This week’s shock resignation of UKIP leader Diane James following just 18 days at the helm of the party, has seen Nigel Farage return to steady the ship acting as ‘interim UKIP leader’. Updating its ‘UKIP leadership’ market, bookmaker William Hill has moved to price Farage at 8/1 to permanently replace James, who resigned declaring that she did not ‘have …
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William Hill has priced Donald Trump at 3/1 (25% chance) to be mentioned in Theresa May’s closing speech to Conference on Wednesday 5 October. The FTSE bookmaker is pricing odds on a number of political words and phrases, which the new UK Prime Minister may well utter during the course of her closing speech (scheduled for 11:OO am – UK Time) …
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The start of the 2016 Conservative Party Conference (Birmingham 2-5 October), has seen UK Prime Minister Theresa May declare that her party will look to trigger Article 50 by the ‘end of March 2017’. Once Article 50 is invoked the UK will begin its two-year process of leaving the European Union. Speaking to Conservative Party delegates, May stated that the …
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William Hill’s retail betting division has begun the launch of 800 SG Gaming self-service betting terminals (SSBTs) across its UK estates. The ‘roll-out’ forms part of a wider agreement struck between William Hill and Scientific Games’ UK-facing subsidiary SG Gaming, which has become the bookmaker’s main hardware and terminal partner. Following the initial roll-out, a further 1200 terminals will be …
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Since 2014, Global Reviews has been measuring the number of sites using webchat as well as the desire from consumers to use webchat when seeking help and support whilst researching a purchasing a product or service online. Of the 182 brands benchmarked across Australia, Ireland and the UK, only 67 currently have webchat compared to the 115 who do not …
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Next Monday New York will host the first ‘US Presidential’ TV debate. With nationwide US Election polls tightening, the race to the White House is expected to go down to the wire. SBC’s ‘Bookies Corner’ gets the lowdown on ‘Clinton Vs Trump,’ with just 45 days to go until America hits the polls (8 November), the US Election has become …
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William Hill has announced the official longlist for its 2016 ‘William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award’, the most valuable and prestigious prize is sports writing. Unveiling its longlist, William Hill presents seventeen sports books’ covering nine different sports, all vying to follow 2015 winner ‘The Game of Our Lives’ by David Goldblatt. Making this year’s longlist is ‘No …
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Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. has announced that the second international eSports 2016 Conference will take place on September 23rd at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. It will be run alongside and in conjunction with the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo. Marc Lesnik, Conference Organiser, said of the two events: “I have seen for the last 2 years a die hard group of …
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The winners of SBC’s Betting on Sports Conference Ticket Giveaway have been revealed. The lucky trio are Danish sports betting consultant Mikkel Gronfeldt, James Holt Pre-Match Football Compiler at William Hill and WantMyBet Founder Olly Joshi. By entering the Linkedin competition the three had their names picked out of the virtual hat and will now have complementary access to sports betting’s …
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Following last week’s announcement that Sir Nicholas Serota would step down as Director of Tate Galleries, William Hill has placed Tate Modern director Frances Morris as its favourite to take over leadership of the leading UK art institution. Serota leaves Tate, following thirty years’ service garnering multiple plaudits for championing modern arts in the UK and successfully expanding Tate institutions …
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