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The UK government will not allow the ‘Wales Bill’ to be amended in order to add new gambling legislations for the national assembly. On Monday Labour and Plaid Cymru attempted to add ‘final hour’ provisions to the bill, seeking to give the Welsh assembly the right to restrict and regulate gambling machines on betting shop premises. Late in the game …

Ladbrokes has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a misleading advert published on its news microsite during Euro 2016, in relation to the Group B game between England and Wales. The online promotion stated you could get ‘Get 6/1 for England to beat Wales OR Get 12/1 for Wales to beat England’, with a maximum £10 stake, which would …

Earlier this week, Trevor Keane, Co-Founder of Celtic eSports, announced plans to launch a new league in Autumn 2016, featuring local players as representatives of football clubs from the top leagues in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man. Just a few days on, we caught up with him to find out more about the format of the league, …

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 …

bettingexpert, Europe’s biggest sports betting player portal has revealed that just 1 in 100 football fans had predicted Wales’ incredible Euro 2016 journey. Analysing data from almost 30,000 football fans who entered its ‘bettingexpert Euro 2016 Predictor’ game ahead of the tournament start date (10 June), bettingexpert revealed that just 366 (1.32%) believed Wales could make it to the semi-final …

William Hill has confirmed that they are fearing for a fairy-tale Welsh success in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday. The bookmaker has made Germany and France joint 7/4 favourites to win the tournament, but they are hoping that big outsiders Wales fail to emulate the Leicester City story. Wales are currently 8/1, but William Hill have racked up seven …

A stalemate with Slovakia meant that England failed to top their group, with Wales emerging the unlikely victors.  The aftermath leaves Roy Hodgson’s chances of staying on as England manager rather low, and William Hill has priced it at 4/7 that Hodgson will not be leading the side come the World Cup in 2018. William Hill Spokesman Rupert Adams said: …

A Europe-wide survey ahead of Euro 2016 has revealed that England have the most passionate football fans. In a survey of more than 4500 adults for Unibet, 31% of those questioned in England believed themselves to be ‘very interested’ in football, more than any other nation surveyed. All the home nations fared well with 29% in Northern Ireland considering themselves …

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 …

Scottish club Celtic are ready to announce Dafabet as their new primary shirt sponsor. In what could be the biggest sponsor deal in Scottish Football, the betting company are looking to replace Magners for the 2016-17 season. As reported in Soccerex, Celtic are looking to secure a long-term deal to replace outgoing shirt sponsor Magners. Dafabet is Asia’s number one …