The first all english Champions League final between Man Utd and Chelsea in Moscow on Wednesday 21st May has really captured the imagination of the nation’s football fans. It is the first time in the European Cup’s 42 year history, that two sides from England have met in the final and it is testiment to […]

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Ronnie O’Sullivan was celebrating on Monday after netting himself £157,000 for potting a 147 break at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The two time former World Champion recorded the maximum break in the final frame of his 13-7 2nd round victory over Mark Williams. The money was put up by Championship sponsors 888, £147,000 […]

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Irish Bookmaker Paddypower has paid out early on Manchester United winning the 2008 Premier League title. They took the decision to pay out early to all those customers who had back United to win the Premier League throughout the season on Friday morning, depsite Chelsea moving just two points behind them in the league with […]

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Bookmakers were left counting the costs after joint favourite, Comply or Die won the 2008 John Smiths Grand National. This year’s Aintree spectacle is estimated to have attracted over £400 million in bets placed in betting shops and on the internet and following the result, bookmakers are reporting big losses on the race for the […]

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This year’s Grand National is expected to break all previous records for betting turnover on the most famous horse race in the world as the nation goes horse racing and gambling mad for oen day. Industry insiders are predicting record turnover both both on the high street and with more people than ever vefore anticipated […]

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David Beckham is set to win his 100th England cap when he lines up against France in an international freindly in paris on Wednesday (26th March). Beckham, who plays for American side LA Galaxy was left out of new England boss Fabio Capello’s first squad and many feared that he would not reach the landmark […]

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William Hill have reported that one of its punters is Britains first betting shop millionaire following a successful eight horse accumulator bet on placed in the company’s Thirsk, North Yorkshire branch on Friday 22nd February 2008.
The lucky punter, believed to be in his 50’s has been placing the same type of bet for years without […]

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BBC’s gambling expert and TV pundit Angus Loughran, better known as Statto thanks to his appearance on 90’s cult TV show, Fantasy Football, has been declared bankrupt.
It has emerged that Loughran has been unable to pay his creditors and was declared insolvent at a hearing at Manchester County Court on February 4. Details of how […]

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British Bookmaker William Hill is being taken to court by a former customer who intends to sue the betting company for the gambling losses that he incurred whilst betting in the company’s betting shops, believed to be in the region on £2million.
The customer, Graham Calvert of Sunderland, was a successful Greyhound Trainer before he lost […]

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Former Champion jockey Kieren Fallon, who recently received a worldwide ban from racing for failing a drugs test, will join his former boss Sir Michael Stoute ahead of the forthcoming flat season. It is believed that the former six times champion jockey Fallon, will be work riding for Stoute during his 18 month ban, but […]

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