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Inspired completes Virgo RGS integration with OpenBet

SBC News Inspired completes Virgo RGS integration with OpenBet

Inspired has successfully integrated its Virgo™ Remote Gaming Server (RGS) into OpenBet’s gaming platform. This integration allows for the supply of Inspired’s omni-channel content to OpenBet’s online and mobile customers, including Paddy Power and Ladbrokes, via Inspired’s Virgo™ RGS. OpenBet takes over a billion sports bets annually, and is renowned for its performance and scalability. Inspired has been supplying its leading …

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Just how tall is Trump Tower?

SBC News Just how tall is Trump Tower?

As the primaries march on, more and more are placing a rather terrifying bet on Donald Trump becoming the next US President as his Republican candidacy looks ever more likely. There’s another market which has opened in regard to the wall building fanatic however, and it’s somehow more terrifying than the idea of his presidency. Paddy Power is now taking bets …

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Current Levy level unsustainable for LBOs

SBC News Current Levy level unsustainable for LBOs

Horseracing and the government has been warned that the current level of Horseracing Levy being paid by betting shops is unsustainable and will need to be lowered if the sport is going to thrive in betting shops. Speaking at the Association of British Bookmakers AGM in London yesterday, Paul Darling QC underlined the fact that betting shop operators are paying …

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Time for bookmakers to wake up and smell the coffee on AML rules

SBC News Time for bookmakers to wake up and smell the coffee on AML rules

Licensing expert David Clifton, of gambling consultancy Clifton Davies, takes a look at the recent movement by the regulator to tighten up money-laundering processes and doesn’t see any good news for bookmakers. The recent publication on the Gambling Commission’s website of a public statement highlighting failures in Paddy Power’s anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility processes is the latest in what …

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Paddy Power revenues hit €1bn before Betfair merger

SBC News Paddy Power revenues hit €1bn before Betfair merger

Both Paddy Power and Betfair were achieving double digit growth ahead of their merger last month – Paddy Power had grown its revenues by 24% to €1.1bn in 2015, while Betfair’s final quarter as an independent company saw revenues increase by 21%. However both firms also had their figures blunted by taxation. Over 2015 Paddy Power’s operating profit increased 10% …

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Hello Madam? Paddy Power releases spoof complaint ads with Kayvan Novak

SBC News Hello Madam? Paddy Power releases spoof complaint ads with Kayvan Novak

Kayvan Novak, the star of Fonejacker and Facejacker, has teamed up with Paddy Power to feature in a new series of adverts for the bookmaker. Novak plays the role of head of complaints for the betting operator which has a reputation for touting controversy and has received extensive complaints in the past. Thanks to its Oscar Pistorius ‘It’s Oscar Time’ advert, …

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Gav Thompson departs as Paddy Power CMO

SBC News Gav Thompson departs as Paddy Power CMO

The completed merger of ‘Paddy Power – Betfair’, has seen Paddy Power Chief Marketing Office (CMO) Gav Thompson, step down from his Paddy Power senior management position. ‘Paddy Power – Betfair’ group marketing initiatives are set to be merged and led by Betfair CMO Johnny Devitt, who has previously served as Paddy Power Head of Marketing & Acquisitions (2011-2013). Thompson …

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New horseracing funding scheme will need to be fair to bookmakers as well

SBC News New horseracing funding scheme will need to be fair to bookmakers as well

The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) has welcomed the Government’s decision to introduce a new funding system for horseracing, but warned that any new development should not be taken in isolation from other issues. This morning, during a debate in the House of Commons, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale announced that the Government plans to introduce a new system which will …

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