Retail

Continuing its youth development and training schemes, Racing UK’s Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has announced Shelley Birkett and Jason Kiely as recipients of its new Media JETS Traineeship. Joining the development program, the RMG’s young apprentices will learn all aspects of modern media dynamics including presenting, punditry, digital production, marketing and PR. Birkett, who is 23 and based in Malton …

Australian telecoms and media firm Optus has formed an agreement with Tabcorp Holdings to broadcast English Premier League matches across the operator’s land-based retail network. The agreement sees Optus open up its exclusive Premier League content, making it available to the general public across 4,500 syndicated Tabcorp venues. Moving forward, Optus Sports Premier League content will be installed at Tabcorp …

Former billionaire Seán Quinn has launched new online sportsbook Quinnbet, aiming to ‘ruffle up’ the Irish and UK betting sectors. The new sportsbook represents Quinn’s first venture since the multi-billion collapse of Irish conglomerate the Quinn Group in 2010. Quinn was once considered Ireland’s richest person (2008), with an estimated personal wealth of €3.5-4 billion. However, the Irish tycoon lost …

Ladbrokes has announced its second football betting partnership of the day, confirming that it has agreed to become the ‘Official UK & Ireland Bookmaker Partner’ of English Premier League side Leicester City FC. Seeking to push its brand and products to Premier League fans this 2017/18 season, Ladbrokes will gain high exposure throughout Leicester City’s King Power Stadium (capacity: 33,000). …

Brazil’s Finance Ministry has confirmed that it will begin the tender process for the privatization of its state-owned lottery instant-win games operator Loteria Instantânea Exclusiva (LOTEX). The LOTEX tender process will be open to national and international gambling operators and will be handled by Brazil’s National Bank for Economic & Social Development (BNDES). Brazilian business news reports have detailed that …

Ladbrokes has announced that it will be the ‘Official UK Betting Partner’ of Premier League football club Burnley FC. Continuing to expand its profile within English football, Ladbrokes marketing has secured a three-year deal with The Clarets.  The partnership will also see Ladbrokes provide betting points at Burnley’s Turf Moor stadium (capacity: 22,000). The partnership will also give Ladbrokes a …

British racecourses and Colossus bets has announced a partnership that aims to enhance the future pool betting offering on British Racing. This arrangement between the Project Steering Board and Colossus Bets will ensure that customers have access to an innovative portfolio of bets, including cash out opportunities, access to the ‘Syndicates’ platform provided by Colossus Bets and six and seven figure …

Industry omni-channel sports betting solutions providerPlaytech BGT Sports (PBS) has informed that it has secured an extended distribution arrangement of its existing self-service betting terminals (SSBTs) with Irish independent bookmaker BoyleSports. The agreement will see a further 325 of PBS terminals deployed within the Irish operator’s 225-strong estate, doubling its number to over 1,000 in the last 12 months. Moving …

Tough retail conditions have impacted the H1 2017 performance of London-listed gambling operator The Rank Group Plc. The company has detailed a ‘challenging period’ in which its Grosvenor and Mecca venues have faced multiple increased costs. Updating the market, Rank would maintain group revenues of £754 million (1% increase), with the firm’s venue division generating like-for-like revenues of £642 million …

UK independent bookmaker Betfred has implemented new ‘reconciliation’ systems across its 1,600 betting estates powered by financial data matching software specialist Aurum Solutions. Updating stakeholders, Betfred detailed that Aurum’s software would replace legacy provisions for its betting shop reconciliation functions which were inefficient for the bookmaker’s day-to-day demands. June Manock, Betfred’s Head of Control, explained: “One of the issues we …