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The agreed £2.3 billion merger of Ladbrokes and Gala Coral which awaits final approval from the UK Competition and Markets Authority, will likely see hundreds of retail outlets controlled by the operators placed up for sale. The new business entity which will form the UK’s biggest retail bookmaker with a combined 4000 outlets, will likely be forced to sell parts …

The Irish High Court has granted Ladbrokes permission to close its leases on five premises in advance of its examinership rescue plan, which was submitted by the operator at the end of June The repudiation of leases will see betting shops in Kilmacud Road, Ballygall Road and Finglas Town Centre (Dublin) John Street (Waterford) and Middleton (Cork) closed. The Irish …

Following its month long review under the Irish High Court, it appears that Ladbrokes Plc rescue plan for its Ladbrokes Ireland division has trumped Boylesports €25 million bid. On Tuesday Ken Fennell (Deloitte), the examiner appointed by the High Court to review the bid process, informed Ladbrokes Ireland creditors and other stakeholders that the examinership review favoured the plans put …

Following its review of Ladbrokes Ireland’s examinership, Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports confirmed that it would prepare a €25 million bid to take over the troubled retail betting division. A Boylesports spokesman confirmed the pending bid to newspaper the Irish Independent, despite the operator losing its legal challenge to gain sensitive insight regarding Ladbrokes Ireland’s performance. It is believed that Boylesports …

Boylesports who have shown interest in acquiring Ladbrokes Ireland retail division out of examinership, has been granted leave by the Irish High Court to raise questions regarding the divisions performance. Boylesports has been permitted to serve short notice on Ladbroke Ireland Ltd; Ladbroke Leisure Ireland Ltd; Dara Properties Ltd by Ms Justice Mary Faherty. The operator has further been granted …

SBC begins the month of June by speaking to Qubit CEO & Co Founder Graham Cooke on creating effective, team led data competencies for sports betting and igaming operators. A former Google Product Strategist, Cooke has led Qubit to become a leading business technology in web personalisation and digital insights. Qubit currently is one of the fastest growing digital businesses …

Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports has predicted the end of the UK franchise of reality television show Big Brother. In its 16th season on UK terrestrial television, Big Brother has recorded continuous decreasing viewing figures since the franchise was moved to Channel 5 in 2011. During its broadcasting heydays, Big Brother UK which originally aired on Channel 4 would record average …

With the UK General Election voting day less than a month away, bookmaker Boylesports has published in-depth data into their General Election betting markets. At present it appears that the Conservative Party have the upper as they head the betting at 2/5 to win the most seats. Labour Party are next at 7/4 with UKIP and Liberal Democrat’s all but out …

Boylesports is set to take its number of Irish betting stores to over 200 after acquiring six Tully Bookmaker stores for a reported €2 million. The bookmaker announced this morning that it had agreed to purchase half of Tully Bookmakers retail betting inventory. Boylesports will redesign and redevelop the purchased bookmaker stores to bring them in-line with the company’s retail …

Irish businessman John Boyle, the founder of Boylesports, is ready to step back in as Chairman of the betting operator, as the company looks to expand its presence and operations in the UK betting and gaming market. Speaking to the Irish Independent, Boyle stated that he would return to managing Boylesport governance if the company could find a Chief Executive …