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Presenting its full year 2015 corporate results this morning (52-week period ending 29 December), William Hill governance detailed that the company had paid circa £87 million in additional UK gambling duties. The hefty tax charge would impact the FTSE listed betting operator’s top-line metric performance, with William Hill announcing FY 2015 operating profit slump of 22% to £291 million (FY …

New client acquisitions, combined with the continued growth of Tier 1 UK digital accounts (Sky B&G, Gala Coral, Ladbrokes and Betfair) have helped Playtech Plc post full-year 2015 revenues of €630 million up 38% on 2014’s corresponding €457 million. Declaring 2015 corporate results (period ending 31 December), Playtech governance was pleased to announce top-line metric growth on all its core division. …

The Gambling Commission has published its latest report which sheds some light on gambling behaviour in Britain in the past year. Vitally, and for the very first time, this research includes extensive information about how people gamble in terms of which devices they use, where they gamble and how many accounts they use for it. Paul Hope, Gambling Commission Programme Director, …

Increased costs combined with the extra burden of betting taxes have seen Ladbrokes Plc post full-year 2015 (period ending 31 December 2015) group losses of £43 million, detailing a corporate decline from 2014’s profits of £37.7 million. Outlining 2015 impacts, Ladbrokes governance detailed that the company had paid circa £50 million in taxes due to increased duties on machine gaming …

With David Cameron confirming that the EU Referendum will take place as expected in June, on June 23rd to be precise, and with a reported 40% of voters still undecided, the bookmakers are predicting a flurry of betting on the event. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced at the weekend that “after a huge amount of heartache” he has opted to …

Presenting its 2015 full-year results, the governance of Mr Green & Co AB (Mr Green) has detailed to investors that the company will aim to launch a sports betting product in 2016, as the Malta based operator looks to broaden its European online gambling services. Presenting its 2015 results, the operator detailed that it had grown its corporate revenues to …

Sepp Blatter may have been banned from football for eight years but William Hill isn’t too sure this’ll stop him from turning up at the FIFA congress this week. Sepp Blatter, who has endlessly protested his innocence in the ongoing corruption investigation which scandalized the football federation last year, continues to be in the news as he appeals his personal …

Voting is closing at the end of the month to find the winner from the Pitch ICE competition which took place at London’s ExCel during Clarion Gaming’s Totally Gaming event. In total 14 new start-ups took to the stage during the show to convince attendees of the attraction of the potential of their business idea. The show featured fantasy and social gaming ideas, gaming services …

On Wednesday a court of twelve judges heard the case of whether New Jersey’s plan to introduce sportsbooks to its casinos and racetracks is legal under federal law.  The potential market in the USA is huge, as evidenced by the case of Nevada. Sports betting is legal there and $4.2bn (£2.9bn) was taken in wagering last year. Unsurprisingly many states are …

Issuing a corporate submission regarding the planned £2.3 billion merger of Ladbrokes-Coral, William Hill has warned the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (UK CMA) that the creation of a merged enterprise will negatively undermine the overall UK betting industry. William Hill the UK’s biggest retail bookmaker, has urged the UK CMA to terminate the tie-up of Britain’s second and third …