European-wide sports integrity body ESSA has issued a statement, detailing that it will move to consult its industry members on the findings and recommendations of tennis’ Independent Review Panel (IRP). This week, at a press conference in London, sports law QC Adam Lewis revealed the IRP’s two-year study into tennis integrity, in which the independent panel reviewed the sport’s match-fixing, …
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Worcester and Southwell to see 7bets4free.com series return
With only two week to go until the start of Worcester’s season, Arena Racing Company (ARC) and 7bets4free.com have announced the return of the Fixed Brush Hurdle Series. Taking place at Worcester, on its 300-year anniversary, and Southwell racecourses, the series will begin on Thursday May 10, encompassing 42 qualifying races, before a £30,000 final makes it way to Worcester …
Read More »Shop staff and MPs form united front for Parliament protest
Yesterday, betting shop staff took their protests to Parliament, urging the government to ‘not gamble with high street jobs’ and to ‘not introduce a disproportionate cut in stakes on gaming machines’. Shop staff from Ladbrokes Coral, William Hill, Jennings bet and a number of independent bookmakers, were joined by Laurence Robertson MP, Philip Davies MP and Chris Evans MP as …
Read More »Adam Lewis: IRP – Tennis needs to rethink structure & betting relationships to win its integrity battles
Adam Lewis sports law QC has stated that tennis needs to readdress its relationship with betting if the sport is to diminish corruption and match-fixing. Yesterday, Lewis who has led tennis’ independent Integrity Review Panel (IRP), revealed the findings of a two-year study researching the sport’s match-fixing, corruption and betting-related issues. At a press conference in London, Lewis outlined that …
Read More »InBet Games pedals towards virtual success in the Velodrome
InBet Games has hailed the “realistic yet attractive mathematical models” on Velodrome Race, a new virtual product available in retail shops and through an API on its online casino platform. The omni-channel gaming software provider has switched its existing 3D racing focus from horses and the dogs, to racing played out on a different kind of high-speed track. Cycling has …
Read More »Punchestown partnership continues for BETDAQ
BETDAQ has agreed a one-year extension to its sponsorship at Punchestown Festival, Ireland’s major international horse racing event. As one of the main sponsors of the 2018 event, which began yesterday, BETDAQ will raise money for Irish Injured jockeys at the County Kildare course this week as it stages the next stage of its #ChangingForTheBettor campaign. Racegoers can visit the …
Read More »Inspired upgrades SNAITECH Italia Virtual Sports content
Industry virtual sports content supplier Inspired Entertainment has moved to expand its existing relationship with leading Italian bookmaker SNAITECH. Updating the market, Inspired details that it has upgraded the retail and digital virtual sports content of SNAITECH properties. The upgrade sees Inspired’s popular ‘Mike Tyson Boxing’ title released across SNAITECH’s Italian retail estate, in addition to the release of bespoke …
Read More »Coral extends longest running Group 1 sponsorship
Coral’s sponsorship of the Sandown Park Group 1 contest known as the clash of the generations, has been extended for a further five years. The Coral-Eclipse is also to be run for a record £750,000 in 2018, with the £250,000 increase on 2017’s figure a direct result of investment by the bookmaker and and The Jockey Club. Seeking to preserve …
Read More »Bookmakers hurt by reports that government will back FOBTs ‘£2 Nightmare Scenario’
The UK betting industry has been impacted by fresh speculation that the government will move to implement a £2 bet limit on FOBTs machine wagering. This morning, UK news sources reported that Chancellor Phillip Hammond had accepted the parliamentary recommendations put forward by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), moving to lower FOBTs wagering levels below £10s. On Monday, The Times …
Read More »Sportech expands US focus as governance aims to reverse 2017 declines
London-listed betting and racing systems provider Sportech Plc has detailed its corporate recovery plan, following a tough 2017 in which the company restructured its operations having undertaken strategic review and cost reduction programme. Publishing its full-year 2017 results, Sportech governance declares corporate losses of £23 million, as company trading was impacted by a number of high-cost write-downs. In its …
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