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FTSE100 global payments provider Worldpay is predicting a bumper Grand National (Saturday 8 April Aintree) for bookmakers as new data reveals a staggering increase in betting activity during the world’s most prestigious steeplechase.  Presenting gambling data from the 2016 event shows that British bookies saw an astonishing 99% increase in online betting activity compared to an average week. Overall turnover on …

We are hoping that 32Red enjoy better success at the Grand National this weekend, after Director of Brand & Acquisition Gerry Murray managed just a single short-price winner at Wincanton. Murray now assumes an unwanted position at the bottom of the Tipster Challenge 2016/17, which has been sponsored by the professional in-house and third party tipping service Betting Gods. It …

VSoftCo has signed a multi-year agreement to integrate its complete portfolio of virtual football content and casino-based table games on Infinity Gaming Solutions. The agreement with Infinity, the provider of a bespoke multi-vendor gaming platform, includes use of VSoftCo’s roulette version of Spot the Ball and the first integration of VStriker, an exciting joint venture between VSoftCo and the Striker …

With just four weeks to go in the Tipster Challenge 2016/17, sponsored by Betting Gods, Gerry Murray is the latest expert to challenge AppBet’s Sarah Shannon for top spot. The Director of Brand & Acquisition for 32Red, the operator subject to an outright cash offer from Kindred Group, has provided expert tips for today’s seven race card at Wincanton. In …

UK independent bookmaker Star Sports has been unveiled as the new sponsors of the English Greyhound Derby, the world’s most prestigious greyhound race. The 2017 Star Sports Greyhound Derby will be run at Towcester, the UK’s newest greyhound track, for the first time on Saturday 1st July, with a winner’s purse of £175,000 and total prize-money of over £350,000, it is the richest greyhound …

Sportradar, Perform Group and Genius Sports have been confirmed as official partners for the collection and supply of data across eight European football leagues. The first multi-league agreement signed under the umbrella of the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) covers the Austrian Bundesliga, Belgium ProLeague, Danish Divisionsforeningen, Israeli Professional Football League, Dutch Eredivisie, Norwegian Toppfotball, Swedish Föreningen Elitfotboll and …

Three of the leading Eastern European-focused gambling operators will be represented in a Betting on Football 2017 session exploring new opportunities in the CIS and beyond. Parimatch chief executive Sergey Portnov, BetOlimp chief operating officer Alexey Sinyushkin and Favbet chief executive Nikos Halikias will be joined on a market profile panel (3 May) at #bofcon2017 by a trio of experts …

Updating the market, the management of Ascot Racecourse has confirmed that it will launch its ‘AscotBet’ pool betting system in 2018. The product will be developed in-partnership with Betfred’s Totepool, who will end its trackside pools monopoly on July 2018, opening the market to new incumbents. Ascot management stated that following a review of options, it had decided to keep …

To celebrate this year’s Grand National, bookmaker Coral has staged its own aquatic version of the race at the Liverpool Water Sports Centre featuring six graceful flyboarders dressed as jockeys and holding model horses’ heads as they flew towards the finishing line. The 300m race, that took place beside the Mersey against a backdrop of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings, saw …