Toals Bookmakers has partnered with the Irish FA to become the official bookmaker of the Northern Ireland senior international football teams, the Tennent’s Irish Cup and the Match Intermediate Cup. Established in 1932, Toals now has 50 branches across Northern Ireland, as well as has a presence in every county. The family-run business emphasised that partnering with the Irish FA symbolises …
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The World Cup’s Finest with SBC Global MD Andrew McCarron
In The World Cup’s Finest we ask various individuals to delve into their own personal history of football’s quadrennial showpiece extravaganza, selecting a number of favourites as well as revealing what is their very first World Cup memory. For the final entry in our summer series we have looked internally, with our Managing Director Andrew McCarron the final entrant in …
Read More »Coral becomes title sponsor for home nations snooker series
Coral has agreed to become title sponsor of the World Snooker home nations series, in a deal which covers the three remaining events of 2016-17. The remainder of the Coral Home Nations Series will comprise the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open. The bookmaker was also the title sponsor of the series’ opener, the English Open, which took place …
Read More »Kyle Lafferty fined £23,000 after accepting FA betting charge
Norwich City striker Kyle Lafferty has been fined £23,000 and warned over his future conduct after accepting a Football Association (FA) charge for betting. The fine relates to Lafferty betting on a match on February 20, 2016, and breaching the FA rule E8 in the process. It is important to note that Norwich City and Northern Ireland didn’t play on …
Read More »Celtic eSports League aims for Autumn 2016 launch
Trevor Keane, Co-Founder of Celtic eSports, has revealed plans to launch a new league in the Autumn of 2016. The format of the new Celtic eSports League will give local eSports players the chance to represent football clubs from the top leagues in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man. Celtic eSports will aim to establish this professionally organise …
Read More »BetMcLean upgrades its web and mobile presence with Optima
BetMcLean, the Northern Ireland online and retail sportsbetting and e-gaming operator, has launched new web and mobile front-end products powered by software development firm Optima. BetMcLean is Northern Ireland‘s largest independent bookmaker, and it operates over 60 shops throughout the province and employ in excess of 300 staff. Paul McLean, Chief Executive Officer of BetMcLean, said: “We are very pleased to …
Read More »International Football tips on bettingexpert
Home-field Advantage: Germany v England The current world champions are favoured in this match. Tipster Notorious points to Germany’s incredible endurance on the field, never winding down in a match – even if they are winning. Notorious predicts that the home team will win by 2 goals in this particular match up. Even with this particular tipster’s confidence, Coral (Notorious’ selected bookmaker) is …
Read More »Ladbrokes Northern Ireland hit by £36 million loss
The Northern Ireland retail betting division of Ladbrokes Plc has posted losses of circa £36 million , just one year after it enjoyed strong profit. Northwest Bookmakers, which is a subsidiary of Ladbrokes plc, saw its profits slump in the year to December 2014. The company, which trades as Ladbrokes, is the Northern Ireland’s largest bookmaker and holds around a quarter of all shop licences …
Read More »Toals Northern Ireland comes online with FSB Technology
Sports betting platform provider FSB Technology has agreed a deal to provide Toals bookmakers with its first online sports betting platform. The supplier will design a bespoke web and mobile service for the popular independent retailer who has shops across Northern Ireland. They will trade a number of different sports, both pre-match and in-play, including their market-leading horse racing product, …
Read More »FOBTs review set for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Social Development (DSD) has been appointed to review the nation’s current gambling legislation and framework, of particular focus will be the number of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) operating in the country. Research by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling has stated that Northern Ireland currently has a total of 900 FOBTs machines in approximately 350 betting shops …
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