Betfair has priced Chocolate Digestives as its current 6/4 market favourite to win BBC’s Comic Relief 2017 ‘World Cup of Biscuits’. Presented by ‘Pointless’ co-host Richard Osman, this year’s Comic Relief show (starting 7 pm BBC Channels) seeks to find out and settle all debate on ‘which biscuit is king’. Starting today with a 32 biscuits head-to-head first knockout round, …
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Having completed a year of corporate integrations and co-synergies, FTSE100 Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) is looking forward to the Cheltenham Festival 2017, in which the company will display its combined corporate efficiencies. This morning PPB governance published its ‘Preliminary Results’ for full-year 2016, which outlined a proforma ‘double-digit growth across all four operating divisions’, with PPB group revenues hitting £1.5 …
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With two weeks to go until the start of the 2017 Cheltenham Festival (14-17 March), Betfair has partnered with the Mirror Online (Mirror.co.uk) to host a live expert panel webcast on this year’s races. Hosted tonight at the Trinity Mirror offices (Canada Square London), Betfair ‘Racing Ambassadors’ and renowned racehorse trainers’ Paul Nicholls and Gordon Elliot will discuss all things …
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Next week marks a crucial chapter for the Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn as both Stoke-on-Trent Central (Staffordshire) and Copeland (Cumbria) constituencies head to the by-election polls (Thursday 23 February). A divided party following the departure of senior cabinet members, Labour battles to keep two of its supposed ‘safe seats’. Should labour lose the constituencies of Stoke and Copeland …
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Paddy Power continues its ‘You Beauty!’ campaign, celebrating sports ‘unsung heroes’. This weekend the Irish bookmaker launched its latest ‘You Beauty! The Bus Driver’ campaign advert featuring a long-suffering coach driver and his woes at having to ferry unruly football fans. Launched last November, ‘You Beauty!’ continues Paddy Power’s TV marketing guidance under long-term creative agency Lucky Generals. The UK …
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FTSE-listed Paddy Power Betfair Plc (PPB) is the latest industry operator to fall foul of punter-friendly results recorded during Q4 2016. Issuing a trading update ahead of its full-year 2016 results on 7 March, PPB governance detailed that an unkind Q4 2016 closing had cost its operations revenue losses of £40 million on European football results and a further £5 …
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According to the Betfair Exchange Manuel Valls and Arnaud Montebourg boast little chance of success in the upcming French election. Ahead of the first of the Socialist Party TV debates Valls and Montebourg have been given just a 2% chance of victory. The debates are an opportunity for those wishing to become France’s Socialist Party candidate ahead of the presidential primary elections …
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A mystery Betfair punter made what must be one of the greatest cash outs of all time on Boxing Day which paid out a total of £223,000 from a £1 stake. The festive all football accumulator was made up of 21 legs and included Plymouth to beat Wycombe in a game that ended 3-3 with a 90th minute equaliser from …
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FTSE-listed sports betting group Paddy Power Betfair has moved to strengthen its customer data security and regulatory compliance provisions by deploying security intelligence specialist Balabit’s Shell Control Box (SCB). The integration of SCB provisions will monitor ‘privileged access’ to the operator’s platform systems whilst enhancing security and flexibility of its product development processes. The SCB monitoring system is compliant with …
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Metric Gaming has marked the launch of its London offices by hiring three new executives, including former Betfair and William Hill director Jim Supple. After 25 years’ experience in the betting industry, Supple is set to become the company’s COO. He will be joined by new CFO Steven Paterson, former Finance Director of William Hill’s retail division. Meanwhile, Sam Foulkes, …
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