The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has joined wider UK industries in calling for the HM Treasury to extend business rates relief and help the economy emerge from lockdown. UK business currently waits for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to present his spring statement on Wednesday 3 March, when he will announce the Budget proposals for 2021, outlining the fiscal measures and …
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The Jockey Club has confirmed that the Randox Grand National will maintain its schedule of 8-10 April despite the UK betting sector’s appeal for a change of dates to support the reopening of England’s betting shops on 12 April. Led by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), UK operators had urged the Jockey Club – owner of Aintree Racecourse – …
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Joe Mellor and Nick Haynes from Football Form Labs preview the biggest matches of a bumper weekend of Premier League action including Man United’s trip to Chelsea, as well as a truncated Six Nations round headlined by the ‘grudge match’ between a buoyant Welsh side and Eddie Jones’ misfiring England. For more analysis and discussion by the Football Form Labs …
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Fortuna Zakłady Bukmacherskie emerged as the dominant operator at the 2020 edition of Legalni Bukmacherzy’s Polish Bookmakers Awards. The Polish arm of Czech gambling group Fortuna Entertainment Group took home the prestigious Best Bookmaker Award for the third year in a row, whilst also sweeping up the Best Offer and Responsible Bookmaker titles, and claimed a joint Best Marketing prize …
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Racing TV has unveiled a new virtual studio, based at Ealing Studios in West London, to ‘take horseracing TV coverage to the next level’ with the aim of ‘revolutionising how viewers enjoy the sport’. Timeline TV, which has served as Racecourse Media Group’s technical managed services provider since 2012, has collaborated with the firm on the creation of the studios, …
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Peru’s Liga 1 football championship is set to undertake its first name change in more than 20 years as Betsson Peru, becomes forms a strategic alliance with the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), confirmed this week. The partnership will see Liga 1 Peru’s top division of professional football renamed as the ‘Liga 1 Betsson‘, as the European online gambling group becomes …
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Scout Gaming Group remains confident of its long-term business strategy and future commercial prospects after delivering growth to its investors. Despite numerous COVID challenges interrupting its standard trading, the Nasdaq Nordic listed B2B fantasy sports supplier recorded full-year corporate revenues of SEK 47 million (€4.6m), up 85% on corresponding FY 2019’s SEK 26 million. Revenue growth was supported by a …
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Low6 has received a further £35,000 investment from Pires Investment which will form part of the extension of the former’s pre-IPO funding round. Back in December 2020, Pires purchased 6,667 shares in Low6 for a total consideration of £200,010. This was followed by Low6’s closure of a pre-IPO round, which subsequently raised £3.3 million in convertible notes. “We are very …
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Premier League football club West Ham United FC has named online platform Trustly its official global open banking partner. As a result of the agreement, the Stockholm-based banking provider will gain brand exposure via pitch side signage at the Hammers’ London Stadium. The East London club has a large fan base both in the UK and internationally and is currently …
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For iGaming industry suppliers, choosing the right platform partners is key to ensuring your content reaches the widest range of different operators, explained Ivan Piorischin, Product owner at Soft2Bet. But with so many platforms to choose from now, how can companies ensure that they pick the right one? According to Piorischin, working with B2B providers can provide a ‘cost effective’ …
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