Latest Sports Betting News

The announcement that Premier League Football Club, West Bromwich Albion will be terminating the sponsorship deal with online gambling firm Bodog U.K. halfway through a two year agreement has been met with great surprise.

Betfred has appointed Phil Siers to replace the outgoing Managing Director of the independent land based and online bookie Jason Brautigam as from April 1, 2012.

Television viewers recently watched a powerful first live show of X Factor USA 2011 when a couple of talented singers remained in the show after the group of participants was reduced.

The chairman of the global facing betting exchange, Betfair, will be stepping down from his position, the group said this week. Edward Wray was instrumental in setting up Betfair in 2000, together with Andrew Black, and has brought the company to the position of being one of the most successful internet companies created in the UK of all times. Betfair is also considered the biggest internet gambling company and boasts over four million customers.

Bwin Party Digital Entertainment, the world’s biggest listed online gaming company, has been ordered by a Portuguese court to remove all advertising and sponsorship from any national sports tournaments claiming that it is illegal.

Leading online sports betting group, Sky Bet, has launched a new Facebook application which combines social networking with Premier League Football predictions.

The Australian Northern Territory Racing Commission gave the final green light to the European based gambling group, Unibet, to make an outright acquisition of the sports betting group, BetChoice.

Bwin has announced the recent launch of a new sports betting application that has been designed specially for Android-enabled and iPhone Mobile users.

The Sun newspaper has reported a mass walkout of over 200 staff members from William Hill’s Tel Aviv online support centre that handles almost all of William Hill’s Internet marketing.

UK Bookmakers are currently offering markets on US politics and Presidential odds for the forthcoming Presidential election in the United States.

The Irish government has announced that it is close to finalizing plans which will see it extending online betting tax in an effort to raise more money next year.

Two highly publicized Hollywood actors, 48 year old Demi Moore and 33 year old Ashton Kutcher are apparently having problems with their marriage.

Britain’s main pop music event, the Brit Awards where the BPI rewards Britain’s top artists and groups for best single, best album, best male and best female solo artist, will take place on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

It has been announced that WilliamHill.com, Europe’s leading online betting firm, has signed a deal with World Snooker in terms of which William Hill has become the official sponsor of the 9 day BBC televised sporting event.

Sky Bet launched a massive new TV advertising campaign a few days ago that is expected to cost millions of pounds.