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As part of a new Betwatch scheme to make Birmingham bookmakers a safer place, five people have been banned from 24 betting shops across Birmingham City Centre. Launched 18 months ago, Betwatch is a partnership between the Gambling Commission, the police, local council and bookmakers designed to tackle localised anti-social and criminal behaviour in and around betting shops. Betwatch issued …

Leading sports and intelligence firm Sportradar has announced that it will act as lead integrity partner for the Brazilian Football Federation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol – CBF). The partnership will see Sportradar systems monitor all football matches across all CBF syndicated leagues, as Brazilan football increases its provisions against match fixing and corruption. The CBF will integrate match monitoring utilising …

The Racing Post has announced the launch of its ‘Horseracing Tipster’ product, a new service seeking to better inform punters of all levels of experience and knowledge with regards to race bets. Its new product collates a variety of ‘stats and tips from valued Racing Post’ data to provide a stream of bet-prompting content on upcoming races’. Racing Post details …

UK racetrack operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) has confirmed that FTSE-listed bookmaker William Hill will operate new betting facilities within six of its syndicated race-courses. The bookmaker is set to manage betting facilities ARC tracks; Doncaster, Lingfield Park, Royal Windsor, Southwell, Wolverhampton and Worcester. William Hill and ARC management expect the facilities to be installed within all six racetracks by …

The governance of FTSE100 listed Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) has defended its handling of the disclosure of the departure of Breon Corcoran as Group Chief Executive. The betting firm stated that it had ‘strictly adhered’ to UK Financial Conduct Authority rules with regards to its leadership succession plans and that the company had not leaked any ‘inside information’. Last week, …

In time for the start of a new European football season, UK bookmaker Coral has announced that launch of its ‘Connect App’ available to download in the Apple App and Google Play stores. First launched in 2014, Coral Connect has formed an integral part of the bookmaker’s successful omni-channel initiative bridging customer engagement across its digital and retail assets, which …

Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, has the highest concentration of betting shops in the country with 2.6 outlets per 10,000 population. As reported in the Irish Examiner, the county’s 33 betting shops puts it 50% above the national average of 1.8 bookies per 10,000 population. The other counties with the highest concentrations of betting shops are Carlow, Westmeath, Longford, …

Bacta Chief Executive John White has reassured members that contrary to recent speculation, the review of FOBT stakes has not been shelved and is encouraging Chancellor Philip Hammond to take a ‘holistic view’ of the broad and powerful economic benefits contained within the association’s triennial submission. Commenting on last week’s FOBTs story which appeared in the Daily Mail, stating that …