Tag Archives: SunBets

News International eyes Racing Post takeover

SBC News News International eyes Racing Post takeover

News International, the publisher of The Sun and The Times, is in negotiations with the owners of the Racing Post over a potential acquisition of the UK’s ‘horse racing bible’, SBC and Gaming&Co can reveal. The Racing Post is part of betting media, content and data provider Spotlight Sports Group, which is owned by private equity fund Exponent. Taking over …

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Winning Post – The changing face of sports broadcasting

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Global: sports rights – hi ho silva lining? MP & Silva has reportedly missed key payments to various rights holders (including EPL) and is in financial difficulties. MP & Silva (only fourteen years old) was once seen as one of the most successful sports rights management agencies and its potential fall signals something much bigger than corporate mismanagement. Significantly, one …

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Hard line on novelty markets after SunBets ‘piegate’ investigation

SBC News Hard line on novelty markets after SunBets 'piegate' investigation

Marketing departments across the industry will be on full alert after the Gambling Commission announced that it would deal ‘more severely’ with any novelty betting markets which do not maintain the standards required. Tabcorp UK, which runs the SunBets operation on behalf of News International, has now had conditions around novelty betting attached to its gambling licence and been told to pay £84,000 …

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Bookies’ Corner – Man Booker Prize – Who’s the literary Skepta?

SBC News Bookies' Corner - Man Booker Prize - Who's the literary Skepta?

The Man Booker Prize is one of Western literature’s most coveted. This year the winner is being announced on Monday October 24th. The stipulations of the award are that the book must be fictional, penned in English and published in the UK. It’s been running since 1969 and the winner these days gets a sizable £50,000 cheque.  Ion Tewin, Literary …

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