LONDON — How long will Kate make William wait at the aisle? What color will the queen wear to the wedding? And will Harry be sober enough to deliver the best man’s speech? As betting-happy Britons shell out on their
LONDON – 9th March 2016 – Worldpay, a global leader in payments, is predicting that online bookmakers will experience up to a 60% increase in turnover this week as British punters hope for a re-run of last years’ record-breaking Cheltenham
"As a nonsports event that will be second to only our pope-betting in 2005," said Paddy Power spokesman Darren Haines, referring to the election that followed Pope John Paul II’s death in 2005. Britons have been swapping bets on royal
LONDON – It’s a fact: the Brits love their betting. And nothing brings out the wacky wagers like a royal wedding. Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle are set to tie the knot at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England
The U.S. court overturned a 1992 federal law had effectively prohibited sports gambling except in Nevada and, to a limited extent, Delaware, Montana and Oregon. GVC joined other British-based firms, whose margins are being hit by tighter regulations and higher
UK gambling giants Ladbrokes and William Hill released their financial results for 2015 last week. Not a surprise for anyone following the news that both were hit hard by the freshly implemented UK point-of-consumption tax (POCT). If you are not
Here are some newspaper accounts of a bookmakers strike that started around this date in 1926 in response to a new betting tax. First, from the Dundee Evening Telegraph of 4 November 1926: Betting As Usual To-Morrow. Another Day of
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But the wait was welcomed by U.K. bookmakers, who have taken in more than £1.6 million ($2.46 million) in baby-name bets as of Wednesday and reported a frenzy in demand since the birth.
The midterm elections are barely over, but UK bookmakers are already setting their sights on the 2020 US presidential election with projections for a showdown between President Trump and Kamala Harris. Coral, one of the top British bookmakers, made the