Paddy Power has ended its four-year relationship with London marketing agency Lucky Generals, as the bookmaker’s lead creative agency. UK marketing news sources report that Lucky Generals chose not to re-pitch its services for the account, which had been placed under review by Paddy Power marketing during 2017. Moving forward, Paddy Power’s multi-million £/€ advertising account will be serviced by …
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SBC Awards caps ground-breaking 2017 for SBC Events
The disco-themed SBC Awards provided SBC Events with a fittingly stunning finish to 2017, a year in which both its headline conferences recorded growth of more than 100%. The success of the ceremony at the Artillery Garden, which featured a silent auction that raised £1,700 for GambleAware and saw bet365 collect the Bookmaker of the Year prize for the fourth …
Read More »All change at the top of the League of Legends
An eventful Premier League gameweek 18 is now behind us, with Spurs losing ground in the race for the Champions League courtesy of defeat at Manchester City, and the revivals of both West Ham United and Everton still in full swing. In the SBC League of Legends, unlike England’s top flight, it is very tight at the top and we …
Read More »Paddy Power Betfair Joins the ‘All-in Diversity Project’ as founding industry participant
FTSE listed betting group Paddy Power Betfair Plc (PPB) has announced that it has partnered with industry workplace diversity program ‘All-in Diversity Project’, as the company seeks to lead the sector in employee equality and inclusion directives. The All-in Diversity Project is an industry-driven, not-for-profit initiative which aims to deliver new benchmark and best practices for diversity in the global betting …
Read More »Ron Hearn crowned Betting Shop Manager of the Year
Ron Hearn of JenningsBet has been crowned the 2017 Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the Year. The 57-year-old, who has a betting shop career spanning 40 years, the last six of which have been spent with JenningsBet, beat seven other finalists from Ladbrokes, Coral, Megabet, Paddy Power Betfair and William Hill. Hearn, who told the Racing Post: “It is …
Read More »Paddy Power Betfair – Breon Corcoran leaves ‘fine-tuned machine’ for Peter Jackson
Taking on his last investor conference call as Paddy Power Betfair CEO, outgoing leader Breon Corcoran details that PPB’s executive team has achieved its enterprise year 2 ambition of securing ‘structural advantages’ within the firm’s enlarged operations. Closing a solid Q3 performance, in which PPB governance ups its 2017 year-end guidance to an EBITDA range of £450-465 million. Corcoran details …
Read More »Group Strength…Paddy Power Betfair delivers solid Q3 2017, upping its full-year guidance
FTSE100 betting group Paddy Power Betfair Plc (PPB) has delivered a positive Q3 2017 trading update (period ending 30 September), prompting the group to lift its full-year earnings expectations as the company undertakes a leadership transition. A strong period sports betting performance for PPB’s online and retail divisions saw the firm record a 9% increase in group revenues of £440 …
Read More »October pains… UK DCMS expected to delay final judgement on FOBTs wagering
UK newspapers The Times and The Guardian have reported that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will seek to open a further ‘12-week consultation period’ for its ongoing review of FOBTs wagering levels. At present, it appears that DCMS will delay its judgement on whether to reduce FOBTs wagering from £100 max-bet to the reported options of £50, …
Read More »Paddy Power departs the Italian market
Paddy Power Betfair has announced its intention to withdraw its Paddy Power brand from the Italian market. Moving forward the Paddy Power Betfair group’s sole presence in the Italian market will be through the Italia branch of Betfair. Plentwin365 recently overtook Bet365 to become the Italian online sports betting market leader, after it benefited from a commercial boost after its …
Read More »Scott Longley – City eyes ‘machine mitigation’ for Ladbrokes Coral
Awaiting the outcome of the UK government’s triennial review on maximum stakes on gaming machines, analysts at Morgan Stanley see light at the end of the tunnel for Ladbrokes Coral __________________________________ To accompany the incendiary comments from Paddy Power Betfair on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in a letter to the government’s triennial review last week, the company gave a …
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