Private bookmaker Fitzdares has vowed to pay out all bets placed on Liverpool winning the Premier League this season, on the condition that the Merseyside team beat both Wolves and West Ham. Fitzdares has said that it will pay out all bets on 1 February, as Liverpool looks to be on track to win its first title since 1990. The …

Industry platform provider FSB has strengthened its leadership team by confirming that Rob Wheeler has joined the company as its new Business Development Director. The new appointment is hoped to help support FSB’s global expansion, with further senior appointments due to be announced in due course. Commenting on his new role, Wheeler said: “I’m delighted to have joined FSB at …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has said that ‘there’s still more to be done’ when it comes to closing the gender pay gap, as the racing body published its gender pay figures for 2019. The figures have shown a mean gender pay gap of 17% and a median gap of 9%, which the BHA has lauded as an ‘improvement’ from …

Affiliate marketing specialist XLMedia has warned that the recent updates to algorithms on Google could hinder the group’s revenue. Publishing a trading update, XLMedia explained that its site demotions within Google were done manually. This was despite it coinciding with search algorithm changes, which were rolled out on 13th January. “On 18 January 2020, the company became aware that a …

William Hill continues to see a number of changes to its senior management after Ciaran O’Brien (Director of Corporate Communications), and Dan Whitlam (Head of Safer Gambling) confirmed that they will be stepping down from the company. O’Brien, spent five years at William Hill whereby he played a key role in establishing the operator’s responsible gambling strategy while also being …

Hamilton Academical Football Club head coach Brian Rice has received a notice of complaint from the Scottish FA after he was prompted to ‘voluntarily acknowledge’ a breach in SFA gambling rules. In a statement on the club’s website, Rice said that he had written a letter to the SFA alerting them of his betting activity. The statement said: “Firstly, I …

Arena Racing Company (ARC) has strengthened its leadership team after confirming that Mark Spincer will take up the position of Managing Director of the company’s Racing Division. Under his new role, which is effective immediately, Spincer will take responsibility for ARC’s sixteen racecourse sites and four greyhound stadia. Mark Spincer commented on his new role: “We have tremendous teams working …