Tag Archives: boylesports

Boku partnership brings carrier billing for deposits on Mansion

SBC News Boku partnership brings carrier billing for deposits on Mansion

Boku has expanded on its agreements with 02, Vodafone and EE to enable Boku deposit functionality for Casino.com and MansionCasino.com mobile players on these networks. This new partnership with Mansion means that users can now make deposits to their mobile casino accounts with a single click. Mansion is the latest notable gambling company to embrace carrier billing as a preferred deposit method, …

Read More »

AppBet shakes up the use of odds comparison for mobile betting

AppBet

AppBet has launched a free online service which allows UK punters to combine odds comparison with the placement of football and horse racing bets across all their betting accounts. The new app, which has been launched on the iOS and Android platforms for Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Boylesports and Betway, gives users the chance to integrate all of their betting accounts …

Read More »

BoyleSports queries CMA regarding the sale of Ladbrokes-Coral shops

SBC News BoyleSports queries CMA regarding the sale of Ladbrokes-Coral shops

Irish independent bookmaker BoyleSports has publicly ‘communicated its concerns’ to the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the sale of 359 retail betting shops as part of the pending Ladbrokes-Coral merger. The bookmaker was disappointed to have had its larger bid turned down by Ladbrokes and Coral governance in favour of a lower combined £55.5 million cash bid by …

Read More »

Betfred to win Ladbrokes-Coral UK betting shop portfolio bid

SBC News Betfred to win Ladbrokes-Coral UK betting shop portfolio bid

The Irish Independent has reported this weekend that Betfred is set to win its bid to acquire 360 betting shops from the £2.3 billion Ladbrokes-Coral merger. The Manchester-based firm is reported to have pipped Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports for the Ladbrokes-Coral retail inventory which was put up for sale in order to meet UK CMA competition standards.    As the …

Read More »

Boylesports prepares £100 million bid for Ladbrokes-Coral retail portfolio

SBC News Boylesports prepares £100 million bid for Ladbrokes-Coral retail portfolio

Stating its corporate intent to increase its profile within the UK betting market, Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports outlined to the Irish Business Post that it is prepared to bid £100 million (€118 million) for a significant chunk of Ladbrokes-Coral retail betting shop inventory. Meeting industry competition concerns, the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has forced Ladbrokes-Coral to sell circa …

Read More »

Ladbrokes Coral merger to be completed in autumn after CMA ruling

SBC News Ladbrokes Coral merger to be completed in autumn after CMA ruling

The merger between Ladbrokes and Coral is set to complete this autumn after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed that the two firms must divest between 350 to 400 shops. In its final judgement, the CMA said: “Having considered responses to its provisional findings published in May and further analysed the evidence, the group of independent panel members investigating the …

Read More »

BoyleSports acquires liquidated Hacketts retail assets

SBC News BoyleSports acquires liquidated Hacketts retail assets

Irish independent bookmaker BoyleSports has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire four retail betting shops from liquidated operator Hacketts Ireland. The purchase of the betting shops was registered through High-Court appointed liquidator Ken Tyrrell and Declan McDonald of PwC. The agreed deal will see BoyleSports takeover the management of Hacketts betting shops in Cashel (Co Tipperary), Callan (Co Kilkenny), …

Read More »

Bookmaker suspends market on Turner for Bond

SBC News Bookmaker suspends market on Turner for Bond

Irish bookmaker Boylesports suspended its markets on Aidan Turner to be named as the next James Bond yesterday, following a flurry of betting.  The 32 year old Irish star of Poldark has been amongst the favourites for some time but the last two days has seen an unexpected surge in betting in Dublin. The official announcement is expected next week with …

Read More »

Irish bookmakers’ stop wagers on under-18s sports

SBC News Irish bookmakers' stop wagers on under-18s sports

Ireland’s two largest bookmakers, Paddy Power and Boylesports have confirmed that they will no longer accept wagers on Irish under-18s sporting fixtures or competitions, in a move to address national concerns relating to gambling’s impact on sports development. Both operators will no longer display betting markets for under-18s competitions, a move that has been welcomed by Irish sporting stakeholders such …

Read More »

ASA bans Boylesports ‘Nail On Bonus’ promotion

SBC News ASA bans Boylesports ‘Nail On Bonus’ promotion

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has reprimanded Irish bookmaker Boylesports for depicting a bonus incentive attached to an image of a hand nailed to a crucifix. The UK advertising watchdog declared that the bonus which was emailed to the operator’s player base the day before Eater Sunday was likely to have caused “serious offence”. The promotion additionally carried the …

Read More »