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The Gambling Commission has again warned the industry that it needs to ‘accelerate the pace’ at which they are putting consumers at the heart of business decisions. Commission chief executive Sarah Harrison made the point during a speech to operators at the Commission’s first Raising Standards Conference in Birmingham, where the industry was challenged to become the most trusted gambling …

Coral has agreed to become title sponsor of the World Snooker home nations series, in a deal which covers the three remaining events of 2016-17. The remainder of the Coral Home Nations Series will comprise the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open. The bookmaker was also the title sponsor of the series’ opener, the English Open, which took place …

UK bookmaker Coral has announced that it has launched Digital Sports Tech betting solutions on its platform, broadening its market choice for customers. Launched today under a ‘period of exclusivity’ with Coral, Digital Sports Tech solutions is the only industry product that enables customers to create and customise their own bets on player performance across a range of statistics and …

John Hill, PR Manager at Coral, produced a decent performance in the Tipster Challenge at Fakenham, returning 4.25 points to enter in second place on the leaderboard after four weeks. That leaves Hill, who has been in his current role with Coral since March 2014, behind only Alan Alger in the latest standings. The PR Manager for Betway collected 11.41 …

The merger of Ladbrokes and Coral has been granted final approval by the UK Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”), closing the £2.27 billion deal which has taken 18 months to complete (first announced June 2015). Completing its final review of Ladbrokes-Coral merger process, the authority has approved the operators sale of 359 betting shops to Betfred (322 estates) and Stan …

John Hill, PR Manager at Coral, has accepted the Tipster Challenge at Fakenham this week. He becomes the fourth industry guest to provide tips, following on from Ed Nicholson of Unibet, Michael Shinners of Sky Bet and Alan Alger of Betway, the current leader of the competition. Hill, who will be looking to beat the 11.41 points collected by Alger …

UK bookmaker Coral has  announced that it has launched Betradar’s Virtual Gaming services through its online and mobile betting channels Betradar’s suite of Virtual Gaming products include tennis, basketball, horse and dog racing, as well as various football versions that have been adapted to mirror a number of different competition formats, including Football League/Tournament Mode and Euro Cup Mode. Commenting …

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 …

The Sunday Times expects the £2.3 billion Ladbrokes-Coral merger to be confirmed this week, with the operators agreeing to sell between 350 and 400 betting shops. Ladbrokes governance cancelled this week’s business presentation by CEO Jim Mullen, in which its leader would further outline the firm’s business strategy under his stewardship. Updating stakeholders, the company has decided to defer Mullen’s …

Coral Interactive has been reprimanded by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), relating to unclear terms attached to two campaigns promoting ‘Free Bet’ offers during this summer’s Euro 2016. The advertising authority stated that they had received public complaints relating to Coral’s promotion of a £/€ 20 free bet on any team to win the Euro 2016 and a £/€ …