Latest Sports Betting News

WilliamHill.com has announced that it has launched a new mobile sportsbook at Mobet.WlliamHill.com making use of technology from Mobenga, the Swedish developer.

According to a recent report, online betting firm Betfred, which is based in the United Kingdom, has won an auction bid to buy the U.K. Tote. The auction commenced in November, 2010 and the sale depends on the result of a consultation with the Tote’s employees. The sale is, however, expected to be completed within the next 30 to 60 days.

One of the most well known premiership football clubs in the United Kingdom, Burnley, with a 128 year history in the sport, has announced that it has entered into a sponsorship partnership with Fun88, an online gaming group.

BodogBrand.com became the first bookmaker to obtain the necessary approvals to operate under the new regulations and shortly thereafter revealed that gamblers based in the US will no longer have access to any of its branded sites as from the beginning of 2012.

William Hill, one of the UK’s leading online and offline gambling corporations is endeavoring to tap further into the growing Irish gambling market and last week announced the launch of a brand new Irish betting site.

The UK trading sports betting group, Ladbrokes, entered into a joint venture with a local South African casino operator in order to get a foot in the door ahead of this year’s World Cup. The soccer extravaganza is set to kick off in June and Ladbrokes’ partnership with KaiRo will see it placed in a strategic position.

Online gambling companies have bet heavily on the smartphone boom which has allowed millions of players’ mobile access to online gambling. Those who have invested in setting up the right infrastructure have reaped the rewards in the growth in this sector, leading to higher revenue and increased membership.

An unemployed father of two had his life change forever on May 17 after taking home over £353,000 off a one-pound stake by correctly predicting the winners of seven races.

Following a joint investigation by several entities in the United Kingdom, the police confirmed that it had arrested professional snooker player, Stephen Lee on suspicion of match fixing.

David Yu, Chief Executive Officer for Betfair, has announced that after having been employed at Betfair for more than a decade and acting as Chief Executive Officer for the past six years he will not be renewing his contract with the company when it expires in October 2012.

Despite the fact that ARJEL, the online gambling regulator of France, had not rejected any applications for licenses and had issued the first set of licenses in early June just before the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup commenced in South Africa, many big names had not been issued with licenses.   At the time ARJEL promised that the remaining applications for licenses were being processed and that further licenses would be issued shortly and as promised, licenses have been granted to five more online gambling operators through a second list.

Immediately after the announcement of Tiger Wood’s return at this year’s Masters 2010 he dominated the betting side of golf by becoming the favorite at the online gambling sites.

Betfair, the world’s biggest betting exchange, has been trying to get its foot into the green online gambling market for quite awhile by endeavoring to do away with the many monopoly groups currently governing the industry.

BetBabes88.com recently launched a sports betting site that will offer live analysis, wagers and tips through JenningsBet.com.

After switching software platforms during July 2009, UWin.com (now known as YouWin.com) announced the suspension of payments to affiliates and shortly thereafter closed its affiliate program completely despite its promise to pay lifetime commissions to its partners.