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Following the announcement that Mary Berry will not return to judge The Great British Bake Off (GBBO), as the TV show moves to Channel 4 for its next series, UK bookmakers have raced to open markets on who will replace the much-loved judge for GBBO 2017. GBBO’s split from the BBC has been the talk of television, as last week …

Australian gambling operator Tabcorp has confirmed that its online betting subsidiary Tab.com.au has signed a multi-year partnership with the UFC, becoming its official Australian wagering partner. Tabcorp marketing secures the partnership ahead of the UFC returning to Australia on 27 November for ‘Fight Night Melbourne’ Luke Rockhold vs Jacare Souza 2. As a UFC sponsor, the Tab.com.au brand will get …

The inaugural Central & Eastern European Gaming Awards (CEEGA) saw NetBet crowned ‘European Sports Betting Operator of the Year’. The awards ceremony hosted at the Hilton Budapest (20 September) by event organisers eeGaming.org, saw NetBet beat European market rivals Unibet and Sportingbet claiming the accolade for best European sports betting operator. eeGaming.org informed that NetBet’s effective multi-European market expansion had …

John Kelly, Chairman of Ladbrokes plc, has announced the appointment of Mark Clare as Senior Independent Director (SID) and Stevie Spring as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Both appointments will take effect at the close of business today. As part of the transition towards the merged Ladbrokes and Coral business, Non-Executive Directors Sly Bailey and David …

European bookmaker Betway has announced that it has secured its second ‘landmark’ Belgium football partnership, by agreeing terms with the Royal Belgian Football Association (Belgian FA) to sponsor the ‘Croky Cup’ the country’s principal cup competition. The Croky Cup (Belgian Cup) which begins its first round of matches tonight, sees all levels of Belgium football compete in a knockout competition. …

With a vision of making the financial markets accessible to the man on the street, BetOnFinance has now launched The IPO Game, a new product where you guess the IPO settlement price to win. The current subject of the IPO game is Nets, which has had a turbulent IPO period. Not only has it decreased its price range to 145-160, …

Kicking off the first day’s breakout sessions at BOS, Future Shock – Money Laundering, Data Protection & Responsible Gambling was an interactive workshop presented by David Clifton and Suzanne Davies of Clifton Davies Consultancy and Roy Ramm of Extrayard, together with comment from Jenny Williams, former CEO of the Gambling Commission. It focused on key regulatory issues affecting the betting …

Industry body The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) urges the Polish Government to change its online sports betting tax regime to one based on gross profits rather than turnover. The Polish Government adopted a Bill on 19 July to amend the existing online gambling law. Despite the stated objectives, which include reducing the size of the unregulated market, the Bill does …

London FTSE-listed online gambling operator GVC Holdings Plc (GVC) has this morning announced that Group Chief Financial Officer Richard Cooper is set to step down from its board in February 2017. GVC governance informed that Cooper has decided to leave the company in order to ‘pursue private business interests’. The operator has found a direct replacement for Cooper, confirming that …

Changing political dynamics combined with unpredictable voter behaviour has seen politics return to the top of bookmakers’ agendas. Opening Betting on Sports (BOS) ‘Politics Session,’ Matthew Shaddick Head of Political Betting at Ladbrokes detailed to delegates that the market was no longer considered ‘expensive wallpaper’ used by bookmakers for PR outreach. Detailing a ‘vibrant market,’ Shaddick stated that recent political …