Suspicious Tennis Betting

Some of top online bookmakers suspended betting on a tennis match involving Spain’s Oscar Hernandez and Austria’s Daniel Köllerer on Monday.

Both players were priced as 5-6 joint-favourites, but bookmakers saw a surge of money just before the start for Hernandez that pushed his price in to 1-5 favourite. Hernandez won 6-3, 6-2.

William Hill and Ladbrokes stopped trading this match after they noticed “unusual” money. Unibet and Expekt mentioned they stopped taking bets before or early in the match. Betfair noticed the same trend, but did not stop trading.

The tennis authorities have already launched an investigation into this match.

New Betfair Software Provider

Playtech is set to become new Betfair software provider of poker, casino and bingo products. Betfair spokesperson stated an official announcement will follow later this week while Playtech refused to make any comments at all.

Playtech licensees portfolio includes such big names as William Hill, Paddy Power, Bet365 and Betfred.

Betfair Australia To Be Banned By Federal Government?

Australian federal government has plans to block throusand of websites including Betfair Australia. The list includes websites well beyond the scope of child porn and beastiality. Dental and political sites are also under fire as well as the Betfair wagering exchange, which is legal in Australia.

“We’ve been licensed to operate in Australia for three years and have never received a complaint or any allegation that Betfair locally or globally is not permitted to be used by Australians. The global Betfair site is used by Australians every day,” said Betfair CEO Andrew Twaits.

Top UK Bookmakers

We continue publishing regular reports of top UK betting sites according to information supplied by Hitwise. Ladbrokes and William Hill switched places. Below are top 5 most visited online betting sites for the week ending May 16, 2009.

1. Betfair (18.93%)
2. William Hill (14.05%)
3. Ladbrokes (11.10%)
4. Bet365 (6.54%)
5. Paddy Power (5.30%)

UK Best Betting Sites

We continue publishing regular reports of top UK betting sites according to information supplied by Hitwise. Below are top 5 most visited online betting sites for the week ending May 2, 2009.

1. Betfair (20.03%)
2. Ladbrokes (11.86%)
3. William Hill (9.81%)
4. Bet365 (6.50%)
5. Paddy Power (5.97%)