Trainer Jim Best has been found guilty by a disciplinary panel of ordering a jockey not to win two races. However, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has only suspended him for six months, after deeming that his original four-year ban until 2020 was ‘too substantial to stand’. The panel, chaired by Sir William Gage, concluded that Best was guilty of conduct …

Godolphin’s retained rider James McDonald will be re-interviewed in Sydney this week after Racing NSW studied financial statements, betting records and communication logs in relation to his victory on Astern in December 2015. The jockey was charged with having ‘an interest’ in Astern’s win at Randwick, and had his phone seized on November 15. It is understood that at least …

Stockholm listed betting exchange Spiffx has signed a joint venture agreement with leading Australian operator Cardinal House to roll out Take5Live and Spiffindex to the Australian and Asian market. Take5Live is an engaging game based on Spiffx market activity that allows customers to place bets on there being a goal within the next five minutes at pre-determined odds. Spiffindex is …

Clarion Events has confirmed that a total of 91 gaming organisations from across 34 nations will be exhibiting at ICE for the first time in February 2017. Kate Chambers, Managing Director of Clarion’s gaming division, has described the large number of first time exhibitors as the ‘X Factor’ in the success story of the industry’s biggest B2B gaming event. For first …

Timeform collected the second highest weekly total with 9.00 points at Leicester, which took their average to 3.81 points over the first 10 weeks of Tipster Challenge action. Unfortunately for Timeform, they still dropped a place to seventh behind this week’s guest Stuart Tilly. The CEO from Argyll Entertainment called a 4/1 winner in Gray Day to land in sixth place in …

Stuart Tilly has become the latest industry expert to take the Tipster Challenge. The CEO from Argyll Entertainment, the operator behind the new Alan Brazil branded sportsbook BetonBrazil, has provided tips for the six races at Leicester. BetonBrazil.com features the name, face and voice of ex-Scottish International footballer turned award-winning broadcaster, Alan Brazil, as its brand ambassador. The company has …

Problem gambling has been ‘overlooked and underfunded for too long’. That was the message delivered by Kate Lampard CBE, Chair of GambleAware, to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs). As gambling-related harm is linked to all forms of gambling, not just FOBTs, Lampard set out GambleAware’s strategy to fund further research, education and treatment …

For this week’s Spiffx update, we look at three of the Premier League title favourites from the start of the season, and see how their pre-play odds have changed since the opening week of action. Starting with Arsenal, who opened their league campaign at home to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Spiffx punters were understandably cautious (41.77%) about backing the home team given …

Sportradar Integrity Services will deliver a series of integrity education workshops at each of Italian volleyball’s 14 SuperLega clubs during the 2016/17 season. In a first for the sport of volleyball, Italy’s Lega Pallavolo Serie A have asked Sportradar, a global leader in match-fixing prevention, detection and intelligence, to travel to each of the 14 SuperLega clubs and provide a …

Two weeks ago, GambleAware published its new five-year strategy, expressing an aim to treble the number of people who receive treatment each year for gambling related harm. The charity, formerly known as the Responsible Gambling Trust, has reinforced its commitment to helping those suffering with the problem, of which there are believed to be around 250,000 in the UK, by …