It was a bad week for Scott Benton, Tory MP for Blackpool South and now ex whip, who was caught by undercover journalists seemingly offering to lobby parliament on behalf of gambling investors for cash. He has now been suspended while an investigation takes place, but given that he has been caught on camera it’s…
I’m going to need to tread carefully with this one, but an interesting case has hit the news concerning a millionaire entrepreneur suing a high end bookmaker after losing money. Boohoo, right? The thing is, the man in question is claiming to have been a gambling addict for many years, one who has even attempted…
Apparently they knew it was coming, but even so, opening the post to see a fine for £19.2 million staring back at you has got take the wind out of your sails. That’s what happened to William Hill this morning, who have now taken the crown from Entain as the bookie with the highest ever…
For a while, it felt like all the bookies were coming up with instore cards that had snappy names like Coral Connect, Paddy Power Plus, and Ladbrokes’ The Grid. One did it and the rest fell over themselves to follow – well, except Betfred, who remained staunchly in the noughties. One of the benefits that…
How early do you like to get your bets in on the horses? I bet it’s not as early as the chap who pocketed £100,000 at Cheltenham last Friday, courtesy of William Hill. What’s amazing about this bet (or should I say ‘bets’) is that not only was it placed 15 months before the event,…
Most of us are aware that professional sportsmen and women are usually not allowed to gamble on the sports they take part in, and certainly not fixtures which they themselves are involved in. It would be a huge breach of the rules of almost any governing body, since it clearly creates a conflict of interests,…
