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Betting shop operators in the UK are set to see another shake-up in how they present horseracing after the announcement that a third horseracing channel for LBOs is to be launched. The Racing Partnership (TRP) – a joint venture between Arena Racing (ARC) and seven independent racecourses comprising Fakenham, Ffos Las, Hexham, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Ripon and Towcester – announced …

Ahead of its Q2 2016 corporate update (scheduled for 27 July), Unibet Plc has detailed to investors that company performance will be boosted by positive exchange rate fluctuations. Updating the market, Unibet governance detailed that net foreign exchange yields made by its main operating currencies against the weakening GBP £ (see Unibet XE graph below) will prove favorable in its Q2 …

Industry virtual games supplier Kiron Interactive has boosted its Russian and CIS presence by agreeing to a content supplier partnership with Blue Ocean Gaming. The deal will see the full suite of Kiron’s popular games made available to the casino platform’s customers across Russia and CIS regions.  This will comprise up to nine virtual sports, including Version Two of their greyhound …

Amidst the Brexit chaos and the how did we get beaten by a team led by a dentist uproar, the UK’s esports community at least was given a boost as the anticipated British Esports Association officially announced its formation yesterday. The organisation, a nonprofit for which Chester King has been named CEO, will operate out of Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. It …

BetVictor has made current Home Secretary Theresa May its 2/5 favourite to be the next leader of the Conservative party after Boris Johnson sensationally ruled himself out of the race in a speech yesterday lunchtime.  That morning Justice Secretary Michael Gove, another Leave campaigner, had announced he would be standing and the odds proceeded to fluctuate amidst these confirmations. It came …

SIS has signed a deal to deliver its portfolio of on-demand racing games to Ladbrokes in a move which will significantly increase the reach of the SIS Infinite Games product.  Ladbrokes customers will now have access to six times more betting opportunities compared to traditional scheduled virtuals, thanks to the SIS Infinite Games on-demand capability. The deal comprises SIS’ full second …

Intralot Group has announced that Christos Dimitriadis, Group Director of Information Security, was re-elected for the second consecutive term as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Dimitriadis has worked in information security for more than 16 years, and written more than 150 security-related publications. He has received multiple awards for his …

Updating the market, Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has confirmed that it has entered a binding agreement to acquire Scandinavian online gambling operator Betit Holdings (Betit) in a deal valued at €54 million. Signing a ‘letter of intent’, GIG is set to issue 153 million new shares in order to inherit Betit assets. Furthermore, industry venture financier Optimizer Invest, a leading …

Darren Haines served up a ‘heavyweight’ performance in the Tipster Challenge at Catterick, as the Guest team moved past 130 points, opening up a lead which now stands at 16.85 points. Haines, who works for Sports Marketing and PR company Heavyweight Sports, picked out three winners, including the long odds Bold Spirit (11/1) in the sixth race of the day …

The 103rd edition of cycling’s most famous race, the Tour de France, will be decided by just 143 seconds and will see Chris Froome come out on top, according to spread betting company Sporting Index. The prediction is that Froome will get the better of Colombian rival Nairo Quintana once more, just as the Team Sky rider did in 2013 and …