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It was two wins apiece last week for our tipsters at Carlisle, as Michael Shinners of Sky Bet collected 9.50 points to move the team of Guests on to the shoulder of SBC News atop the leaderboard. This week we are at Musselburgh for what promises to be another exciting day of racing. We will be taking on regular tipsters …

London AIM listed gaming operator Gaming Realms Plc has confirmed that it has sold its third party operated website properties to Silverspin Media and Blackspark Ltd for a total sum of £2.9 million. Gaming Realms is set to receive a cash payment of £1.2 million from Blackspark Ltd, with a further £500,000 attached to deal for transitional services agreed for …

As reported in eGaming Review, Head of Trading Sam Foulkes has quit Coral. He left earlier this month having tendered his resignation in December, and is now seeing out a period of gardening leave. News of Foulkes’ departure comes just five months after he had been promoted to the head of trading role, which saw him relocate from Coral’s Stratford headquarters to …

The National Lottery are facing a boycott from gamblers, after paying out just £883 of a huge £28.6 million jackpot. New rules left players furious, as the promised jackpot was not won because no-one had all six numbers, or five balls plus the bonus number. These new rules make it harder for anyone to strike lucky, as shown by the …

European betting and gaming operator SKS365 Group has selected Global Bet to provide its Virtual Sports products to the portfolio of 1,000 planetwin365 betting shops throughout Italy. The expanding international bookmaker from Austria also plans to roll out the Virtual Sports games across its Italian website and mobile platforms later in the year. Daniel Grabher, CEO of Global Bet, stated: …

The Northern Ireland retail betting division of Ladbrokes Plc has posted losses of circa £36 million , just one year after it enjoyed strong profit.  Northwest Bookmakers, which is a subsidiary of Ladbrokes plc, saw its profits slump in the year to December 2014. The company, which trades as Ladbrokes, is the Northern Ireland’s largest bookmaker and holds around a quarter of all shop licences …

Scottish club Celtic are ready to announce Dafabet as their new primary shirt sponsor. In what could be the biggest sponsor deal in Scottish Football, the betting company are looking to replace Magners for the 2016-17 season. As reported in Soccerex, Celtic are looking to secure a long-term deal to replace outgoing shirt sponsor Magners. Dafabet is Asia’s number one …

Having completed its takeover bwin.party Entertainment , Scott Longley asses the betting operators next steps as the new merged outfit targets a FTSE 250 listing. As the firm’s governance and leadership begins to execute the first steps of its integration plan, Longley details what may be the betting sectors most interesting merger.  ________________________ It didn’t take long for GVC to …

After Sunday’s revelation that Anthony Joshua will challenge Charles Martin for the IBF world heavyweight title, Betfair customers are anticipating more than just a belt for the Brit backing him into 15/2 favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016. Colm Rock, Novelties Trader for Betfair, said: “Andy Murray had been favourite to win this year’s Sports Personality of …

Continuing its focus of developing and promoting Yorkshire as a UK centre for digital enterprise, Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has been announced as a founding member of Sheffield Digital. The membership business organisation has been established to promote the growth of digital business in the city of Sheffield and its surrounding region. SB&G membership follows November 2015’s announcement that …