William Hill has announced that it has extended its title sponsorship of the PDC World Darts Championship at London’s Alexandra Palace until 2020. Ahead of the start of the 2015/16 championship, William Hill marketing released a statement confirming that it had agreed terms with the PDC following the marketing and coverage success of its 2014/15 sponsorship. The 2014/15 William Hill …
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Saturday night’s ‘Bad Intentions’ boxing fight between Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte, went according to bookmakers’ scripts as heavily backed favourite Joshua knocked out Whyte in the seventh round at the London 02 Arena. Nevertheless Saturday’s fight night saw the emergence of an unlikely heavyweight contender in London grime artist Stormzy (Michael Omari), who performed his single ‘Shut Up’ live …
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Phumelela Gaming and Leisure (Phumelela) and Arena Racing Company (ARC) have announced a major media rights deal which will ensure that South African horseracing will continue to be available to be broadcast in UK and Ireland betting shops until the end of 2022. Under the current terms of the deal, which is dated from June 1st 2016 to the end …
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Racing data and media inventory supplier SIS has this morning announced that it has extended its exclusive LBO rights supply deal with Meydan Racecourse (Dubai – UAE) for a further two years. The agreement with the Dubai course is an extension of the vital coverage that SIS has provided to operators for over 15 years. The deal will further see SIS …
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York Racecourse officials have stated that they will allow bookmaker sponsors’ to renew track and event sponsorships regardless of whether the companies’ have gained an Approved Betting Partner (ABP) status by the British Horseracing Authority. The independent racecourse becomes the first venue to declare that it will not abide by BHA and UK Racing policy regarding ABP status for bookmakers, …
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The Brazilian off and on approach to regulating gambling appears to be on again after a special review committee for the Brazilian Senate progressed the legislative agenda for a regulated national betting industry. The idea of regulating gambling in a country that banned bingo reletively recently in 2007 was mooted earlier this year as the government faced a fiscal crunch. …
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Following Ian Bull’s departure it has been announced that Richard Snow will take over as acting Chief Financial Officer at Ladbrokes from the end of February. Back in September the bookmaker announced that Ian Bull would be stepping down ahead of the planned merger between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral. Snow will take on the role on a temporary basis until the …
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League Two London football club AFC Wimbledon, has been granted the right to build a new stadium on Plough Lane the site of the existing ‘Wimbledon Stadium’ greyhound track. Following a lengthy consultation by Merton Council, ‘the Dons’ (AFC Wimbledon nickname) have been given permission to move their home ground from Kingsmeadow (Kingston upon Thames) back to Plough Lane (London …
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Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) has made a £300,000 investment to ensure Great Yarmouth Racecourse has a first class racing surface, including one of the best straight turf mile courses in this country, and the track will commence its racing season on Wednesday 8 June 2016. To date the new home straight has received positive feedback from jockeys who have ridden …
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Daily racing news and betting publisher, Racing Post, has announced that it has raised £12,000 for the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) via its #Jumpers4Horses 2015 Christmas jumpers campaign. The money raised will go towards covering the costs of the RoR staging its annual programme of racecourse parades in 2016. These are vital in creating awareness of the important work the …
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