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Tabcorp has stated that it has achieved the year-1 objectives of its business transformation following its demerger from Tatts Group, in line with the group’s new TAB25 corporate strategy.  Publishing its 2022/2023 financial accounts, the reorganised ASX sports betting group achieved corporate revenues of AUS $2.43bn (€1.45bn). A year following its demerger from Tatts lotteries, the commercial make-up of Tabcorp …

Long-serving Allwyn senior manager Martin Novák is set to take on a prominent role in the group’s plans for the UK National Lottery licence transition as the Data Director of its UK brand. Novák will take the helm of Allwyn UK’s data strategy for the National Lottery, which it is due to assume licensing duties of in February 2024 after winning …

The Sports Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil has demanded that national stakeholders come together this September to discuss the integrity concerns of Brazilian football. Brasília will host its ‘Sports Integrity Week‘ in September, during which the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) will present its ‘independent integrity report’ on Brazilian football (5 September). The event has been organised …

Australia has welcomed the launch of BetStop, the new ‘single point’ gambling self-exclusion scheme available across all six federal states. BetStop is operated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which in 2022 was instructed to develop a federal self-exclusion scheme to protect vulnerable consumers from gambling risks better. As agreed by the gambling authorities/boards of the Capital Territory, …

The senior leadership team of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has stated that it remains united with stakeholders to address UK racing’s pending challenges. The statement follows questions raised about a ‘lack of confidence in the regulatory body‘, following recent disputes with counterpart organisations over its handling of controversies and disciplinary actions taken. The summer schedule saw the BHA criticised …

A rift has emerged in UK racing over the solutions available for jockeys to make weight allowances, as the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) publishes its response to the use of saunas.  In 2021, the BHA decided to close saunas at racetracks due to the COVID-19 pandemic – a decision the Authority states was made based on expert medical advice and …

Allwyn Group has launched a ‘cultural initiative’ with Basel (Switzerland) arts foundation 0xCollection ‘to realise the future potential of the digital art world’.  The initiative has been launched to coincide with the Dvorakova Praha Festival – Prague’s world heritage classical musical festival hosted every September.   Allwyn and 0xCollection will showcase ‘Dvořák Dreams’, a new data painting exhibition commissioned by Turkish-American …

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is seeking to extend the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STDJ) to be expanded globally after sending a letter to FIFA. The developments comes after 15 Brazilian players have been charged for fraudulent activities since the STDJ enforcement came in, and now the CBF wants the law to be enacted to all 211 FIFA federations. The law would mean …

Rank Group Plc has achieved its 2022/2023 corporate targets, overcoming the challenges of a financial year featuring peak energy costs, wage inflation and regulatory changes impacting its business.  Publishing its preliminary 2022/2023 results (12 months ending 30 June), Rank Group declared an underlying operating profit for full-year trading of £20.3m. The bottom-line result is lower than the prior 2021/2022 financial …

The Hippodrome, one of London’s oldest and most prominent casinos, has depended its partnership with gambling harm consultancy EPIC Risk Management. EPIC will coordinate a pilot programme at the venue to highlight the need for harm minimisation training in UK casinos. The consultancy will work with licensed and unlicensed customer-facing staff to ensure safer gambling is treated as a key …