Leeds-based UK business Focus Online Management, best known for its multi-award winning portal WhichBingo.co.uk, is moving into the sports betting sector with the acquisition of ManagerStats.co.uk. Commercial Director Simon Jones explained: “We’re aiming to bring ManagerStats up-to-date with betting odds and statistics for all current and previous managers within the top four divisions of English football. “This is an exciting …

Australian bookmaker Tabcorp Holdings has teamed up with News UK, publisher of The Sun newspaper, to launch a new online wagering and gaming business in the UK and Irish markets. The business will be known as Sun Bets and will launch in 2016. The new business will bring together Tabcorp’s capability in global wagering with News UK’s vast customer base …

UK bookmakers are to implement Player Awareness Systems (PAS) – a new initiative which helps people avoid gambling-related harm while using gaming machines in betting shops. PAS, which is being launched today by the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) at the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) annual conference, has been developed using the RGT’s ground-breaking December 2014 research that showed it …

Platform provider Mediatech Solutions has enabled R.Franco, one of the oldest gaming brands in Spain, to provide its customers with a full omni-channel experience after the slots manufacturer secured one of the country’s recent online gaming licences. R.Franco, which is currently celebrating 50 years in the industry, has pivoted from its traditional class B slots & export B2B markets in …

Tobias Fagerlund, CEO of innovative betting exchange SpiffX, explains how the firm can offer bookmakers more than just hedging facilities. How powerful is your Spiffindex model for bookmakers looking to hedge liabilities? With Spiffindex we have opened the doors for odds to be traded on a large market. It is a very useful tool for price hedging especially during in-play …

Affiliate tipping network bettingexpert.com has engaged leading football writer Jonathan Wilson to give his predictions on some of the weekend’s biggest matches in the Premier League. Chelsea v Bournemouth – Saturday 5.30pm Jonathan Wilson says: Chelsea, after three months of underperformance, at last look to have got themselves together. Wins over Norwich City and a 10-man Maccabi Tel Aviv proved …

John Kelly has been appointed chairman of Ladbrokes after Peter Erskine stepped down from the Board on 3 December in anticipation of the proposed merger with Coral. Kelly is a former chairman and CEO of Gala Coral and will be the Chairman of the combined organisation. Erskine announced his intention to step down earlier this year and decided now was …

Bet365 was named Best Bookmaker for the second year running at the Betting on Football Awards last night. The Stoke-based bookmaker beat off strong competition from rivals Sky Bet and Unibet to pick up the title. Sky Bet didn’t go home empty handed though. The firm picked up awards for Best Mobile Bookmaker and Best Sponsorship Partnership for its work …

High street bookmaker Ladbrokes has lost a £54m tax avoidance court case after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sucessfully argued that the firm’s attempt to avoid Corporation Tax was barred by the law. The First-tier Tribunal ruling means Ladbrokes cannot reclaim £54m in tax. Another three similar cases are worth £112m of tax. Ladbrokes told the FT: “We believed we …

BetVictor has been making the most of its association with Premier League Champions Chelsea Football Club by launching a new product featuring the club’s branding, The bookmaker is billing the new game as the world’s first Premier League football club-branded online slot and features some of the reigning champions’ greatest players, while its soundtrack recreates the famous Stamford Bridge atmosphere. …