Am I Michael J Fox or Bill Murray? 24 Aug 2013 | 03:28 pm

I stirred from a deep slumber this morning, and I don’t know exactly what it was, but something wasn’t quite right. It was like a nagging fear was tugging at me that Paul Roy was back in charge of the...

All right, Grandpa! 21 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm

Interesting to see that four of the five commercial deals announced this week by football clubs are with gambling companies, and the outstanding one is with a gaming company not a million miles remove...

Banking complaints down (from a big number) 20 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm

I see Barclays have put out a press release today, commenting that ‘even one unhappy customer is one too many’. Long way to go, then: Total Barclays complaints in the last six months excluding PPI ar...

Premier League blocking fail 20 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm

I almost missed this story about the mistaken blocking of a whole load of websites, including that of the Radio Times (which I must admit I didn’t know still existed…) as a result of the Premier Leagu...

Nice start for Colossus 20 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am

Colossus Bets had its first big weekend this past weekend, and made a very encouraging start. It had over 15,000 bets in its weekend pools, and I remember when we started Betfair back in June 2000 we ...

Michael Coren 20 Aug 2013 | 01:37 am

I was just the reviewer… 19 Aug 2013 | 02:38 am

I reviewed the papers for BBC World on Friday morning, and the lead story was, unsurprisingly, Egypt – with an article taken from the Gulf Times. I commented that I felt that the balance of coverage i...

Egypt 26 Jul 2013 | 12:26 am

My mother was born and brought up in Egypt, and despite the fact that she left many years ago, we retain quite an interest in what is going on in the country. Today, I received the analogy below from...

Thoughts on POCT 15 Jul 2013 | 07:53 pm

The following is my most recent column for GIQ Magazine which came out this week. I was asked by someone the other day what chances the industry’s mooted Judicial Review (JR) of the plan to introd...

Softbank sell out 8 Jul 2013 | 09:09 pm

BN 07/08 08:30 *BETFAIR BOOKBUILD: 11M SHARES BN 07/08 08:31 *DB REPORTS LAUNCH OF ACCELERATED BOOKBUILD IN BETFAIR SHARES BN 07/08 08:32 *DB: BETFAIR SHARES BEING SOLD BY SOFTBANK UNIT CHARLTON COR...