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MotoGP stars play poker on the bwin Poker Yacht

Vienna/Jerez, 29.04.2010: prior to the green lights for the “Gran Premio bwin de España”, Bwin, the world’s leading publicly-listed online gaming provider and official sponsor of MotoGP since 2004, invited riders Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Alvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki), Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda), Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing Team) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) to join the team on the bwin Poker Yacht. After arriving at the yacht in Puerto Sherry on jet skis, the MotoGP riders took part in a thrilling game of poker.

After having given the MotoGP riders in Jerez the chance to enjoy the excitement of a game of poker at lofty heights on the Bwin Sky Platform Read More

William Hill first quarter: group rises on egaming surge

William Hill has published its first quarter 2010 key performance indicators, with group net revenue up 1% and earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up by 3% due largely to a surge in the bookmaker’s egaming division.

Online was the key driver of growth, with net revenue in the period up by 25% compared to the first quarter of 2009.

This incorporated particularly strong performance in sports betting, with William Hill Orbis-powered sportsbook platform and in-running product contributing to sports’ net revenue growth of 79%, due to both higher volume and an expanded margin of 8.1%, from 6.6% in the same period in 2009. Read More

Betfair Celebrates Three Millionth Customer

Setting another significant milestone for the company in a year which marks its tenth year of operation, online betting exchange Betfair is celebrating its three millionth registered customer.

As Betfair continues to achieve record levels of growth, this latest milestone comes less than 12 months since it passed the 2.5 million registered customers mark. Read More

Victor Chandler Boosts In-Play Turnover 300%

Gibraltar-based bookmaker Victor Chandler says that its new in-play betting product developed by Zukido has contributed to a 300% increase in betting turnover in the first six weeks since launch, positioning the company for what it hopes will be a highly lucrative World Cup tournament.

The live console which brings together a live score centre across all in-running sports, live audio and video and real time statistics, together with live betting features and personalisation, led to a 50% increase in the number Read More

Ladbrokes Advertising Targets British Political Scene

Ladbrokes has been finding the time to have a little bit of fun with the upcoming election in the United Kingdom and is getting a chance to take a dig at the current government.

After being committed to making a difference in the online gambling environment in the U.K. and in Europe the firm is now trying in a tongue and cheek way to make a difference in the political arena. In Ladbroke’s shops it’s new and latest advertisements, are featured. The first of which shows a Tony Blair look alike betting against Gordon Brown. The highly topical British general election adds a reason to smile for people Read More

Unibet – Ca$h In Function

Livebetting is one of the most fun and exciting products that Unibet has to offer as you can bet in play as you follow the action live! And with Unibets ‘Ca$h In’ button you get the chance to take the money and run, regardless of if your bet is winning or losing.

Let us say you placed a football bet on Team A winning – they are 2v0 up after 15 minutes so your bet is looking good! But now Team B is dominating and you don’t want to risk losing your bet so check the ‘Ca$h In’ button and it will tell Read More

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As our name implies, we are the giants of sports betting. Titan Bet is the latest addition to the Titan mega-brand, the same entertainment group that produces Titan Poker – the largest poker room on the iPoker network – and Titan Casino. Read More

Sportingbet to Move to LSE’s Main Market in May

Sportingbet plc has this morning confirmed its intention to apply for admission to the official listing of the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market, expected to take place on Thursday May 14th, with the company also providing notice of its intended cancellation of trading of its shares on London’s AIM Market on the same day.

Sportingbet said it believes the official LSE Main Market listing is the most appropriate platform for the continued growth of the company by increasing Sportingbet’s profile, assisting in the liquidity of the company’s shares and providing a greater range of potential investors for the company. Read More

bwin Launches New Interactive TV Broadcast System

Bwin has launched a new interactive TV broadcasting system called Sheeva which fuses live video with social media platforms and instant messaging systems while simultaneously integrating real-time data from bwin’s extensive online gaming line-up.

Unveiled at digital media trade fair, the NAB Show, this week in Las Vegas, Sheeva is designed as a highly flexible system that can broadcast in real time via satellite, Internet and mobile TV in a single production environment. Read More

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The time has come. It’s Jackpot Hour at the most popular Skill Games on Bwin. For a mere EUR 0.50 the users can take home big jackpots three evenings a week! Read More

Unibet Expands Live Sports Stream to Include La Liga

Unibet is to offer customers additional live streaming sports content through its website, including coverage of Spain’s La Liga, following an agreement with the Sportsman Media Group.

