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Bookmakers are using a range of sports for marketing purposes, but which sports are proving to be the best, and most accommodating, partners? Tom Seymour of Durham County Cricket Club (CCC) will be speaking on the ‘Different Ball Game’ panel at Betting on Sports. As Commercial Director for one of the leading clubs in the country, Seymour is well placed …

Presenting its full-year 2015/16 results (period ending 30 June), The Rank Group PLC (Rank) has declared a solid financial year reporting like-for-like growth across its divisions. Closing its financial year, Rank would record total group revenues of £753 million up 2% on FY 2014/15: £738 million. The operators sustained revenue performance would see it post FY group EBITDA of £128 …

Big name sports stars looking to keep bringing home the bacon post-retirement have a few options these days.  From attempting to emulate GNev’s punditry on Sky Sports, the usual route of remaining in the game as a manager, coach, scout or agent to opening a carp fishery in France if you’re Lee Bowyer, there’s another choice becoming all the more popular. …

New UK betting market entrant Sun Bets has announced the launch of its first ever TV advertising campaign #YOUBETCHA, as the News UK and Tabcorp joint-venture seeks to establish its brand with the general public. The campaign has been created by News UK in-house agency Pulse, following this August’s official launch of Sun Bets within the highly saturated UK online …

Len Blavatnik’s firm Access Industries, which has investments in the media & technology sectors, is reported to have rejected a number of co-funding approaches from US tech giants in Perform Group (Perform). This weekend The Daily Telegraph reported that Blavatnik had turned down equity funding partnerships from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and YouTube, as Access Industries aims to turn …

City analysts are eagerly awaiting Paddy Power Betfair’s (PPB) H1 2016 financial update on Wednesday 24 August, as the newly listed FTSE operator updates the market and its investor on merger progress. Close attention will be paid to PPB’s ongoing convergence strategy, as the company has undertaken a series of restructures to its marketing and operational divisions with PPB governance …

Esports form a notable part of the agenda at Betting on Sports (#bettingonsports) next month, and with a plethora of issues to discuss and debate it’s no great surprise why.  One industry expert is Sportradar’s James Watson. James will be on a panel alongside Pavol Krasnovsky, founder of RTSmunity, exploring how live betting can work in an esports environment. In …

Presenting its 2016 full year report (period ending 30 June), Australian ASX-listed gambling operator Tatts Group has revealed a mixed set of results reporting strong digital growth hindered by legal costs. Closing its FY 2016 Tatts Group (Tatts) would post a statutory net profit decline of -7% to AUS $233 million (£136 million). Tatts 2016 earnings would be impacted by …

BetVictor has today announced an exclusive partnership with football statistics site WhoScored.com in a move which will see it as the only gaming firm providing a unique data-driven market for its customers.  The WhoScored.com Man of the Match market is based on statistical data rather than pundit opinion, meaning the result is consistent, objective and available within 10 minutes of the full …

EnergyCasino has been confirmed as an Affiliate & Media Event Sponsor for Betting on Sports! The online casino operator is based in Malta, and has its own brand of energy drinks. They are also close to launching a new UK-licensed online sportsbook, EnergyBet. We caught up with Managing Director Marcin Sapinski, who spoke about the conference debates he is most looking …