BetVictor has announced the launch of Golden Goal, a weekly free-to-play game giving new and existing customers the chance to win up to £100,000 on Sunday 23rd October. Once the Golden Goal is won for the first time, the prize pool will revert back to £25,000 each week. Building on the success of BetVictor’s Euro 2016 Million Pound Goal campaign, …
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Frankie Dettori & Victoria Pendleton get racing seats with ITV
Presenting its full broadcast schedule for UK racing in 2017, ITV Sports has revealed Frankie Dettori and Victoria Pendleton as new members of its ‘ITV Racing team’. ITV who takes over UK racing terrestrial broadcast from Channel 4 in January 2017, announced that legendary champion jockey Dettori would take on the role of ‘racing expert’. Pendleton a two-time Great British …
Read More »Be The House launches Cash Out Roulette on Betfair
Be The House has launched its new product Cash Out Roulette on Betfair. The company has confirmed that it is working with a number of other top tier operators for further launches over the coming months. Cash Out Roulette offers bets over consecutive spins of a roulette wheel, in addition to the traditional single spin roulette. This means players can …
Read More »UK Sports minister wants outright 10% bookmaker charge for UK racing levy
The UK Racing Levy Scheme has again hit national headlines, as UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch detailed to industry stakeholders that her department intends to place a 10% gross profit charge on all racing wagers whether placed via a retail bookmaker or online. Crouch and the Department of Culture, Media and Sports will seek to implement the industry charge which …
Read More »EIG 2016: Amitabh Ghatak – Reality Bites…embracing new technology
The industry’s relationship with new technology and its impact on consumer trends and behaviour will be a key point of discussion at this week’s EIG 2016 Conference (Arena Berlin 18-20 October). Amitabh Ghatak former William Hill Head of Product Development details to SBC how operators and industry stakeholders should assess and value new technologies entering the industry’s value chain. __________________________ …
Read More »Love & Paralysis…Deborah Levy’s ‘Hot Milk’ favourite to win Man Booker 2016
British author and playwright Deborah Levy’s ‘Hot Milk’ currently leads bookmaker’s ‘2016 Man Booker Prize’ market, priced at 11/4 to win the accolade of best fiction novel written in the English language. With just over a week, until the 2016 Man Booker winner is revealed (Tuesday 26 October – London Guildhall). Bookmakers have placed Levy’s ‘Hot Milk’ a tale of …
Read More »Betfred & Stan James pick up Ladbrokes & Coral offcuts
The merger of Ladbrokes Plc and Gala Coral is almost good to go after the bookmakers revealed that 359 betting shops of its combined retail portfolio will be sold to Betfred (322 shops) and Stan James (37 ). The sale of the betting shops is conditional upon the approval of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (UK CMA) and will be …
Read More »Bit8 expands in Romania securing class 2 ONJN licence
Industry online gambling software and platform provider Bit8 has confirmed that it has secured a class two B2B licence in Romania authorised by the Romanian gambling regulator ONJN. The Class 2 licence comes after the re-regulation of the rapidly expanding Romania market back in September and will allow Bit8 to offer its multi-channel platform to both land-based and online operators. …
Read More »Spiffx – Expect the Crystal Palace revival to continue
Chelsea may have produced a more assured performance last time out at Hull, as the in-form Diego Costa and a re-jigged defensive formation helped them to a much needed 2-0 victory. However, it remains to be seen how many Spiffx punters will be convinced by the 2014/15 league champions. Two seasons ago, a surprisingly low 60.77% correctly backed Jose Mourinho’s …
Read More »Tempobet launches Live Casino with Evolution Gaming
Tempobet has launched an extended Live Casino with Evolution Gaming, using live footage streamed simultaneously from both Malta and Latvia. Tempobet’s branded studio will host 12 blackjack tables, and become one of the first places to feature Evolution’s new Immersive Lite Roulette. The innovative product, which features five HD cameras, showcases the new branded environment, and allows players to follow every …
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