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The report from the gaming analysts at UBS which pulled the rug from under the share price of William Hill this week doesn’t pull its punches when it comes to the near-term future for the high-street bookmakers. The team at UBS suggest that retail operating profits could decrease by an average of 40 percent depending on what the upcoming Triennial …

Arena Racing Company (ARC) has ordered Ladbrokes to shut down its six racecourse properties due to its ongoing content dispute with joint-venture subsidiary The Racing Partnership (TRP). The bookmaker has been told that retail points at Doncaster, Wolverhampton, Lingfield, Worcester, Southwell and Windsor racetracks will be shut down for an ‘indefinite period’. ARC’s decision follows legal charges by TRP against …

European champion Ruud Gullit has joined the lineup for  H20 Data, the sports data seminar organised by SBC Events in association with BetConstruct. Gullit, who won the Ballon d’Or in 1987, was part of the now legendary AC Milan squad that won 3 Serie A titles and 2 European Cups from 1987 to 1993 and captained the Netherlands national team …

Paddy Power came between Timeform and bettingexpert on the latest Tipster Challenge table after collecting 3.00 points from the returning Tara Mist at Ludlow. Timeform was the only double winner of the day after finishing with a flourish by backing Tara Mist and then the impressive Castafiore (5/4F) in the final race of the day. Stephen Harris of bettingexpert dropped …

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has been backed to ‘around even money’ on the Betfair Exchange to win the Stoke Central by-election, doubling UKIP’s parliamentary representation to 2 MPs. Updating its ‘Stoke By-Election’ market, Betfair politics informed that UKIP had traded as low as 1.98 in a constituency renowned as ‘Labour Heartland’. The by-election, which was called after incumbent Labour MP …

 iGB Affiliate (Clarion Gaming), publisher of industry information on player acquisition and affiliate marketing, has announced they will be hosting a series of free seminars to take place during ICE Totally Gaming on Thursday 9th February between 10.30 and 13:00. The seminars titled “Affiliate Marketing in the USA: A Hidden Opportunity” will focus on how affiliates can drive additional revenues from the …

Paddy Power is the next pretender to the Tipster Challenge throne. The Director of Communications for his namesake company has provided expert picks for the six-race card at Ludlow Racecourse. A graduate from Dublin University, Power has worked in all facets of the Ireland-based business, including risk control, operations and marketing. He will be going up against Stephen Harris of …

Sports content and data specialist Perform Group (Perform) has confirmed that it will launch its Opta-powered ‘Football Visualisation’ product at ICE 2017 (London 7-9 February). Debuting its Football Visualisation product, which graphically replicates live match action. Perform states that it has developed the fastest and most accurate ‘live-ball tracking visualisation’. Perform further states that its product will be unrivalled within …