Retail

Webis Holdings has announced the agreement of a simulcast wagering agreement with the New York Racing Association (NYRA), for its sports betting and casino brand WatchandWager.com. The agreement will enable customers to wager on licensed NYRA racetracks. The gambling partnership was approved by the New York State Gaming Commission. WatchandWager.com customers will be allowed to place bets on New York …

New York Times and Sunday Times investigations uncover a web of deceit There are countless reasons why match fixing is akin to doping, perhaps even the spectator equivalent. Loyal fans pay extortionate amounts of money to travel home and away to watch their favourite team in action. Yet most aren’t remotely aware of the volume of recent and past cases, …

The Responsible Gambling Trust has called for operators to engage players with problem gambling guidance, offer self-exclusion mechanisms and ensure that staff are properly trained, in a review published today. Forming part of the rolling Machines Research Programme, ‘Operator-Based Approaches to Harm Minimisation in Gambling’, the publication reviews the nature and effectiveness of harm minimisation and proposes areas of further study. In particular, the …

A retail expert has suggested that Ireland‘s archaic betting laws are costing the State more than €20m a year due to the restriction on the opening hours. David Fitzsimons of Retail Excellence Ireland has claimed the restriction forces betting shops to lose the equivalent of 500 jobs, which deprives the exchequer of €23.3m in lost PAYE and betting tax, and …

Racecourse operator ARC has hailed the success of the first ever All-Weather Championships which took place between October 2013 and April 2014 and culminated in the £1 Million Finals Day on Good Friday, 18April 2014. Tony Kelly, ARC Managing Director, said: “We are really pleased Year One of the All-Weather Championships proved to be such a thorough success. I would …

Weekend  business news reports  that UK sports betting operator William Hill are set to replace outgoing CEO Ralph Topping with current Director of Operations James Henderson. UK business news wire This is Money, reported that after months of strategic evaluation the bookmaker is ready to announce James Henderson as incoming CEO for the UK’s leading biggest sports betting operator. The …

Team SBC’s David Kelly examines the extent of the global match fixing and sports corruption underworld, as fresh World Cup rigging allegations crank up the heat on Sepp Blatter. The following SBC series will introduce match fixing, discuss its prevalence amid recent reports, and offer some insights as to how the gambling industry can protect sports integrity and lead the …