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…
This is an incredible story. It’s got a bit of everything; some tragedy, some mystery, and a happy ending. Have you ever lost your phone? Be it in the pub, at work, on the bus, or anywhere in public where you might quite rightly hold very little hope of every seeing it again. Well if,…
If you have read many of the other blog posts regarding fines and social responsibility failings on this website, you will have hopefully seen that I try to be quite understanding to operators who fall foul of the UKGC. They are often trying to keep up with ever changing, and sometimes vague rule changes, and…
