Retail

Dubai’s Super Saturday meeting saw the World Pool’s global turnover reach HK$224,802,517 (approx. $28.6m) across the eight races in Meydan on 4 March. This value is an increase of HK$18.9m (approx. $2.4m) on the 2022 edition of the flat racing tournament, with the Ras Al Khor conditions race having the highest turnover of them all. The Hong Kong Jockey Club …

With the Cheltenham Festival only a few days away, the UK Tote Group has taken steps to make its offering ‘more competitive than ever’, in the words of CEO Alex Frost. In the run up to the highly anticipated racing event, the pool betting operator has launched a new video marketing campaign featuring company brand ambassador Danny Mullins. The National …

Veikkaus OY has returned profits of €680m to the Finnish state, matching its previous year’s performance despite its business facing a “challenging operating environment”.  Publishing its full-year 2022 accounts, Finland’s state-owned gambling and lottery operator generated group revenues of €1.07b, corresponding to a 2% on FY2021 results of €1.1bn. The group’s lottery unit registered a sluggish performance, despite the full …

Cube Partnership has become the official global ecommerce and retail partner of The Jockey Club. The announcement is made as part of the unveiling of a new ecommerce store, incorporating a number of merchandise collections for The Jockey Club and its major festivals in 2023. Olaf Gueldner, The Jockey Club’s Chief Marketing Officer, stated: “We’re excited to be partnering with …

Buzz Bingo has announced that it will close nine of its 91 clubs due to an “ongoing and challenging operating environment”.  The closures will impact a likely 151 staff members of the bingo operator’s 2,500 UK workforce, to whom “Buzz is committed to supporting at this difficult time”. Media was informed that Buzz will proceed to close down its venues …

The Racing Partnership (TRP) has revealed that Betfred will be taking up its full Greyhound Fixtures schedule from 1 April, 2023.   The deal sees the bookmaker take 36 Greyhound Fixtures from TRP per week into its entire 1,365-shop retail estate. Mark Stebbings, Chief Operating Officer of Betfred, commented: “After a successful trial we are delighted to extend our coverage to …

PA Betting Services (PABS) has extended its partnership with Flutter Entertainment, providing its horse and greyhound racing content services to the firm’s full sportsbook portfolio. The renewal of PABS’ contract with the FTSE100 sports betting and gaming group will see the long-running partnership continue until 2028, supporting the Paddy Power, Sky Bet, Betfair, Sportsbet and Sporting Life brands. Over 50,000 fixtures …

Multinational lottery operator Allwyn has completed the full takeover of the Camelot network from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTTPB). The company revealed today that it had now finalised the acquisition of Camelot Lottery Solutions (Camelot LS) group, fully integrating the outgoing UK National Lottery operator’s B2C brand and support networks. As such, all companies of the Camelot LS …

In line with International Women’s Day 2023, top organisations in the betting, gaming and racing industry are supporting a campaign to embrace equity. Under the #GamingAsOne hashtag, BetMGM, Betsson, Entain, Kindred, LeoVegas, Paddy Power Betfair, Penn Entertainment, PokerStars and Sportsbet are among the operators supporting the campaign, alongside suppliers such as Games Global, IGT, Light & Wonder, Microgaming and Playtech. …