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William Hill has announced that a lucky Scottish player’s £100 four fold accumulator bet on the William Hill Scottish Cup resulted in the largest individual payout in the football event’s history last week when he won a whopping £101,200.

The showbiz industry has been abuzz with speculation about Beyonce Knowles and her husband Jay-Zs baby ever since her pregnancy was announced at the recent Music Awards.

William Hill, the world’s biggest bookmaker for sports betting, poker games and online casino, joined a number of top gaming companies in relocating to Gibraltar in order to escape the United Kingdom’s tough tax regime on gambling groups.

Betfair, the popular online gambling firm, has admitted that it failed to reveal details of a major cyber attack that took place on its site when it issued its flotation prospectus in September, 2010.

Following Beyonce’s brilliant performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the former Destiny’s Child singer, thrilled the audience by opening her suit jacket and revealing a small bump.  Beyonce then announced that she and her husband, Jay-Z, are expecting their first child.

During the first half of this year, ending 30th June, the operating profits at betting shops group Ladbrokes saw a fall of almost 17% as the group’s “high rollers” customers continued to register big wins.

Leading internet gaming software provider, Microgaming, has signed a deal in terms of which it will be supplying its QuickFire Flash-based online casino and soft games suite to 188Bet, the online gambling operator, alongside its live dealer platform.

The Scottish Football Association has entered into a £3 million deal with the giant British gambling group, William Hill, in terms of which William Hill will become the title sponsor of the Scottish Cup Football competition for a period of three years.

Due to a major shift in marketing strategy, Betfair, the online betting exchange, has decided that it will end its two-year sponsorship of the Spanish football club FC Barcelona but will still continue to be the official betting partner and sponsor of Manchester United.

Leading UK gambling group, Ladbrokes, approached Sportingbet, another leading UK gambling group, a couple of months ago requesting them to open negotiations with regards to a possible acquisition and the two groups are currently still in the process of talks.

Leading Swedish online gambling group, Betsson, has signed a new sponsorship deal with the top English Premier League football Club, Arsenal for a total of three years.

The Unibet sports betting site has launched a Big Football Trip Promotion which commenced on 1st August and will continue until 31st August 2011 through an exciting leader board competition.

There have been numerous reports circulating that William Hill, the leading UK bookmaker, is interested in acquiring the London listed mobile gambling technology group, Probability in a deal that could be worth approximately £13 million.

The Mansion Group recently signed a two year contract with English Premier League club Manchester City Football Club in terms of which it will act as the club’s international betting partner over a two season period.

Popular reality star, Kim Kardashian, has filed a law suit against Old Navy for an amount of 20 million USD for using a lookalike of her in a series of ads in February, 2011, and making it look as though she is endorsing the product.