Sportsrisq, the sports finance and risk specialist, has appointed Stuart Selby (pictured) as Marketing Director. Selby joins the company – recognised as one of the market leaders in pricing sports, structuring deals and sourcing liquidity – from Tring-based grg OneFee (part of the Grass Roots Group) where he was Marketing Director. Selby enjoyed 11 years at grg OneFee and before that …

Andy MacKenzie, Marketing Communications Manager for sports and financial betting company Spreadex – the only bookmaker to offer fixed odds and spread betting from one account, sees what markets are available for the political punter. For most people, the General Election on May 7th will be a case of considering important issues such as education, immigration, the NHS and austerity …

Garry Knowles is to leave Webis Holdings after 10 years at the Isle of Man firm. The group, which until recently operated Betinternet.com, announced his departure yesterday, with almost immediate effect. In an announcement to investors, it said: “The board of Webis announce that by mutual agreement, Garry Knowles will step down as Group Managing Director and terminate his employment …

A former professional footballer and former semi-professional footballer suspected of trying to manipulate the scorelines of football matches have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery. The jury at Birmingham Crown Court found that Delroy Facey, 35, and Moses Swaibu, 25, had attempted to corrupt lower league players to influence the outcome of matches, enabling betting on the fixed …

The Betting Trends & Strategies (BeTS) conference, which is taking place at the iGaming Super Show on the 25th June 2015 in Amsterdam, is being run with the support of industry leaders. BeTS will be run in association with the Racing Post and Sports Betting Community, with support from FSB to ensure that the content and speakers are excellent. “We …

Guts.com is celebrating making its first ever millionaire after a Swedish player called Monica dropped a €2,633,052 jackpot, even if she didn’t initially realise the extent of her win. Monica had been playing late at night on the progressive Arabian Nights slot, saw the five wild symbols but didn’t realise that they triggered the multi-million euro jackpot and went to …

George Harborne, Head of Partnerships at Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, reveals some reserach the club has done into naming rights for stadia. Old Trafford, Anfield, Bramall Lane, Goodison Park, The Hawthorns and the list goes on. English football has an abundance of beautifully historic stadia, all adding to one of the countries football primary unique selling points – …

Racecourse owner Arena Racing Company has announced that Managing Director Tony Kelly is set to leave the company at the end of July. Kelly will take up the role of Executive Director Racing Business & Operations with the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the autumn. Kelly joined the company in August 2004 as Group Finance Director of Northern Racing Ltd …

The future of Ladbrokes‘ Irish retail business has been thrown into doubt after the firm was granted court protection to restructure its business following losses of 5m euro (£3.6m) last year. The bookmaker announced to the stock market that the “Directors of Irish trading subsidiaries, Ladbroke (Ireland) Limited, Ladbroke Leisure (Ireland) Limited and Dara Properties Limited (“Ladbrokes Ireland”) have successfully …

Sebastian Butterworth, Head of Horse Racing Trading at Sky Bet, talks about the bookmaker’s preparations for one of the biggest betting days of the year. What goes on in the Sky Bet Head Office on the day of the Grand National? On the morning of the National the traders will get in at about 7am. The prices for Aintree will …