The English Football Association has charged four players for breaching its code of conduct relating to betting on a match they were involved with.  The match in question was the Accrington Stanley vs. Bury League Two match in May 2008, the incident was brought to light by suspicious betting activity surrounding the match. Three players [...]

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The sponsors of this years World Championship Snooker tournament Bet Fred are to donate £147,000 to Sports Relief following the maximum 147 break achieved by Stephen Hendry in his match on Tuesday at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, the last prior recorded professional 147 break belonged to Ding Junhui in the Maplin UK Championship in [...]

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UK bookmakers William Hill and Blue SQ have reported some betting irregularities on the Blue Square Premier game between Grays Athletic and Forest Green Rovers.  Grays won the game 2-1 after being 1-0 down and then scored twice in 50 seconds to win the game. Both of the companies reported that they had seen large [...]

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Customers at Betfred stores are now able to watch  live horse racing from virtually every racecourse in Britain after the bookmaker signed an agreement with Turf TV for coverage to be broadcast in all of the companies 800 shops. The deal includes courses such as Newmarket, Aintree Newbury and Cheltenham. The deal will initially see [...]

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The Gibraltar based online and store fronted company Betfred have confirmed that they will be the main sponsors for the World Snooker Championship for the next four years. The tournament will be now be known as Betfred.com World Snooker Championship. The new deal has arrived just in time for this year’s televised event which starts [...]

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UK based bookmaker William Hill has revealed that they are to be the new sponsors of the Winter Festival at Kempton Park racecourse with a four year deal which will include sponsorship of the of King George VI Chase. The event will now be know as the William Hill Winter Festival and William Hill will [...]

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The company that took over running and rebranding of the Football Pools, Sportech PLC yesterday launched a claim with the UK Customs Office (HMRC) for overpaid VAT (Value Added Tax) payments in relation to the “Spot The Ball” game which was ran from 1979 through to 1996. The claim is in the region of £40 [...]

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Sportingbet who are an internet based betting company that is listed on the London Stock Exchange has today announced a sponsorship deal with Coca Cola Championship team Wolverhampton Wanderers that runs into seven figures has become the largest sponsorship deal in Wolves 132 year history. The deal which starts from Jone 2009 will see Sportingbet [...]

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Representives from the leading UK bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have issued a warning to the Chancellor that any attempt to increase taxes and regulations in the April budget will lead to job losses and shop closures amid fears that the government is considering a raise of gross profits tax from 15pc to 17pc. An [...]

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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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