Star Sports has enlisted Biztech to power ‘inter-shop functionality’ across its suite of UK high-street betting shops, utilising the firm’s Arkle EPOS system. The tech facilities over-the-counter bet-slip processing, acceptance and setting solutions and will be rolled out in all Star Sports bookmakers, and has been designed to accommodate security, reporting and tax returns. As well as marking an upgrade …
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Star Sports Group has confirmed Russ Wiseman as its latest Chairman at a critical moment for UK sportsbooks, seeking to leverage his ‘wealth of experience’. Based in the Chester area, Wiseman has held senior commercial, strategic, and operational roles during a 30-year career, whilst entering the online gambling sphere in 1999 in the early stages of the sector. Much of …
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JKO Play has confirmed that it will not meet the deadline to make a firm bid for Playtech, leaving Aristocrat as the sole bidder for the majority shares in the gaming firm. Issuing an update this morning, the Eddie Jordan family and Keith O’Loughlin owned company – which controls a 0.51% stake in Playtech – revealed that it would be …
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Star Sports has announced the launch of its new Industry Accounts initiative, designed as a product for bettors who work within the industry. The accounts have been towards industry figures who may find it difficult to place wagers elsewhere. Star Sports has said it will ‘guarantee’ to lay bets ‘to win at least £500.’ These bets, the operator explained, must …
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Lifelong greyhounds fan Ben Keith has been awarded the GWA Services to Greyhound Racing Award by the Greyhound Writers’ Association (GWA). In its statement, the GWA referenced the challenge of the past 12 months, saying that the sport should be proud of how it has responded to these difficulties, ‘especially in the work of trainers, their kennel hands and staff, …
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The Countdown to Cheltenham is almost over, and with only a few hours until the prestigious Jumps event gets underway, jockeys are already saddling up for The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race. We spoke with Ben Keith, Founder of Star Sports, and Head of PR Luke Tarr to discuss how they are getting ready for the event both on and …
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Over recent years, the UK racing sector has faced a number of difficulties including cuts to funding, concerns over age-verification measures and engagement with a wider audience. Speaking to Ben Keith, Owner of Star Sports, at Betting on Sports he explained that the on-course sector is doing everything it can to prevent under-aged gambling. He said: “I don’t really think …
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Independent betting group Star Sports confirms that it will expand its retail footprint within the North West of England, confirming its acquisition of two Bet Sid premises located in Preston (Lancashire). Updating the media, Star Sports details that its Preston expansion represents the first stage of a new exciting venture, which the betting group will announce in 2020. Moving forward, …
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Seeking to diversify its business services, independent betting group Star Sports has announced the launch of its new industry recruitment vertical – ‘Star Recruitment’ (starrecruitment.bet). The new division, which will provide staffing solutions for the global gambling industry, is led by sector resourcing and talent development veteran Simon Banks who will serve Chief Executive (CEO) of the new Star Sports …
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UK independent bookmaker Star Sports has been unveiled as the new sponsors of the English Greyhound Derby, the world’s most prestigious greyhound race. The 2017 Star Sports Greyhound Derby will be run at Towcester, the UK’s newest greyhound track, for the first time on Saturday 1st July, with a winner’s purse of £175,000 and total prize-money of over £350,000, it is the richest greyhound …
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