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Publishing its 2015 half year financial results (period ending 26 September), UK National Lottery operator Camelot UK Ltd, announced record prize payouts of £2 billion in prize money. The operator succeeded in growing total ticket sales to £3.6 billion, an increase of £145 million on the corresponding period last year. Total sales in the first six months of 2015, were …

  Last year, when conducting its detailed review of the social responsibility elements of the Licence Conditions & Code of Practice (LCCP). The Gambling Commission announced that it would be consulting separately on crime provisions in the LCCP that would build on its experience gained through its growing body of casework on money laundering and criminal spend. That consultation has …

Only another Leicester City comeback, this time away at Southampton, prevented a harsh weekend for bookmakers getting even worse as all four of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United picked up comfortable wins. According to data from Team FA’s AccaTracker app, Southampton’s match against Leicester was the second most selected match on Saturday in multiple bets, which was fortunate …

Governance of London AIM listed Mobile Gaming specialist Gaming Realms Plc, announced that the firm was confident of hitting its 2015 growth targets, having recorded a 48% revenue increase to £6.2 million for Q3 2015 (Q3 2014: £4.2 million). Gaming Realms management noted that it had seen increased player take up of its mobile games portfolio, detailing that in-house developed …

SIS, supplier of betting operational provisions, has welcomed back former Operations Director Brent Dolan as Head of Horse Racing Content. Dolan was previously with SIS for 26 years, launching innovations such as virtual gaming on SIS FACTS, dedicated greyhounds channel SIS2, and the Virtual Betting Channel. His newly-created role as Head of Horse Racing Content will leverage horse racing products, …

2015 has seen a number of new entrants vying to compete and innovate the European fantasy sports/football market. Valery Bollier Co-Founder and CEO of Oulala (Oulala.com), believes his outfit has developed the most innovative and engaging fantasy sports game for European sports fans. Launching Oulala’s UK monetized platform, SBC gains further insight into this ambitious start-up’s plans. _________________________ SBC: Hi …

Betfred has announced the closure of its Tote Park Wigan call centre. The call centre was inherited from its 2011 £250 million acquisition of former state-owned betting operator Tote. The closure of the call centre could see 14 full-time and 98 part-time employees lose their jobs, although the company says that, given the size of the overall enterprise, it would …

With a view to capture a modern audience amid its declining readership, Playboy Founder and Editor in-Chief Hugh Hefner announced last week that his magazine would no longer publish fully nude female models/centrefolds. Playboy senior executives announced that February 2016 would see the last publication of its ‘nude magazine’ as the publisher takes on a social-media relevant, “PG-13” strategy. Opening …

Titanbet UK has been announced as official sponsor of Sheffield Wednesday’s West Stand for the 2015/16 Championship football season. Sheffield Wednesday and Titanbet UK marketing unveiled the stand sponsorship this weekend as English return to its full schedule following the international break. Titanbet UK announced that it would be running a number of promotions for the Owls (Sheffield Wednesday nickname) …

Manchester City have regained the faith of the betting public after their shaky couple of results against West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur, according to data from AccaTracker, the mobile app developed by Team FA that helps users keep on top of their multiple football bets. City’s home match against Bournemouth is the most selected game in punters’ accumulators this weekend, …