Retail

Entain’s upgrade of its UK retail portfolio continued this week as the Ladrokes and Coral parent company announced the opening of its 100th ‘Digi-Hub’ shop. Located in Muirhouse, Scotland, the revamp of the local bookmaker means that FTSE100 gambling group Entain is now 50% closer to its target of rolling out Digi-Hus across 200 venues by the end of 2024. …

Catalyst Media Group (CMG) has provided a snapshot into SIS’ (Sports Information Services) performance during 2022, revealing some hurdles for the firm in the second half of the year. In an update to its AIM investors this morning, CMG – which counts a 20.54% stake in SIS as its ‘main asset’ – outlined that the 24/7 betting services supplier recorded …

FSB has reported a 38% year-over-year increase in bet numbers and a 45% growth in active players engaging with its partner community during the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. The sports betting and igaming supplier lauded the figures as ‘record performance numbers’, which were supplemented by a new platform revenue high for the annual event and a 5% jump in turnover from …

Stéphane Pallez, CEO of Groupe FDJ, has emphasised the importance of preserving the positive social impact of the French national lottery and its betting subsidiary during ‘uncertain times.’ Two years after Groupe FDJ’s Paris Euronext IPO, 2022 saw the French lottery giant bring its retail unit of 14,500 points-of-sale network back to business. Servicing 25 million players, an uninterrupted FDJ …

SIS and SportyStuffTV have revealed that they will be broadcasting live horse racing from South Africa from 4 April. Coverage will include racing from Durbanville, Fairview, Kenilworth, Turffontein and Vaal in a twelve-week transmission trial. Furthermore, SportyStuffTV has outlined that its schedule will change to accommodate three South African race meetings per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. Conleth Byrne, …

A Star Sports customer from West London has taken the independent bookmaker to court, accusing the firm of allowing him to wager and lose hundreds of thousands despite knowing he had a gambling problem. Scott O’Brien case in the Central London County Court is currently in its second day out of four, with the second hearing having started this morning, …

The Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan over the weekend saw the World Pool’s globally commingled turnover reach HK$315,177,810 (approx. $40.1m). This figure is a rise of $33.6m (approx. $4.2m per race) across the eight-race card, compared to 2022. The feature competition, which was won by Japanese raider Ushba Tesoro, saw the highest turnover of the evening, with pari-mutuel organisations …

Independent standards body Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA) has confirmed the appointment of Kai Cantwell as CEO.  A seasoned federal officer, Cantwell will begin his leadership tenure of the RWA on 17 April, taking charge of the independent organisation, which represents Australia’s licensed online betting industry. Cantwell is the former chief of staff for Australia’s Minister for Families and Social Services …

Checkd Group generated over 1 million impressions and 57,390 branded views for its ITV7 video campaign during Cheltenham Festival. For the second year in a row, the company’s core brand division, Checkd Media, produced content for its betting brand The Winners Enclosure (TWE) and the addition of racing content to its Tipster Hub. The company lauded these figures as its …

1/ST RACING – a key partner of Racing And Sports (RAS) – has launched an innovative partnership with Royal Ascot. The deal will enable automatic entry for successful US horses into one of Royal Ascot’s six two-year-old races as well as a $25,000 equine travel stipend. Aidan Butler, CEO of 1/ST RACING & GAMING, said: “1/ST RACING is thrilled to …