Category: Sports Betting

[ad_1] On the list of sporting spectacles that should not be on television, there are two events that rank pretty highly: water polo and boxing fights involving dopers. The former was on the BBC website yesterday. The latter is on our screens more often than we would like to think. We have nothing against water polo – it is clearly a sport that requires high…

[ad_1] “I put myself under pressure, that’s the only pressure I feel really. I think I will be judged on the qualifying games, I knew that going into the job. Getting Wales to a major championship, that’s how I will be judged… that’s what my job is now, to qualify or at least compete.” While he may have attempted to revise expectation downwards in…

by Luke Andrews, 22 March 2019 The Stars Group has expanded its operations team by opening a new office in Bulgaria. The group has decided to expand in Sofia, having already got an office there and the new one will house over 200 TSG employees. TSG opens new office in Bulgaria © Pexels. The office, as announced by TSG management, will provide a…

[ad_1] A miserable European qualifier against Kazakhstan in -4°C. This is exactly the sort of football match that Scotland fans have become accustomed to in recent years. With the Scottish national team failing to reach a major tournament since France ‘98, frozen qualifiers in post-Soviet successor states have become central to the Tartan Army experience. Blue legs, windswept chicken skin and serious shrinkage under…

[ad_1] With the end of the season in sight, the race for promotion from the National League looks to be heading towards a tense final day. In amongst the predicted title challengers – Wrexham, Leyton Orient and Salford City – are Solihull Moors, the division’s surprise package. Avoiding relegation was the aim, but Tim Flowers’ side have exceeded all expectations. “We stayed up on…

by Luke Andrews, 18 March 2019 Ten days after British bookies BetBright announced they are discontinuing their services and that all ante-post bets are going to be voided, the UKGC has finally come up with a verdict and it’s not what people have expected. Despite the commission’s conclusion, however, the 35,000 BetBright customers which have been affected are unlikely to simply accept their…

[ad_1] A number of rule changes will be introduced in football next season which will affect all English clubs. The International FA Board (IAFB) have introduced a number of changes for the 2019-20 season including clarifying handball regulations and changes to goal kicks, free kicks and goal celebrations. All of the changes will come into force on 1 June 2019 and these are the main points.…

[ad_1] Among the sights and sounds of a Welsh Grand Slam, the indigenous songs in the Principality Stadium lingered in the ears for hours: the national anthem and “Hymns and Arias” and “Have a Nice Day” and “What’s that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?” No, it was Alun Wyn Jones, and the Irish needed to do much more than wrench his…

[ad_1] England, Ireland and Wales all head into the final weekend of this year's Six Nations championship with hopes of winning the title. Wales currently sit top of the table and are the only side still capable of winning the Grand Slam after four wins from four. However, they must defeat Ireland in Cardiff to guarantee the title with defeat leaving the door ajar…

by Luke Andrews, 15 March 2019 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is serious about taking legal action against Irish bookmaker Paddy Power for using personal imagery in one of their advertisement campaigns. Solskjaer and his lawyer Erik Flagan both point out that this is illegal in Norway and England likewise, but this didn’t stop Paddy Power from overstepping the law. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to take…

[ad_1] “Believe” was the word stamped across the cover of the Arsenal programme in bold white letters. Belief has come and gone among Arsenal fans this season, though it has long been a mercurial quality at the Emirates. When Unai Emery masterminded a 22-game unbeaten run in the autumn and it felt as if the team were breaking out of the brittle cocoon of…

by Luke Andrews, 11 March 2019 The Stars Group Inc has reported its financial results for 2018 being boastful about what had been achieved in only a year’s time. Rafi Ashkenazi went on to call it a landmark year on account of the dynamic series of events that shaped the Stars Group the way it looks now, the most prominent of which was…

[ad_1] Tips for each race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival 2019 Can Tiger Roll claim a fourth win at Cheltenham? (Getty Images) i Team 25 mins Wednesday March 13th 2019 Boredom a bigger threat than Min for ‘box office' Altior After picking 10-1 winner Beware the Bear on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, i racing…

by Luke Andrews, 12 March 2019 Since March 5 punters across the United Kingdom have been shocked by BetBright’s announcement that the company’s sports betting platform is going to be sold to 888 Holdings and the brand will cease to exist. Moreover, the lack of a firm and unyielding response from the United Kingdom Gambling Commission has further increased the confusion. BetBright has…

[ad_1] Meteorologists argue for the first day of March as the dawning of spring. The astronomical calendar favours the 20th, taking account of the earth’s degree of tilt as we orbit the sun. For the sporting fraternity spring begins on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, which this year falls on the glorious 12th. There is in the air an unmistakable buoyancy, a…