Jake Ashton

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Jake Ashton
Senior News Editor

Jake is a Football and Entertainment betting expert, with a Man City season ticket and a deep knowledge of reality TV betting angles

About

Jake Ashton is OLBG’s Senior News Editor, specialising in football and entertainment betting. A Journalism graduate and Manchester City season ticket holder, Jake manages all TV Specials content at OLBG and reports daily on betting news, from Bake Off to the Ballon d’Or. 

With experience in both editorial and social media roles, he’s regularly quoted in the national press for his expertise on niche betting markets, including Eurovision, US politics, and reality TV.

💬 Quotes from Jake Ashton

"Sweden remain the favourites for this year's [2023] Eurovision Song Contest with betting sites shortening the countries odds to evens from 5/4 to win the event in May."

"Donald Trump faces a busy 2023 ahead with his 2024 Presidential Campaign set to take up most of his next 12 months as he attempts to get back in office. Bookies are giving a whole host of specials around Trump's 2023 with the lowest odds at 6/1 for the former President to be sentenced to prison at some point this year."

"The takeover of Manchester United is one of the biggest news stories in English football currently and bookies say that there's a 63% chance it happens this year. According to the latest odds from Smarkets they make it 4/7 for the first bid to acquire a controlling stake of United to be accepted at some point in 2023. The latest reports though suggest that the Glazers, who are the current owners of United, are split on the sale of the club with bids not meeting their £6bn valuation. It may be that any potential takeover takes longer than this year and bids aren't accepted for months so 2024 or later has shortened in the betting market. It's now just 11/10 that United's takeover happens in 2024 or later with the latest odds giving a 47% chance of that being the case."

📰 Jake Ashton in the News

Jake has been quoted in many online news publications for his views on betting odds for various niche markets

Jake Ashton in the New York Post

The New York Post requested Jake's opinion in the entertainment sphere when it picked up on his story about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift and used it in the famous publication.

Jake in Yahoo! News

Jake is at the forefront of betting speculation on who the next James Bond may be after Daniel Craig left the role. He is quoted regularly as he is on top of all the betting market moves.

Jake in Liverpool World

Jake's view on the discussion and betting on who the next presenter of Bake Off would be subsequent to Matt Lucas's departure

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