Bookmaker William Hill has strengthened its sponsorship portfolio with the addition of snooker’s UK Championship. The event will be known as the williamhill.com UK Championship after the firm announced a deal with World Snooker earlier this afternoon. This year’s event gets underway on Saturday running for eight days until its climax on 11th December at York’s Barbican. The sport’s second largest ranking event gets underway with 32 players with the likes of John Higgins, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry all making an appearance. The tournament has a rich history dating back to 1977 and is broadcast on the BBC giving the gambling industry firm the best chance for increased exposure.
Hills came to the aid of sportswomen everywhere today by announcing they will be putting on their own Sportswoman of the Year Award. The news comes after the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year had no women on its shortlist. Will Hills’ list will have ten names on it and anyone can vote on the shortlist on their Facebook page.
Social betting site Viralbet has recruited the services of former-NHL player to push their product. Mikko Eloranta has endorsed the product that claims to offer players the chance to bet against each other via the medium of Facebook. It’s understood the site originates from Finland but having tried to sign into the service via Facebook we weren’t able to make any bets against our friends like it promised. Viral by name. Viral by nature?
Futurelogic has appointed a new member to its European sales team as they continue to embark on yet more expansion. Nikolai Tchekan joins up as the firm’s regional sales manager and will be responsible for the firm’s products and services in Eastern Europe. He has an extensive sales background and his fluency in England, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian will be an added bonus.
To finish off, the guys over at Vegas Tripping have stumbled across a visual rendering of the long awaited Wynn Cotai venue. It can be seem in all its glory below and makes you wonder whether it could make Steve Wynn’s face turn even redder?
