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Microgaming has made a £12,680 donation to the Young Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), via it’s PlayItForward initiative, helping the independent charity expand its gambling related harm prevention programme to the Isle of Man. YGAM, who place a focus on raising awareness of gambling and gambling-related harm amongst young people, has seen its expansion over the course of the last three …

Issuing an industry update, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its ‘2019 Business Plan’ outlining its key strategic priorities and focuses for its sector 2018-2019 guidance. The Commission’s plan forms part of a ‘three-year strategy’, seeking to improve industry standards, consumer protections and further prevent gambling-related harm on consumers and the general public. A key development in the UKGC’s …

Five-time world champion Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ O’Sullivan will be sending delegates ‘Snooker loopy’ at this year’s Betting on Sports conference in London (18-21 September). Appearing as an ambassador for BetCris alongside the operator’s UK CEO Hilly Ehrlich, the Rocket is set to play a starring role in a session dedicated to why snooker is such a good fit with the …

Speaking at this year’s Betting on Football conference, Parimatch CEO Sergey Portnov spoke about his company’s “wild” decision to move into the Tanzanian sports betting market. Just over a month on, Portnov gave SBC News readers some further insight into why he chose to enter a country that is not yet ready to fully embrace the phenomenon of online betting, why …

Sky Sports is set to launch ‘Sky Sports Racing’ , which will replace ‘At The Races’ as the digital broadcaster’s dedicated horseracing channel. The new racing channel becomes the UK broadcaster’s eleventh ‘dedicated sports channel’, and will feature +650 UK fixtures as well as exclusive international racing content. Entering 2018, Sky UK confirmed that it would expand its racing content having taken …

The Senet Group, the industry-led independent body dedicated to raising betting social responsibility standards has called on the sector to adopt a responsible gambling campaign which has demonstrated high levels of engagement with UK audiences.  The body’s “When the Fun Stops, Stop” campaign has now reached an estimated 82% of regular UK gamblers, with 33%, or an indicative 5 million adults …

London-listed online gambling group Jackpotjoy Plc has confirmed the appointment Andria Vidler as a new Non-Executive Director advising company governance. Vidler is the current Chief Executive of business media and data publisher Centaur Media Group and is set advise Jackpotjoy governance on future enterprise and digital development strategies. Vidler has further media executive experience having worked as Chief Marketing Officer …

The Vanarama National League Play-offs, or ‘Monumental May,’ has received British based betting and gambling firm Ladbrokes as its official betting partner. The partnership coincides with a brand new play-off format across The National League’s competition, which it states is “excited about the exposure it will bring.” Michael Tattersall, Chief Executive Officer of The National League, said: “We are proud …

Britbet has revealed details of some of its new bet types which will arrive on British racecourses this summer when the new pool betting operation launches. The pool betting operation has also outlined its ambition to deliver a flexible approach to take-out rates across their bet types for online Britbet customers. As well as the familiar win and place pools, …