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12 May 2012 - 4:33pm

Rory JiwaniThe final of Britain's Got Talent takes place tonight with StanJames.com seeing plenty of support for girl and dog pairing Ashley and Pudsey.The firm's...

22 February 2012 - 5:52pm

The Scream by MunchEdvard Munch's "The Scream" goes under the hammer on May 2nd at Sotheby's in New York, and bookies Stan James make it a 8/11 chance that the iconic painting breaks the $100 million mark. Stanjames.com spokesman Rory Jiwani suspects that the masterpiece will be highly sought after and that the...

27 January 2012 - 4:55pm

Brian Dowling

The final of Celebrity Big Brother 2012 takes place on Friday night and it has been as series full of twists and turns thanks to the antics of Big Brother as well as that of the housemates themselves.

On Wednesday, housemates Romeo Dunn and Nicola McLean were evicted and had a lot to...

23 January 2012 - 3:20pm

FacebookAs reports surface of the growing momentum behind Facebook's intended Initial Public Offering (IPO), Stanjames.com have opened a number of markets that look to the future of the world's biggest social network.

20 January 2012 - 2:39pm

Big BrotherCelebrity Big Brother continues to hot up this week as tensions build and personalities start to clash, and the producers themselves have sprung a surprise upon the contestants by announcing that every one of them is up for eviction this Friday bar Gareth Thomas.

After Georgia Shalpa became the third...

16 January 2012 - 11:04am

Brit AwardsThe nominations for the 2012 BRIT Awards were announced on Thursday evening in a star-studded ceremony that took place at The Savoy hotel in London. There were a few surprises in the nominations alongside some of the expected candidates for the awards that recognise success in the British music industry.

10 January 2012 - 2:51pm

CERNDeep in Switzerland, scientists have been tirelessly working to determine the existence of The Higgs Boson (1/3 To Be Discovered in 2012) - the "God Particle" - since the Large Hedron...

22 December 2011 - 5:42pm

BBC Sports Personality of the YearThe final 10 nominees for the 2011 Sports Personality of the Year have been decided for this evenings awards...

22 December 2011 - 2:03pm

Tony McCoyTonight the UK honours its sporting stars with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be picked from a shortlist of 10 by a public vote. In addition to the main award of...

17 December 2011 - 11:58am

2011 Strictly Come Dancing FinalistsThe Strictly Come Dancing finalists prepare to dance for the final time in Blackpool on Saturday knowing that Harry Judd is the bookie's favourite to lift the Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball (...

10 December 2011 - 7:55pm

X Factor FinalistsTonight is the night, the TV event of the year, after months of bickering judges, emotionally overblown back-stories, contestants late night partying and the occasional song, The X Factor final is here!

This year's final is one of the closest in the history of the show and for the first time will be held at Wembley Arena. In...

4 December 2011 - 11:08am

Little MixThe X-Factor betting has taken another twist after the four remaining acts performed on Saturday night to clinch a place in next week's final. Amazingly, despite receiving mixed reviews at best from the judging panel, Little Mix are now clear...

29 November 2011 - 3:54pm

Mark CavendishThe shortlist of the final contenders for Sports Personality of Year has been released this morning and there have been some changes to the...

26 November 2011 - 6:04pm

Little MixThe X-Factor is reaching its final stages now with only five acts left in the show, and it is has left the X-Factor betting in a bit of a muddle. Little Mix became the favourites to win the X-Factor after getting rave reviews from the...

23 November 2011 - 8:44pm

AWOL again: Kelly RowlandX factor judge Kelly Rowland has caused further controversy by seemingly abandoning her acts for the second time this series. Just last month the former Destiny's Child star fled the UK for Los Angeles after a bust-up with fellow judge Tulisa Contostavlos and then missed the...

19 November 2011 - 8:36pm

Amelia LilyIt's been a massive week in the X-Factor betting with the news that latecomer Amelia Lily has become the new favourite to win the competition (Amelia Lily 3/1 to win the X-Factor).

In some respects it's a very...

6 November 2011 - 1:31am

Frankie CocozzaWell, after watching X-Factor tonight all we can say is OMG! Frankie Cocozza was absolutely rubbish, so here at StanJames.com we've completely moved around our X-Factor betting.

Frankie Cocozza...

1 November 2011 - 6:21pm

Craig ColtonX-Factor might take place on Saturday and Sunday nights, but it seems StanJames.com customers can't get enough of the show as X-Factor betting has gone a bit barmy this week (click here for live X-Factor betting).

1 November 2011 - 5:54pm

George PapandreouJust as it seemed that the issues with Greece were being brought under control, the announcement by Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou (centre), to call a referendum on the latest bailout package has thrown Europe back into crisis (5/6 Greece to leave the Euro by the end of 2012).

A...

29 October 2011 - 5:07pm

X Factor Judges at WarThe latest series of the X Factor is in chaos as Kelly Rowland has pulled out of this weekend's live shows. The show has been hit by falling ratings as well as criticism of the standard of the acts, but now a bust-up between judges Kelly Rowland and Tulisa is threatening to really derail...