Betfred have signed up former England international Stuart Pearce to appear in an advert promoting its headline offer for Euro 2016. They will refund all bets on England to win the tournament if the Three Lions are knocked out in a penalty shoot-out. England, who are currently 9/1 with Betfred, have exited major tournaments six times via the dreaded penalty …
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Sportlobster will give fans the chance to win one million Euros this summer as it launches the €1 million Euros Predictor, which challenges consumers to predict the exact outcome of Euro 2016. Competitors will need to predict the 16 teams that will progress from the group stage, including their position, and then the teams progressing from each knock-out game from …
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Speaking to Bloomberg News Ladbrokes CEO Jim Mullen has detailed that his firm stands to lose £1 million per England win during Euro 2016 opening half (France June 10 – 10 July). Gearing up for a crucial period in bookmakers’ calendars, Mullen stated that England winning the Euro 2016 tournament would pose ‘the biggest single risk’ to Ladbrokes financial year …
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In time for Euro 2016 (10 June – 10 July) Betradar has announced the launch of its ‘Euro Cup’ virtual sports product, ready for operators to add to their market inventories. Condensed into 70-minute cycles, Euro Cup enables bettors to back their favourite teams or test their analysis across a whole range of markets specific to this summer’s competition. Betrader’s …
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In the build up to this summer’s UEFA EURO 2016 championships, BetVictor has announced the launch of its multi-content UK campaign promoting its ‘Million Pound Goal’ competition. The operator has guaranteed it will give away a total of £1,000,000 to the customer who correctly predicts, or is closest to correctly predicting, the minute and scorer of the opening goal in the …
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Spread betting firm Sporting Index has asked England fans to pick their preferred Euro 2016 starting XI, and the major revelation is that there’s no room for captain Wayne Rooney. In partnership with research agency Opinium, the survey revealed that Three Lions fans would leave midfielders Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling on the bench, alongside forwards Daniel Sturridge and Theo Walcott. …
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Having secured its Stockholm Nasdaq IPO in March, mobile gaming specialist Leo Vegas has announced that it is ready to launch its sports betting offering ‘LeoVegas Sports’ on Friday 13 May. The Malta and UK licensed firm will bring its sports betting product powered by Kambi, in time for the start of the UEFA Euro 2016 Championships (10 June – …
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With the announcement of England’s Euro 2016 squad due later this week, bettingexpert.com has made the bold assessment that United defender Chris Smalling is the ultimate England player. Bettingexpert utilised data which compared every England international from the past decade, and has found that the ‘ultimate footballer’ is around 24 years old, born in the south of England, played his first international at …
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It has been revealed that new online bookie 21Bet has signed up over 15,000 customers in its first month in business. The operator launched at the beginning of March and final preparations are now being made for the imminent launch of the 21Bet Casino. The casino will also be powered by FSB Technology and feature games from the likes of Microgaming. 21Bet, …
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The Operator Panel rounded off #bofcon 2016 at Stamford Bridge, as three CEO’s spoke about getting the most out of the upcoming European Championships. The panel was made up of Simon Trim, CEO of Sporting Index, Mark Brosnan, CEO of Matchbook and Bernard Marantelli, CEO and Founder of Colossus Bets. All of the panellists spoke about the key focus they put …
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