The governance of FTSE-listed Ladbrokes Plc is confident of delivering on its full-year 2016 expectations following the operator posting a fourth successive quarter of group revenue growth. Presenting its Q3 2016 trading update (period ending 30 September) Ladbrokes governance expects to post a 12% group revenue uplift delivering a strong KPI metrics across its divisions. Of particular note, the operator …
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The Guests moved into a commanding position with just one more week to go in the ‘Flat Season Tipster Challenge’ for 2016. Value Racing Tips, part of the Betting Gods network of tipsters, picked out four winners including Celestial Spheres (9/2) in the day’s opener. SBC News kept alive its chances of stealing second spot from bettingexpert, after Stephen Harris …
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This week marks the penultimate week of Tipster Challenge action in its current format, before we revamp the horse-racing based competition. Can Value Racing Tips hold on to the Guest’s lead at the top of the leaderboard? Having produced a profit of £4,433.70 since 1st November 2013, Value Racing Tips has earned its spot on the Betting Gods network of …
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This week’s Tipster Challenge Guest is Paddy Power, Director of Communications for his namesake company. A graduate from Dublin University, Power has worked in all facets of the business, including risk control, operations and marketing. The Irish bookmaker is completely unique within the industry, with entertaining advertising campaigns and often controversial betting markets. Just last month, they initiated an advertising …
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Luke Tarr, Head of Public Relations at Star Sports, is back for a second tilt at the Tipster Challenge at Pontefract. After returning 16.50 points on his first outing in May, he will be hopeful of extending the Guest’s lead at the top of the leaderboard. Star Sports will be competing against SBC News, Timeform and Stephen Harris, the Horse …
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This week’s Tipster Challenge guest is Laurence Jones of Colossus Bets. The Guests are currently sitting pretty at the top of the leaderboard but that could all change today at Goodwood. Laurence is Betting Operations Manager at Colossus, and this is a position he’s held since 2012. You can follow the progress live by following @SBCGAMINGNEWS on Twitter, and use …
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Online betting exchange Matchbook has confirmed that it has become the official betting partner of the Qatar Goodwood Festival. Matchbook confirms its Goodwood partnership, as the betting operator unveils its new horse racing betting product to complement its existing sports betting markets. As part of their on-course presence at Goodwood, Matchbook is sponsoring five races across the first three days, …
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Andrew Riley, Social Media Manager at Oddschecker, is the latest Guest to take the Tipster Challenge. He will be providing expert horse racing tips for today’s 7-race card at Salisbury. As usual, he will be up against SBC News, Timeform and Stephen Harris, the resident Horse Racing Guru at bettingexpert. The previous army of Guests will be hoping for a …
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After first taking the Tipster Challenge in Catterick back in early March, Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes is back for a second attempt at Nottingham today. Jessica, part of the PR team at Ladbrokes, has made live or recorded broadcasts across every major UK television and radio platform, including BBC News, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News, Sky Sports News, CNN, CNBC, …
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After a hugely disappointing return for our tipsters at Nottingham last week, with only one race winner, the Tipster Challenge rolls on to Newmarket for Week 13. This week, regular tipsters Timeform and Stephen Harris of bettingexpert will be going up against Betadvisor. Betadvisor.com offers professional sports betting advice for specialist sports, including Horse Racing. Established in 2010, Betadvisor provides …
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