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Matchbook secures Jockey Club multi-race title sponsorship

SBC News Matchbook secures Jockey Club multi-race title sponsorship

Online betting exchange Matchbook (Matchbook.com) has expanded its presence within UK racing by agreeing a multi-race title sponsorship with British racecourse operaor The Jockey Club. Announcing the partnership, Matchbook marketing detailed that the exchange had secured title sponsorship of 16 fixtures at Sandown Park and Kempton Park racecourses. Furthermore, Matchbook will sponsor a number of Jockey Club syndicated races at Kempton …

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Paysafe governance confident of outperforming 2016 revenue & earnings guidance

SBC News Paysafe governance confident of outperforming 2016 revenue & earnings guidance

Issuing an ‘unaudited’ full-year trading update, FTSE 250 listed payment provider Paysafe Group stated that combined momentum of its enlarged group would see the firm exceed $1 billion in corporate revenues.  Updating investors, Paysafe governance stated that a strong second half to FY 2016 would see the company report top-line metric guidance towards the upper end of its corporate guidance. …

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Betting industry asks…How long can President Trump last?

SBC News Betting industry asks...How long can President Trump last?

With President-Elect Donald Trump taking full US Presidential duties on 20 January (inauguration date), bookmakers are wondering whether ‘The Donald’ will survive a full four-year term as leader of the United States of America.   Trump who yesterday gave his first official press conference as President-Elect, having won the US Election on 8 November reemphasized to the world’s media that …

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Sky Betting & Gaming partners with Qubit to build out personalisation strategy across all brands

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming partners with Qubit to build out personalisation strategy across all brands

Independent bookmaker Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has become the latest industry operator to partner with digital data and customisation specialist Qubit, as the firm seeks to boost its personalisation and player targeting capabilities. Confirming the partnership, SB&G development teams detailed that Qubit’s ‘Visitor Cloud’ technology was needed in order to optimise growing customer demand across its nine established brands. …

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Ladbrokes’ Donohue takes the Tipster Challenge at Hereford

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Alex Donohue, Head of Ladbrokes News and PR Manager for the bookmaker, has provided expert tips for today’s six-race Tipster Challenge at Hereford. Donohue, who has been at Ladbrokes since joining the PR team in 2010, will be going up against bettingexpert’s 10th placed Stephen Harris, and the experts from Timeform. He is the latest industry expert to challenge Alan Alger’s …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – Not only changed licensing fees but also a new type of licence

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert - Not only changed licensing fees but also a new type of licence

In his January 3rd posting “Gambling Commission justifies remote licence fee increases” Andy McCarron MD of SBC referred to the changes to the Commission’s annual fee structure that will come into effect from April this year. Those changes were announced in the DCMS “Proposals for Gambling Commission fees from April 2017 – consultation response” document that was published just prior …

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