Stephen Harris, the Horse Racing Guru at bettingexpert, stood out from the crowd on a slow day for our experts in the Tipster Challenge at Yarmouth. Harris returned three winners and a total of 12.33 points to move past SBC News into second place on the leaderboard. However, he remains more than 15 points behind the table topping Guests, represented …

Pariplay has announced a partnership with Jumpman Gaming, a Channel Islands-based software company operating online bingo networks serving the UK market. Under the partnership, Pariplay’s FUSION content network is to integrate with Jumpman Gaming’s entire 50+ range of bingo and slots brands. FUSION will also provide the brands hosted on Jumpman Gaming’s 15 Network and Wheel of Slots Network with …

John Cruces, Head of Marketing Operations at Dafabet, is the latest industry expert to take the Tipster Challenge on SBC News. He will be competing as the ‘Guest’ tipster at Yarmouth Races, alongside regulars Stephen Harris and Timeform. Cruces arrives at a favourable time, after Darren Haines (Heavyweight Sports) stretched the Guests lead to over 15 points last time out. …

Betfred has agreed a multi-year deal with Sky to show Sky Sports in all of its 1,360 UK high-street shops. The complete portfolio of seven Sky Sports channels, including Sky Sports News HQ and Eurosport, has been available to customers in Betfred shops since 1 July. Mark Stebbings, Managing Director of Betfred Retail, said: “Exciting live sport and a great …

Cricket Australia has announced that two players from the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), Hayley Jensen and Corinne Hall, have been banned for six months for betting on matches. Both players have voluntarily accepted bans of two years, of which 18 months are suspended. Jensen, a 23-year-old New Zealand international who has represented Victoria and Melbourne in the 2015/16 Australian …

William Hill has opened wagering on Virtual Racing at two of its Nevada Race and Sports Books. After receiving approval for a field trial from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the company will offer Virtual Racing inside the Plaza Casino and Silver Sevens Casino, both in Las Vegas. Featuring the voice of legendary race caller Tom Durkin, William Hill Virtual …

Dafabet has announced that they have agreed a new deal to continue as Sunderland AFC’s main sponsor until at least 2019. The company first announced the partnership with Sunderland in the summer of 2015, and will become one of the longest serving principal partners in the club’s history. As part of the deal, Dafabet will undertake a number of match day, …

ICE 2016 ranked in the top three business exhibitions to have taken place in the UK over the past 12 months, according to figures from research agency Fusion. The agency applied the Net Promoter Score (NPS), a metric used by Apple and Amazon to measure the level of customer satisfaction, with ICE 2016 recording an NPS of +53 from exhibition …

William Hill has confirmed that they are fearing for a fairy-tale Welsh success in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday. The bookmaker has made Germany and France joint 7/4 favourites to win the tournament, but they are hoping that big outsiders Wales fail to emulate the Leicester City story. Wales are currently 8/1, but William Hill have racked up seven …

Novomatic has announced that Friedrich Stickler, President of the European Lotteries Association for six years between 2009 and 2015, became a consultant for the group on July 1. Stickler, a long-standing board member of the Österreichische Lotterien GmbH, will support Novomatic with the expertise and experience he has built up over decades in gaming and lotteries. He will play a …