Updating its ‘US 2016 Presidential Election’ exchange market, Betfair has revealed that £2 million was traded this weekend ahead of tonight’s much-anticipated live TV debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. To date the Betfair Exchange has recorded a total of £44 million traded on the 2016 US Election, surpassing the amount traded across all markets during the 2012 Presidential …
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Richard Thorp: FSB Technology – Underdog Game…Powering Black Type
Having launched new horseracing specialist online bookmaker Black Type, Richard Thorp FSB Technology Business Development Director details to SBC the challenges of bringing a specialist operator to market. Competing against legacy betting operators for a mature but stagnant audience, SBC asks what new dynamic can Black Type bring to horse racing consumers? _________________________ SBC: Hi Richard, as a platform provider …
Read More »Betfred to win Ladbrokes-Coral UK betting shop portfolio bid
The Irish Independent has reported this weekend that Betfred is set to win its bid to acquire 360 betting shops from the £2.3 billion Ladbrokes-Coral merger. The Manchester-based firm is reported to have pipped Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports for the Ladbrokes-Coral retail inventory which was put up for sale in order to meet UK CMA competition standards. As the …
Read More »Mecca Bingo ‘knows the feeling’ with Louise Redknapp
Rank Group subsidiary Mecca Bingo will launch its new high coverage UK marketing campaign with TV personality Louise Redknapp. Redknapp who is currently appearing on BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ (series 14), will front Mecca Bingo’s new ‘We Know the Feeling’ UK nationwide campaign which will launch on multiple advertising formats. Updating the market, Mecca Bingo stated that the high-visibility campaign …
Read More »William Hill slashes odds on Alistair Brownlee for SPOTY 2016
William Hill has slashed the odds for Alistair Brownlee winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) from 100/1 to 10/1, after the triathlete attracted a rush of money for helping his brother over the finishing line at a race in Mexico. The two-time Olympic Champion gave up his own chances of winning the race to aid the exhausted Jonny …
Read More »George Oborne – India Bet – Operators look to cheaper access points for UK market
George Oborne is the Managing Director at India Bet, and starred on the ‘International appeal’ panel at the recent Betting on Sports conference in London. We caught up with him to expand on his predictions for the future of cricket betting, talk more about India Bet’s social betting platform, and find out what the rest of 2016 has in store …
Read More »Kiggit plans UK launch following UKGC license approval
Copenhagen start-up Kiggit has confirmed that it has been awarded a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) remote operator license. The start-up will now move to launch its social pool betting app in the UK within the coming months on both Android and iOS. Kiggit describes itself as a hybrid betting product; ‘A mix of Betfair’s Exchange and The Football Pools’. Its …
Read More »William Hill reveals ‘starting line up’ for its Sports Book of the Year Award 2016
William Hill has announced the official longlist for its 2016 ‘William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award’, the most valuable and prestigious prize is sports writing. Unveiling its longlist, William Hill presents seventeen sports books’ covering nine different sports, all vying to follow 2015 winner ‘The Game of Our Lives’ by David Goldblatt. Making this year’s longlist is ‘No …
Read More »Bookmakers open market on Channel 4 Mary Berry replacement
Following the announcement that Mary Berry will not return to judge The Great British Bake Off (GBBO), as the TV show moves to Channel 4 for its next series, UK bookmakers have raced to open markets on who will replace the much-loved judge for GBBO 2017. GBBO’s split from the BBC has been the talk of television, as last week …
Read More »Harris Hagan promotes Bahar Alaeddini to Partner
London-based specialist industry law firm Harris Hagan has confirmed the promotion of Bahar Alaeddini to Partner with immediate effect. A Harris Hagan senor solicitor since 2012, Alaeddini has advised multiple industry stakeholders on international gambling projects. Updating the market, Harris Hagan governance informed that Alaeddini promotion would see her work with the founding partners John Harris and John Hagan, helping …
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