Does the United Kingdom have a new tennis star in its midst? With 23-year-old Kyle Edmund, a 300/1 shot before the Australian Open, now a shock semi-finalist and narrowed to 16/1. The Johannesburg, South Africa, born star now stands just one win from reaching the final of the years first major (also known as a grand slam), after a stunning …
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To the dogs for SIS with new dedicated channel
Operators are set to have access to a “market leading” 42 meetings a week, via a new dedicated greyhound channel set to be launched by Sports Information Service (SIS) in March. Through the new offering, SIS has detailed that it is to incorporate exclusive greyhound rights from eight British and three Irish tracks. In addition virtual greyhound racing is also …
Read More »BoscaBet to transform pool betting displays
A new agreement between British racecourses and platform providers BoscaBet, is to ensure that both new and current customers benefit from enhanced digital pool betting displays. The new pool betting service is to become available across 55 British racecourses, with Irish based BoscaBet hoping customer experiences will be heightened when the displays are delivered in July of next year. Nigel …
Read More »Yggdrasil announces UK expansion with Rank Group
Yggdrasil Gaming’s expansion strategy continues further still, after a new agreement with Rank Group was announced. Under the terms of the deal, the Malta headquartered online and mobile casino games supplier is to provide its full portfolio of titles to the British gaming company. Rank Group, who operate the Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos brands, will enjoy access to slots such …
Read More »The Jockey Club in record prize money contributions
The Jockey Club has announced a record £4.2m increase in prize money contributions in 2018, with Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR) also set to commit £27.1m to prize money from its own resources, at all levels of the sport and subject to abandonments. Total race values spread across its 15 strong racecourse portfolio is set to exceed £53m, another record, and …
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