All betting companies use promotions to attract new customers and retain existing ones, but they always come with terms and conditions. For example, the new customer bonuses promoted on this site are only claimable by customers who have never used the sites in question before. This is to stop people signing up, using the bonus,…
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…
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,…
We have all been getting used to the source of funds checks and increased identification procedures implemented by betting websites in recent history. Some of us don’t really mind, some of us are all for it, and others see it as a complete invasion of privacy, but if we want to bet with the site…
