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‘Super-charged’ betting group kwiff has signed a horse racing data agreement with Racecourse Media Group (RMG).  The deal will include streaming by utilising kwiff’s proprietary sportsbook platform, giving players access to ‘high-quality’ UK and Irish racing Racing TV content with almost 1,200 race meetings each year. Content will be from racecourses such as Cheltenham, Aintree, Newmarket, Epsom, Goodwood, York, Leopardstown …

Camelot UK has reported total National Lottery sales of £8.2bn for the financial year 2022/23, marking the second-highest annual sales total in its corporate history.  The sales result reflected an increase of £96m, as prize money awarded to customers reached £4.69bn, creating 382 new millionaires and replicating the second-highest results achieved by Camelot UK. Lottery duty and retailer commissions saw …

Entain Plc has significantly bolstered its presence in Oceania following the approval of its strategic partnership with TAB NZ by the New Zealand Minister for Racing.    TAB NZ had chosen Entain to serve as ‘preferred partner’ to provide technology systems for the management of Racing New Zealand’s (Racing NZ) wagering, retail and broadcast offering on 28 March. Partnership terms have …

SIS (Sports Information Services) has enhanced the racing content delivered to its UK and Irish bookmaker partners via its partnership with Media System Technologies (MST). The arrangement centres specifically on the distribution of the Italian Gallop Derby, which this year will run its 140th edition. This will mark the first time British and Irish omnichannel operators will accept fixed-odds bets …

Novibet has become the official betting partner of the 2023 Tattersalls Irish Guineas Festival.  Described as the Greek operator’s biggest sponsorship of a horse racing event to date, the festival is set to take place at The Curragh Racecourse in Ireland from 26-28 May. Karl Riley, Novibet’s Ireland Country Manager, commented: “We are delighted to be named as the official …

Sarah Gardner, Deputy Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), projects that the UK gambling sector will learn the results of some planned consultations soon enough. One of the main conclusions the sector was able to glean from the Gambling Act review White Paper was that there really aren’t many conclusions. Although suggesting numerous proposals, the need for further proposals …

Tabcorp is planning a +AUS $100m (€61.m) bid to become the Melbourne Cup broadcast rights holder, the marquee fixture of Australia’s Spring Carnival.  The ASX betting group is reported to be in negotiations with Victoria Racing Club, in which it seeks to become the ‘local and global’ distributor for the “race that stops the nation”. Held every November, the Melbourne …

Following the conclusion of the 2022/23 financial year and the publication of the UK’s gambling White Paper, the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) has revealed its estimation of levy contributions. The racing funding organisation projects that, after receiving provisional submissions from levy-paying bookmakers, the total payment as of 31 March 2023 will stand at £99m.  Contributions from operators have therefore …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has responded to the conclusion of the investigation into the ‘toxic behaviour’ of licensed trainer Robyn Brisland and member of staff William Degnan.  The trainer of the Danebury Racing Stables in Hampshire, Brisland has been ordered to appoint a staff member to oversee safety procedures at his yard due to a ‘toxic work culture’. Following …

UK gambling will no longer have the support of the All-Party Betting & Gaming Group, which has called time on its parliamentary activity for the foreseeable future.  The decision was announced by Secretariat Steve Donoughue, who cited that officers had chosen to close the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) formally. “We would like to thank all of the Parliamentarians who have …