Ladbrokes have today begun offering betting odds on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer becoming United manager. The latest prices include 12/1 Solskjaer to become Man Utd manager and 33/1 Solskjaer to become next permanent Man Utd manager. It’s an interesting football bet considering Strachan at Celtic, Keane at Sunderland, Bruce at Birmingham and Hughes at Blackburn as […]

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Betfair have been forced to take the decision to void £3.6m of illegal bets placed on a tennis match in Poland due to suspicious betting patterns. Betfair said it had acted “in the interests of maintaining integrity and fairness in all our markets” after the price on the world No4, Nikolay Davydenko, drifted out after […]

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The bookmaker Ladbrokes Ireland have confirmed they are looking to sponsor more Irish Horse Racing and have been revealed as the new sponsor of the Munster National at Limerick Racecourse on Sunday 14 October. The three-year agreement increases the value of this Grade A three-mile Handicap Chase to €120,000 in prize money, contributing in total […]

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William Hill, one of the biggest bookmakers in the UK has announced that it will transfer its online gambling operations from the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean to Gibraltar and Malta. The UK betting shop giant also operates online sportsbooks, casino and skill games along with poker. The company said that its decision was spurred […]

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The sportsbook group Interactive Gaming Holdings (IGH) has suspended trading on its shares on the London AIM, citing financial problems. This is not good news for the their main sportsbook Premierbet!
 
In a statement explaining the decision,  founder and executive chairman Thomas J. Taule, said it has become evident to the company that the GBP 400 […]

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Amazingly, almost one in five bets on horse racing in Britain’s 8,700 betting shops are on horses that do not exist, virtual racing is now major business. Recently the bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes, surprised investors by revealing their takings had remained strong even though 75 race meetings have been cancelled this year due to […]

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About 1,000 gambling websites based overseas are to be banned from advertising in the UK. Popular sites such as Littlewoodscasino, Betfred Casino and Interpoker.com are among those subject to the ban, which comes into force in September 2007. Broadcasters and publishers breaching the rules could face fines or prison.
The aim for this change in the […]

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When making an odds comparison, William Hill the biggest bookmaker in England, announced it had taken less from losing cleints in recent weeks compared with what it was pulling in over the same period a year ago. WilliamHills over 2000 betting shops in the UK, said the one per cent drop since the end of […]

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In winning the Deutsche Bank Players Championship, Andrés Romero stung the pockets of the irish bookmaker Paddy Power. Paddy Power stood the biggest bet on the Argentinian, laying £4,000 at 28-1. That customer collected £112,000. Another irish bookie Boylesports took a string of three-figure bets, including one of €500 (£337) at 5-1 in-play. One Sporting […]

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