The UK based bookmaker Ladbrokes has launched an advertising campaign started from 21st March aimed at encouraging punters to only place bets with UK licensed bookmakers, the campaign will appear in the Racing Post. A PR spokesman for Ladbrokes said “Very few advertisers in the Racing Post are paying tax or levy in the UK [...]

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Just ten years ago the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was covering 79 days of horseracing annually, by 2009 this figure has been reduced to just 27 and in 2010 the BBC plans to show just 14 days.  If public support for more days is highlighted then the BBC would have to honour its obligations as [...]

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Following the news from December 2008 that the BBC will only be covering 14 days worth of live racing for each of the next the years it appears the first high profile casualty has appeared.  The UK based operator William Hill who have sponsored key events at Ascot racecourse in previous years have confirmed they [...]

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The statement released by budget airline Ryan Air that they are considering introducing an in flight charge for toilet breaks has left most people speechless and a few people annoyed but for one punter its meant a great pay day. Last year the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power ran a campaign as to what fees Ryan [...]

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One of the UK’s largest bookmakers, William Hill have today reported that they have suspended betting on the next Premiership manager to go after an unprecedented number of bets being place on Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez. On Tuesday evening Rafa Benitez was showing at odds of 20/1 and was classed as an outside to be [...]

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William Hill the UK based bookmaker has decided to pay out early on the World Matchplay golf tournament next week by declaring Tiger Woods the winner. They will pay out on anyone who placed Tiger Woods to win as a single bet on the tournament before Friday 20th February. They will not however be pay [...]

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Following the peoples favourite Todd Carty being booted off ITV1′s reality television show Dancing on Ice bookies across the country have noticed a severe downtown in punters betting on Dancing on Ice. A spokeman for one of the UK’s largest bettting companies William Hill said “”We have taken just under half as much as we [...]

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The UK based Poker Company Ladbrokespoker.com has teamed up the Microgaming Poker Network to give its customers and increased range of games and to play against more players. As part of the promotional campaign for the launch of this partnership Ladbrokes Poker are giving away a $1 million dollar payout ever month to its leading [...]

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Betdirect the former online betting division of Littlewoods that was established in 1998 and aquired by Stan James from 32Red plc for around £5.75 million in 2007 less than have the £12.5 million that 32Red paid for it.  Since Stan James aquired the company it has ran it as a seperate brand with its own [...]

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A customer of the Gibralter based sports betting company Stan James almost won just over £209,000 at the weekend.  The punter from the Deeside area of the United Kingdom had picked 10 draws on English and Scottish football games and had correctly guessed 9 of them but was crueley denied by Liverpool as they ended [...]

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