Sports
Australia Aim to Combat Match Fixing During 2015 Asian Cup
- July 15, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Asian sides have had a tournament to forget at the 2014 World Cup, with all four national teams crashing out in the group stage, but they will have an opportunity to make amends at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. And with the tournament in Brazil having just finished, the Asian Football Confederation has already started […] Continue Reading
Pinnacle to Accept Bets of $1m on World Cup Final
- July 8, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Pinnacle Sports has announced that they have raised their betting limit to staggering $1,000,000 for the 2014 World Cup final, giving high rollers everywhere a chance to place massive stakes on the tournament winner. The final game of the 2014 tournament will take place on 13th July at the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de […] Continue Reading
Cameroon National Football Team Investigated for Match-Fixing
- July 1, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) have launched an official investigation as the claims were made that seven members of country’s World Cup squad have conspired to fix a football match at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The allegations were made by one Wilson Raj Perumal, who had been previously convicted of match fixing and was […] Continue Reading
New Jersey Set to Regulate Sports Betting
- June 20, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
State Senator Ray Lesniak is adamant that New Jersey will regulate sports betting by the start of American football season in September. A federal ban on all sports betting activity outside of Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon is currently in place, but the US Supreme Court could decide not to renew the federal ban. The Supreme […] Continue Reading
Power8 Acquires Naming Rights to Espanyol Stadium
- June 17, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Power8, one of the leading technology providers to the sports betting industry, have announced on their official website that they have acquired the naming rights to Espanyol’s Cornella El Prat stadium. The company have reached an agreement with the La Liga side to become the official sponsor of the club stadium for the period of […] Continue Reading
Thai Police are Cracking Down on Football Gambling Ahead of World Cup
- June 10, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Thai police have established an operation centre in an attempt to break a football betting ring ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil that kicks off on Thursday 12th June. The government officials are targeting online and offline gambling establishments as well as SMS lucky draws, according to The Nation. Gambling is Illegal in […] Continue Reading
Durham University Student Given ‘The Best Job in the World’
- June 5, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Ollie Silverton, a student from England, has been chosen as the winner of Titan Bet’s the Best Job in the World competition, which has seen him earn an exclusive contract from the highly rated bookmaker to be their correspondent at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Durham University sports student, who completed his final exam […] Continue Reading
Betfred Reviews Their Marketing Strategy
- May 30, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
UK bookmaker Betfred has placed their advertising account under review as they look to improve their position in the very competitive industry ahead of the new football season. This basically means that long-serving advertising agency BJL will have to submit a new pitch if they want to hold on to the account. BJL has been […] Continue Reading
Garbage Man Wins £1.3 Million Share of Scoop6 Jackpot
- May 27, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Craig Brazier, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, has landed a massive £1.3 million jackpot having correctly guessed the winners of six horse racing events on Saturday. Garbage man Craig Brazier staked mere £2 on Scoop6 betting pool that required bettors to pick winners in all six races held on Saturday. The man from Nottinghamshire became one […] Continue Reading
Eighteen people arrested in illegal betting raid in Singapore
- May 22, 2014 By Nemanja L. -
Singapore police have revealed that they have arrested 18 people in the latest raid on the illegal football betting operations some 20 days ahead of the start of the 2014 World Cup. The suspects have taken illegal soccer bets for an estimated Sg$8 million, which roughly translates to around $6.4 million, in the space of […] Continue Reading