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UK betting shops, casinos and bingos will be closed on Monday 19 September, to observe and respect Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. This weekend, UK gambling’s biggest retail operators individually announced that they would follow high street counterparts and close retail trade on Monday 19 September – a Bank Holiday ordered by the government to host Queen Elizabeth’s …

William Hill and Betfred have separately confirmed that their betting shops will be closed on Friday 9 September to respect the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  The Big-4 retail bookmakers announced their decision to close shops on Friday via Twitter. William Hill stated: “We’re saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. “Queen Elizabeth II, …

Betfred has announced a three-year partnership extension with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), remaining as title sponsor of the Betfred World Matchplay. The bookmaker originally linked up with the PDC’s summer spectacular in 2019, and will now be, for at least seven years, the title sponsor of the Blackpool competition. “Our sponsorship of the Betfred World Matchplay has been a brilliant …

The management of Betfred has declared that it looks forward to a year of no business interruptions, helping its retail and online units benefit from normalised trading environments. Publishing its consolidated 2020/2021 financial report on Companies House, the Manchester betting group registered group profits after tax of £6m. The bottom-line result was matched against 2019/2020’s profits of £204m – a …

Betfred has significantly expanded its presence within South Africa, taking a ‘major shareholding’ in LottoStar to advance the market leader’s online betting offering.  Marked a major corporate initiative, Betfred will invest in LottoStar, which is recognised as South Africa’s leading brand for fixed-odds numbers betting and Live Games. “LottoStar has quickly developed itself as a leading brand, recognised nationally across …

Betfred has announced that it will continue to work with Inspired Entertainment as its principal supplier of virtual sports (VS) games/content for its retail unit. The Manchester-based betting group announced that it has renewed terms with Inspired that has supplied its full range of VS games to Betfred’s 1,400 UK betting shops for the past 15-years. Inspired’s Virtual Sports have …

Betfred is set to become the principal partner of the England Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair rugby teams in a two-year deal including this year’s Rugby League World Cup. Betfred Chairman and Founder, Fred Done, described the new partnership with all three teams as a ‘perfect fit’, with the gambling firm having had a ‘successful relationship’ with Rugby League at all …

Igaming services provider SCCG Management has announced the appointment of Pariekshit Maadishetti as the latest addition to its leadership team in India. Maadishetti has gained experience in consultancy for several startup companies as an investor, board member or mentor, and has also been part of ‘many successful ventures’ in a range of industries. SCCG particularly identified Maadishetti’s experience as the …

BetitRight has entered into a business arrangement with ComeOn Group, expanding its foothold in the Swedish betting and gaming market in the process.  Facilitated via BetitRight’s joint venture with Spotlight Sports Group (SSG), the deal with ComeOn will see the latter incorporate its new partner’s bet-prompt and in-play service across its operations.  This will include both pre-play and in-play betting …