Tag Archives: Football

A Sky Bet customer, Chris Hughes, is celebrating after cashing out on a £25 bet for a win of £10,000. The bet, a ten fold accumulator, would have become a loser just minutes later. All of the other nine selections had come in but the Newcastle v Everton match, a stalemate until Cleverley’s winner in the 93rd minute, sealed a win for …

After a week of international fixtures, punters have gone cold on the Premier League while putting together their accumulator bets. Data from AccaTracker, the mobile app that helps punters keep on top of their bets, shows that two of the top five most popular matches in people’s multiple bets this weekend feature teams from lower down the divisions. Not surprisingly, …

Global payment provider WorldPay has informed the media that Britain’s bookmakers are back in business following the start of the Premier League 2015/2016 football season. Following a quiet two months , the opening weekend of the new season provided a timely reminder of how much love the nation and punters have for the ‘best football league in the world’. Exclusive data …

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 …

The new Premier League campaign is up and running this weekend, just 70 days after the last season ended – but where are the big hitting spread betters putting their money? Spreadex clients have been piling in with their pre-season bets and the Premier Points Prediction markets give a great indication of how punters are expecting each team to fare …

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has confirmed that Ladbrokes will become its title sponsor for the next two seasons. The deal announced this morning is believed to be worth £4 million and will see Ladbrokes gain marketing coverage throughout Scottish football’s four professional leagues. SPFL football divisions had been without a sponsor since 2013, when the league was restructured. …

SBC News’ Joe Plewes takes a look at the recent ESSA integrity report to see what the industry is doing to clamp down on incidences of match fixing. The recent ESSA integrity report for the first quarter of 2015 couldn’t have been more timely. It was released within a week of two former Football League players being jailed for a …

George Harborne, Head of Partnerships at Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, reveals some reserach the club has done into naming rights for stadia. Old Trafford, Anfield, Bramall Lane, Goodison Park, The Hawthorns and the list goes on. English football has an abundance of beautifully historic stadia, all adding to one of the countries football primary unique selling points – …

Bettingexpert, the super affiliate tipping network with customers across 10 languages, has revamped its competition structure after reaching the milestone of 100,000 tips a month. While the Tipster of the Month competition still offers a £3,000 prize pool, bettingexpert has now started competitions for specific sports. The best football tipsters can now compete every month for a share of €3,000, …

Bet365 has been named as the best bookmaker of 2014 after super affiliate bettingexpert analysed over a quarter of a million tips from its English language members. Rather than use the criteria of which bookmaker offers most markets, the best promotions or ease of use, bettingexpert has calculated its decision using which bookmaker offers the best odds most often. When …