The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), in conjunction with Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR), British Champions Series and Channel 4, is pleased to announce a series of alterations to the Fixture List from 2015 with the result of ensuring that Cheltenham’s Showcase meeting is no longer held on the same day as QIPCO British Champions Day in mid-October. The Showcase meeting will …
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Online sports betting affiliate OLBG.com has announced that it will extend its sponsorship of the Mares’ Hurdle Race at Cheltenham Festival. The extension of the deal will see OLBG.com sponsor the hurdles race for a further five years (sponsorship ends 2020). Cheltenham Festival organisers, announced that the Mares’ Hurdle had been upgraded to a Grade One race, this will mean …
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UK betting and gaming company Gala Coral Group has warned of inevitable shop closures and job losses, in the wake of the Government’s continued crackdown on fixed odds betting terminals. Despite reporting an eight per cent rise in turnover, now standing at £302m, a strong Cheltenham, the addition of 10 new shops and a successful live streaming launch, the business, which runs …
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The increasingly competitive world of money-back offers helped leading online betting service and affiliate FREEBETS.com enjoy its “best ever” Cheltenham Festival. Last week’s National Hunt racing extravaganza from Prestbury Park saw bookmakers launch their annual assault on player recruitment and retention and the FREEBETS.com team has been busy logging and ranking the wide range of offers and promotions. Paddy Power …
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UK Bookmakers have donated a vast sum of money in order to improve the Wi-Fi network at the historic Cheltenham Racecourse. The group consisting of Coral, BetVictor, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Paddy Power and bet365, have donated to the racecourse management in order to improve mobile access and connection for punters at the Cheltenham Festival. In previous race years certain areas …
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Bookmakers Coral have signed a deal with talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, to become the new betting partner of the station’s flagship show – the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast. The partnership will see Coral sponsoring a daily on air betting slot on talkSPORT’s breakfast show, called the Coral Daily Download, where Coral’s resident experts, Simon Clare and David …
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