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Coral has entered a partnership with Goodwood Racecourse as it becomes the official fixed-odds betting partner of the Qatar Goodwood Festival. The three year commercial relationship sees the bookmaker sponsor 10 races across the five days of the competition including the Coral Golden Mile on 29 July and the Coral Stewards’ Cup the following day. “We are delighted that Coral …

A strong field at this week’s Royal Ascot is expected to result in a large number of accumulators placed throughout the week, according to BusinessDay. Consulting some of the UK’s leading bookmakers, the business news site stated that firms are anticipating an ‘avalanche of accumulator bets’ throughout the five days of the festival. In particular, Baaeed in the Queens Anne …

On Sunday, the Premier League will settle a season with more twists and turns than the WAGagatha Christie affair! With title, relegation and Euro places to be decided on the final day of play – SBC checks in on how bookmakers’ nerves are faring, pricing and predicting the curtain closer to the most vintage of football seasons… SBC: With the …

Entain has received recognition for its sustainability efforts from GamCare, as the responsible gaming charity awarded the firm its Safer Gambling Standard.  As one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ betting and gaming group’s, Entain has stated that it is the ‘largest operator’ to be awarded with the accreditation, which covers both its online and land-based operations.  The group was recognised …

Entain has extended its contract with Light & Wonder (L&W) through to 2030, continuing to leverage the firm’s retail gaming solution and catalogue of titles.  The contract renewal will see L&W provide Entain with 10,000 gaming terminals, which will be fitted across the international gambling group’s Ladbrokes and Coral high-street licenced betting office (LBO) retail outlets.  Additionally, Entain will also …

This year’s Grand National proved to be another commercial success for the UK’s bookmakers, as Entain detailed that it had taken a ‘record-breaking’ number of wagers.  The Ladbrokes and Coral operator reported that over 12.75 million bets were placed during the three days of the Grand National festival at Aintree racecourse, a substantial increase on the last fixture in 2019.  …

Coral has begun to trial a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) Horseracing Experience, developed by Entain Plc’s in-house technology studio.  The first of its kind VR experience has been created in partnership with JockeyCam, a technology that captures the best live footage of racing action, providing audiences with the experience of what it is like to be a jump jockey.     Entain’s …

Entain Plc’s 2022 performance began in line with corporate expectations, as its business units and brand portfolio are matched against tough 2021 like-for-like comparatives.  Publishing its Q1 2022 trading update, Entain reported that group NGR was up 31%. This, it said, was supported by the return of its retail unit performance which achieved a 1,000% NGR uptake against 2021 lockdown …

The life of legendary Red Rum, the only racehorse to win three Grand Nationals, has been celebrated by Coral. The bookmaker commissioned Irish artist Sean Corcoran, to create a unique 50x50m portrait of Rummie on Ainsdale Beach (Southport, Merseyside), the seafront on which the horse was famously trained. Red Rum who won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977 …

Coral has taken over the world-famous Piccadilly Lights to engage wider audiences with this year’s Cheltenham Festival races.  On the eve of the Festival, Coral has launched “Your Horse”, UK betting’s first-ever DeepScreen activation campaign that will be screened on the Piccadilly Lights. The campaign has been devised by creative agency BBH London and sees four horses and their jockeys …