period on its website and mobile devices, team Oddschecker detailed key data takeaways from bookmaker activity on its channels during Euro 2016 (10 June – 10 July).   As expected, the Euros would see a significant increase in user activity, with Oddschecker detailing the key metric of …

Many woke up in shock today as it was announced that the British public had voted for a Brexit. It was a historic day for bookmakers as it was for UK politics, with the amount of trading on the day saw the event reach a political betting highs. The Betfair Exchange EU Referendum market reached a record £127m of traded …

Colossus Bets has announced that its pools products, branded as ‘Cash Out Pools’, have gone live on both web and mobile with The Football Pools. Bernard Marantelli, Founder and CEO of Colossus Bets, said: “The Football Pools is an iconic brand with a long pedigree in offering life-changing jackpot prizes on football. It’s a significant milestone for us that they …

British bookmakers have declared the EU Referendum to be the largest political betting market of all time as wagers pass the £100 million mark. This morning Ladbrokes stated that its ‘EU Referendum’ market had become its biggest non-sporting event of all time, beating the previous record held by last year’s UK General Election. William Hill declared that its customers had …

Colossus Bets has announced that the predictable results of Euro 2016 have resulted in the winning of two ‘Millionaire’ correct score Pick 6 pools. The company has also confirmed that they could have a first ever winner of the ‘The Colossus’ by tonight, the headline pool worth £10,000,000. Poland’s 1-0 defeat of Northern Ireland on Sunday night was the final …

With ‘Remain’ currently trading at a 77% chance and with just 13 days to go, Betfair’s ‘Brexit’ market is set to trade £50 million and in doing so make political betting history.  The EU referendum market has seemingly captured the attention of Betfair customers. There have been tens of thousands of individual trades ranging from £2 to £315,000 showing that …

It has been announced that Arsenal and Betfair have renewed and expanded their partnership until 2019. The new deal sees Betfair become the club’s Official Betting Partner in the UK, Europe, South and Central America. The terms of the expanded partnership also gives Betfair increased branding at all domestic fixtures played at Emirates Stadium and additional hospitality on a matchday …

Just when it looked like London’s last greyhound track was going to be replaced by AFC Wimbledon’s search for a new stadium, last month plans were ‘called in’ by the Mayor’s office. Scott Longley asks if this turn in fortunes can be reflected across the sport in general. The reprieve granted to Wimbledon greyhound stadium in mid-April was a rare piece …

Coral has suspended betting on Tom Hiddlestone, star of BBC drama The Night Manager and Loki in Thor, to be named as the next James Bond.  There has been much speculation about who’ll replace Daniel Craig with a number of big names being thrown around. A great increase in betting activity on Hiddlestone this weekend though prompted Coral to first …

Eurovision, a live pan-continental pop contest with a viewership of + 250 million which sees national audiences vote on their favourite performers, may well be betting’s most exciting novelty market! Ahead of this Saturday’s live final, SBC’s ‘Bookies Corner’ delves into the market intricacies of Eurovision 2016. Getting the full low-down from: Mirio Mella – Customer Engagement Manager- Pinnacle Sports Ed Nicholson  – Head …