Under the terms of the agreement, Sportsman will provide Unibet with an extensive rights package and streaming services for over twenty territories across a number of sports including the Spanish premier league La Liga, Volleyball and Handball Champions League, tennis, basketball, beach volleyball and table tennis. Read More

Apostaganha Community vs Bwin – Head-to-Head

Following Head-to-Head with Sportingbet, the Head-to-Head with Betfair and finally the Head-to-Head with BetClic of last March, as promised, we have a new guest!

Ricardo Silva, Portugal country manager and Bwin Iberia area manager, Ricardo who accepted our invitation immediately, for that and we thank the readiness to respond to our questions.

Without further ado, let’s start.… Read More

Lionel Messi gives exclusive interview to Betfair

Lionel Messi in the past April 6, gave an exclusive interview to Betfair! Many and super interesting questions were made, can not to be missed!

These were all questions asked by Betfair to Lionel Messi:

- Can Barcelona risk losing more points?
- Derby against Real Madrid will be a decisive game to find the champion?
- Barcelona suffers from having a short team?
- Some dream purchase for the team?
- How is the environment within the team?
- Would you prefer playing in Serie A or in English Premier League?
- Which English player admire more? and Italian?
- What do you think about former teamates Ronaldinho and Eto’o in Serie A? Read More

Unibet the new Apostaganha Sponsor!

Unibet and Apostaganha are pleased to announce this new partnership that will extend in 2010 year, we expect to strengthen ApostaGanha as the largest national reference in the betting world.

Unibet is one of the largest European operators in the online play area, having its origin in Sweden and more specifically in Stockholm. Due to its Nordic culture, Unibet is a market leader not only in the Nordic countries but also in the Benelux and France. In the last two years has made a growing effort to expand its geographical presence in less traditional markets for the company as Spain and Portugal, where he still has a strong presence.

For more information you can go to the our company website in Unibet Forum and find more detailed information. You may also consult in Internet, data concerning from company’s results since it is public listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and is audited by PWC. Read More

Apostaganha Community vs Betclic – Head-to-Head

Following Head-to-Head with Sportingbet and Head-to-Head with Betfair in last February, and as promised, we have a new guest!

This time we invite the BetClic spokesman!

Ricardo Branquinho da Fonseca is the current spokesman of BetClic for Portugal, Ricardo Ricardo who accepted our invitation immediately, for that we thank the readiness to respond to our questions.

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Apostaganha Community vs Betfair – Head-to-Head

Following Head-to-Head with Sportingbet in last February, and as promised, we have a new guest!

Filipe Safont is the current spokesman of Betfair for Portugal, Filipe who accepted our invitation immediately, for that we thank the readiness to respond to our questions. Read More

Apostaganha Community vs Sportingbet – Head-to-Head

Today we launched something that might be very interesting. Apostaganha can be a vehicle to promote closer links between the bookmakers and their customers. Apostaganha proposed to once a week interview an important figure in this sports betting world.

The first figure invited to this Head-to-Head was Pablo Ferreira, Sportingbet Portugal Territory Manager, for that we thank the readiness to respond to our questions. Read More

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Bookmakers Ranking

Best Bookmakers, rank given by users:

• Bet365 (8.88 out of 10)
• Betfair (8.86 out of 10)
• BetClic (8.52 out of 10)
• Sportingbet (8.20 out of 10)
• Bwin (8.19 out of 10)
• Unibet (7.91 out of 10)
• William Hill (7.09 out of 10)

Bookmakers Most voted:

• BetClic – 322 votes
• Betfair – 319 votes
• Bwin – 310 votes
• Bet365 – 289 votes
• Sportingbet – 267 votes
• William Hill – 46 votes
• Unibet – 22 votes

Worse Bookmakers, rank given by users:

• William Hill (7.09 out of 10)
• Unibet (7.91 out of 10)
• Bwin (8.19 out of 10)
• Sportingbet (8.20 out of 10)
• BetClic (8.52 out of 10)
• Betfair (8.86 out of 10)
• Bet365 (8.88 out of 10)