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It was another shake-up at the top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard, as SBC managed the first five-win day of the series to take 1st place on 42.56 points. After a slow start for Jessica Bridge, Ladbrokes, she did manage to win the final three races to help the Guests stay in touch in 2nd. For bettingexpert, it was far …

Richard Graham has enjoyed a sports sector career spanning over 30 years. He is a former CEO of Commonwealth Games England and also CEO of The Professional Squash Association. Graham has also worked for sports federations, agencies and major events, dealing with sponsorship, media rights and commercial partnerships at the highest level. He recently joined fantasy sports operator Mondogoal as …

Gaming operator 32Red has posted a record revenue performance for 2015 with a 52% increase in net gaming revenues for the year – however its figures have been blunted by a £4.8m point of consumption tax bill. The firm saw 35% increase in its core 32Red revenues to £41.7m, a 54% jump in its Italian business to £1.7m and a …

The feature race of the Cheltenham Open meeting is to be known as the BetVictor Gold Cup, after the firm took over the sponsorship lost by Paddy Power due to the authorised betting partner row. The race has been sponsored by Paddy Power since 2003, but the bookmaker has not signed up for ABP status and is therefore unable to …

A pensioner stands to win more than £60,000 from spread bets placed on Leicester City at the start of the season, should the Foxes finish top come May. The retired man, who lives in Yorkshire, backed Claudio Ranieri’s side on spread betting company Spreadex’s Premier League Index. The Index pays out on the top five placed clubs at the end …

Week 9 takes us to Catterick, as Stephen Harris tries to keep bettingexpert on top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard! He will be taking on SBC News, Timeform and Guest tipster, Jessica Bridge. Jessica, part of the PR team at Ladbrokes, has made live or recorded broadcasts across every major UK television and radio platform, including BBC News, ITV, Channel …

Stories have been circulating in the tabloids that the Queen is in favour of a Leave vote in the forthcoming EU Referendum in June. Ladbrokes has responded to the rumours by offering odds of 100/1 that Queen Elizabeth will publicly announce her backing of the Boris Johnson fronted Leave campaign. Buckingham Palace also moved quickly to respond to the allegations, …

Licensing expert David Clifton, of gambling consultancy Clifton Davies, takes a look at the recent movement by the regulator to tighten up money-laundering processes and doesn’t see any good news for bookmakers. The recent publication on the Gambling Commission’s website of a public statement highlighting failures in Paddy Power’s anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility processes is the latest in what …

Toronto TSX listed online gambling supplier Contagious Gaming Inc has confirmed that it has secured a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) ‘Combined Remote Operating License’ for its services. The combined license will allow the gambling supplier to operate provisions for pool betting services as well as develop and manufacture gambling software. The expanded gambling license gained by Contagious Gaming will further …

Valéry Bollier has over eleven years of experience in the iGaming industry. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars, as well as a contributor to various B2B publications. Equipped with a passion for Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) and “Big Data”, Bollier is the co-founder and CEO of Oulala.com, a revolutionary fantasy football game which was launched three …