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The $8.8 billion UK gambling giant that owns Paddy Power and Betfair is considering buying FanDuel

FanDuel lets users build fantasy teams, follow games, and win cash, and it would offer Paddy Power …

Rob Price,Zoë Bernard   


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Clinton's odds of winning election spike on Betfair after FBI clears her again

Using a state-by-state poll average, for example, FiveThirtyEight's Silver estimates that Hillary C…

Henry Blodget   


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Paddy Power and Betfair are planning a multi-billion pound gambling mega merger

Paddy Power and Betfair have slightly different businesses and talk about the "complementary" natur…

Oscar Williams-Grut   


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Betfair Says: Hah, $1.4 Billion Is Not Enough To Buy Us!

"We have a unique business with a market position, profitability, cash flow and prospects that this…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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Why prediction markets can be more accurate than polls at predicting election results

Prediction markets are quicker to respond to new events than polling, and bettors are often highly …

Kelly Cloonan   


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Some people lost more than $100,000 betting that Trump would win and are citing election conspiracy theories to sue the bookies

The Daily Beast reports that some bettors are planning to pursue legal action against gambling site…

Taylor Ardrey   


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A British bookmaker paid out more than £1 million after Manchester United's shock comeback against PSG

Paddy Power Betfair's first-quarter results suffered from several "customer friendly" sports result…

Theron Mohamed   


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Irish bookmaker Paddy Power confirms takeover talks with fantasy sports company FanDuel after landmark US ruling

Neil Wilson, the chief market analyst at Markets.com, said in an email: "Something like 20 US state…

Oscar Williams-Grut   


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Think Trump will avoid impeachment? Gambling sites say don't bet on it.

While still not as busy as the election-related bets - the Democratic nomination is a particularly …

Walt Hickey   


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The owners of FanDuel and PokerStars have struck a $12 billion deal to create the world's biggest online betting group

The two companies expect the merger to generate around $170 million in annual, pre-tax cost savings…

Theron Mohamed   


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Zoë Bernard   


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Hillary Clinton is hovering around 80% in the betting markets

Hillary Clinton's odds of winning the presidency hovered around 80% on British betting market Betfa…

Sonam Sheth   


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The EU referendum is probably going to be Britain's biggest political betting event ever

Both Betfair and Ladbrokes reported earlier this week that odds moved sharply in favour of Britain …

Adam Payne,Adam Payne   


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US PRESIDENTIAL BETTING: Trump's chance of winning is growing every day

Interestingly, Betfair also says that bets are starting to come in for candidates such as former De…

Thomas Colson   


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Sports betting giant DraftKings is going public with a triple-merger deal and a $3.3 billion valuation

"DraftKings is already a premier online fantasy sports and betting platform," Diamond Eagle foundin…

Ben Winck   


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THE LATEST SCORE: Trump was surging, but now Clinton's clawing back her lead

Clinton is also now again widening her lead on various betting and prediction markets. She never co…

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Why the latest in a long line of Nielsen vs. networks fights could be different this time

In today's Insider Advertising we're covering the networks versus Nielsen (again,) friction at DDB …

Lara O'Reilly   


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Power moves of the week -WarnerMedia, Andreessen Horowitz, and LendingTree

As was rumored last week, Bob Greenblatt has joined WarnerMedia to lead HBO, the linear cable netwo…

Christian Wylonis, The Org   


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BREXIT: These new charts show just what a fantastic week it has been for Leave

Of course, opinion polling is not a perfect science. Business Insider has highlighted this in the p…

Adam Payne,Adam Payne   


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Britain's next Prime Minister will be chosen in a completely new way

Other successful proponents of the Leave campaign Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom are also believed…

Will Heilpern,Will Heilpern