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It’s looking increasingly likely that the previously rearranged Coral Welsh Grand National will be staged at Chepstow on Saturday, so long as the rainfall that originally scuppered the race from taking place isn’t replicated this week. The only other time that the Welsh National was moved to a Saturday was in 2015, a postponement that subsequently led to a dramatic …

All horse races have been suspended at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo race track in Sicily, after police investigating mafia activity discovered evidence of illegal gambling and organised crime bosses rigging races. Italian police made 25 arrests linked to the mafia clans of Resuttana-San Lorenzo last month, with the extent of mafia involvement in Sicilian racing emerging shortly after. Since …

A Republican representative from Indiana is the latest official to come out in favour of legalising sports betting in his home state, subject to a successful challenge by New Jersey in its ongoing US Supreme Court battle. State Representative Alan Morrison, who resides in the city of Terre Haute near Indiana’s western border with Illinois, told a local newspaper that …

Sports betting and gaming solutions provider OPTIMA has capped a pre-Christmas double by signing a deal to supply the Betfred Group with its Multi-Channel Gaming Suite platform. The multi-year deal, which extends to the ongoing development and support for Betfred’s online, retail and call center businesses, will see the rollout of the OPTIMAMGS™ platform and Serverless v2 retail product for …

The Irish government will not raise taxes on betting for its 2018 budget, as the Finance Ministry took note of industry submissions warning the Oireachtas of potential job losses should new charges be implemented. Irish news sources report that the Department of Finance had been reviewing three industry options, with a view to raising circa €50 million from bookmakers or …

Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group have announced that the combination of the two firms has been completed. A statement from the firm read: “Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Tabcorp) advises that the Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme) in relation to the combination of Tabcorp and Tatts Group Limited (Tatts) has been implemented today. Tatts is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tabcorp.” Adding: “Tabcorp …

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has put forward a second round of proposals to reform the Horserace Betting Levy, including the closure of the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB). The governmental department has proposed the use of a Legislative Reform Order (LRO) to “reduce administrative and financial burdens on business relating to the administration of the Horserace …

Nasdaq-listed industry technology supplier Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has today confirmed that it has secured the outright approval of NYX Gaming shareholders to acquire the business for $630 million. Since November, SGC governance has moved buy-up shares in Toronto TSX-listed NYX as the technology group seeks to accelerate the growth of its digital services and operations. Updating the market, SGC …

Tabcorp Holdings has announced the executive team who are set to lead the company upon completion of its merger with Tatts Group. The tortuous process of uniting the two firms under one banner is set to be finalised tomorrow (Friday December 22), following several stumbling blocks since a merger was first spoken about in October of last year. David Attenborough, …

Lottoland Solutions has entered an exclusive agreement with Playtech BGT Sports (PBS), who will become the first retail provider to deliver Lottoland’s jackpot lotto betting products on their self-service betting terminals in licenced betting shops. Customers in betting shops containing these terminals, of which there are more than 26,000 across the UK, will be able to bet on a range …