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BetBright’s Conor White missed out on a place in the top 10 in the Tipster Challenge after enduring a difficult race day at Pontefract. The company’s Marketing Communications Manager collected just a single victory on the Brian Ellison-trained Echo Of Lightning, who edged out pre-race favourite Stanley. It was a similar story for bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris, as he could only …

This summer’s Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) hasn’t even been on our screens for two weeks, but it has already enticed British gamblers. Ladbrokes’ Alex Apati told SBC that: “CBB is as popular as ever with punters” adding that “despite it running for a much shorter period than the ‘normal’ version of the show, the amount of bets we’ve taken so …

Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, has the highest concentration of betting shops in the country with 2.6 outlets per 10,000 population. As reported in the Irish Examiner, the county’s 33 betting shops puts it 50% above the national average of 1.8 bookies per 10,000 population. The other counties with the highest concentrations of betting shops are Carlow, Westmeath, Longford, …

BetBright Marketing Communications Manager Conor White has signed up for a second shot at the Tipster Challenge in today’s eight-race meet at Pontefract. During the Jump Season Tipster Challenge back in March, it was a case of the wrong horses coming up trumps for White, who landed three winners for just 3.62 points. This time around, he is chasing down …

Updating the market, London AIM-listed industry mobile games and platform developer Gaming Realms Plc has confirmed that it has raised £1.1 million (before expenses) following its subscription of +10 million new shares. Priced at 0.10p each, Gaming Realms governance details that the new subscription represents approximately 3.8% of the firms existing share capital. Updating investors, Gaming Realms detailed that the …

Kenya and Uganda market focused gambling group Betin will launch its affiliate marketing platform utilising Paysafe Group’s Income Access software. Seeking to optimise its partner marketing channels, BCLB-licensed Betin will move to integrate Income Access marketing and player tracking software across its sports betting and online casino products. Betin seeks to become the ‘best value sports betting operator’ within the …

Ahead of the start of a new European football season this August, Stockholm-listed online gambling group Betsson AB has announced the launch of its new mobile betting platform for its brands of Betsson, Betsafe and Nordicbet. In its H1 interim update, Betsson governance had alerted stakeholders that the company would move to relaunch the mobile betting offering of certain brand …

Heading into the new Premier League season, Betway has announced a new promotion giving football fans the chance to win £25,000. In order to be successful in the free to enter game, punters are required to successfully pick the first four teams to score in the three o’clock kick-offs across each of English football’s four leagues.  Betway’s Alan Alger, commented …

GVC Holdings online poker subsidiary partypoker has concluded a set of enhancements to the look and feel of its product lobby and tables, having received feedback from a large segment of its players. Updating its player base, partypoker management stated that it wanted to ‘improve the player experience, especially for those playing longer poker sessions’. Notable changes to its poker …