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Horseracing and the government has been warned that the current level of Horseracing Levy being paid by betting shops is unsustainable and will need to be lowered if the sport is going to thrive in betting shops. Speaking at the Association of British Bookmakers AGM in London yesterday, Paul Darling QC underlined the fact that betting shop operators are paying …

Updating the market on its 2015 Q4 and full-year results, Toronto-listed operator Amaya Inc would declare 2015 group net losses of CAD $25.9 million (£14 million). The operator which is currently subject to a management takeover bid by Chief Executive David Baazov, reported that its corporate earnings performance had been impacted by the decline of the Canadian $ against core …

21bet launched at the beginning of March with a sportsbook powered by FSB Technology, and it has been announced that a state of the art online casino will soon follow suit.  The online bookmaker has launched in time for Cheltenham Festival this week and is offering new customers a free £10 bet for anyone that stakes £10 or more. Rob Lawson, Spokesman for …

England T20 World Cup winner Graeme Swann has delivered a surprise tip as the T20 World Cup gets underway – he’s tipping Australia. Despite never having won the T20 World Cup Swann, reluctantly believes Australia can finally go all the way. Speaking exclusively as online bookmaker Unibet’s cricket ambassador, Swann explains: “I’m sorry but I’m going for Australia. No one …

The bookmaker Betfred has extended its partnership with Inspired to offer its customers Inspired’s suite of mobile games.    Mobile games available to Betfred customers via Inspired’s Virgo™ Remote Gaming Server (RGS) include Goddess of the Amazon, White Knight, and more. Centurion, Inspired’s biggest bonus game to date, will also be among the games available. Set in ancient Rome, it proved popular and …

Omni-channel specialist platform provider Mediatech Solutions has confirmed that it is to supply Dutch land-based chain Fair Play with a new online casino using its market-leading IRIS platform. The deal with owner Janshen-Hahnraths Group, which runs 42 casinos across the Netherlands under the Fair Play brand, will see the new Malta-licensed Fairplay Online casino launch this summer. Mediatech facilitated the company’s …

EveryMatrix has decided to offer players a taste of the financial betting experience by integrating BetOnFinance on its platform.  BetOnFinance created its own financial game, which displays stock markets from both Denmark and the US, while the gaming website employs a mix of Server APIs and CMS iFrames hosted on the EveryMatrix software platform. Financial betting has seen a rise in popularity in the …

This, the second in SBC’s new Bookies’ Corner series, sees the experts from the world of betting hash out the EU Referendum and whether there’ll be a Brexit.  It has been speculated that Brexit may become the biggest political betting event in history. Political betting has been gaining popularity in recent times with the Scottish Referendum breaking records, and this …

Jeevan Jeyaratnam is a Senior Odds Compiler at Super Soccer. The key product, GPS (Goalscorer Prices and Settlement) utilises Super Soccer’s odds pricing and Abelson Info’s data to provide a complete goalscorer solution. He will be appearing at the Betting on Football conference (Stamford Bridge, 21st April), speaking on our trading places panel. The session will be sponsored by TXODDS, …

There is speculation that Fruity King, a mobile gaming casino firm, are in contention to replace Magners as the shirt sponsors of Celtic FC. It was believed that the club’s international betting partner Dafabet was poised to extend its partnership with the Hoops. On Saturday The Drum reported that Fruity King had reportedly been in touch with the Glasgow club to agree what would be …