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Closing 2018, The Guardian newspaper reports further headaches for UK betting leadership as London law firm Mackrell Turner Garrett (Mackrell) seeks £1.5 million in victim compensation settlements against FTSE-listed betting firms’ – William Hill Plc and Paddy Power Betfair (PPB). The victim compensation claims relate to addicted gamblers wagering with stolen money at William Hill betting shops and PPB’s Betfair …
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Arriba! SIS ups LATAM profile with Codere racing content
Multi-channel racing content and data services provider Sports Information Services (SIS) enhances its live betting channels, adding Codere Latin American racing content to its program. Updating stakeholders, SIS has agreed a three-year partnership with Bolsa Madrid gambling firm Grupo Codere SA, which will see it act as lead ‘live pictures and data distributor’ of Codere LATAM syndicated racing properties. Detailing …
Read More »Turbo Charged…‘Championship Horse Racing’ (CHR) seeks to bring F1 script to racing in 2019
2019 will be a year of new concepts and propositions for the sport of horse racing, as its stakeholders seek fresh ideas to re-engage with the wider general public. This December, further foundations for ‘Championship Horse Racing’ (CHR) were announced, a new proposition seeking to deliver racing’s first league competition featuring high profile teams competing to be champions of ‘The …
Read More »Tabcorp appoints Patrick Mcglinchey as group legal lead
Australia ASX-listed gambling group Tabcorp Holdings has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Mcglinchey as new Group General Counsel. Mcglinchey is expected to join the legacy Australian gambling group on 4 March 2019, and will act as a chief legal aid for a much-changed Tabcorp senior executive team, following the merger completion and integration of Tatts Group assets and operating divisions. …
Read More »MansionBet moves to significantly expand its racing profile in 2019
Gibraltar-based sports betting group MansionBet has moved to significantly expand its brand profile across UK racing in 2019, agreeing on an extensive partnership with Arena Racing Company (ARC) and Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR). Updating the market, MansionBet marketing will take sponsorship of 38 ARC/JCR syndicated fixtures within the remaining schedule of 2018 and throughout 2019. MansionBet begins its sponsorship coverage with this …
Read More »Argentina PRO secures Buenos Aires gambling restructure
As anticipated the Executive of Buenos Aires has approved Budget Plan 2019 directives 142 and 143 sanctioning significant changes to the province’s operational gambling framework. On Tuesday, district leaders voted in favour of BA Governor Maria Eugenia Vidal’s 2019 proposals, introducing a new 2% tax charge on player winnings from land-based casino, arcade and bingo operators. Governor Vidal secures a ‘major victory’, …
Read More »Matthew Imi – Sky Sports Racing will deliver new prospects for horseracing
Hosting a special press briefing at its headquarters in Osterley, Sky UK has presented its ‘Sky Sports Racing’ broadcast team seeking to ‘deliver the strongest vehicle promoting the sport of horseracing’. Last May, Sky UK announced that it would rebrand and revamp its At The Races horseracing media subsidiary, moving to launch Sky Sports Racing as its eleventh dedicated sports …
Read More »Donald R. Sweitzer ends tenure as IGT Chairman of Global Solutions
Updating the market, New York-listed gambling technology and lottery systems provider IGT Plc has confirmed that long-term executive Donald R. Sweitzer is set to retire as Chairman of IGT Global Solutions Corporation. Sweitzer ends a 20-year executive tenure with IGT, in which he has served as a key stakeholder in the gambling technology group’s governmental affairs and multi-national development strategies. …
Read More »Mims Davies: DCMS – Industry must show ‘accountability for business’ in 2019
Speaking at this morning’s ‘GambleAware Conference’ – Mims Davies, the UK’s new Minister for Sports & Civil Society shared her first reflections on the various challenges facing the gambling sector. Davies brands 2018 as a ‘progressive year of policy developments’, despite UK-licensed operators garnering negative headlines for multiple compliance failures on social responsibility, gambling-harm protections, player due diligence and interactions. Overseeing …
Read More »Early Morning racing content switch up for SIS
Horse racing from Melbourne Racing Club and South Australia is now included in the Early Morning Product from Sports Information Services (SIS), while UK and Irish greyhound racing is being phased into the service for the first time. This new Early Morning content replaces the firm’s existing early morning Australian racing, which ceased to be part of the SIS service …
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