The management of Ayr Racecourse has announced that Virgin Bet will continue to sponsor the Ayr Gold Cup for a third consecutive year. The Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup is a sprint handicap race that saw victories by Summerghand and Bielsa in 2022. The race currently holds a value of £180,000. The increased prize money for the main event is …
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A wave of turbulence is expected for the UK betting sector as firms prepare their Q4 trading reports with the Gambling Act review White Paper on the horizon, according to City Bet Club. The tipster service anticipates that despite the ‘bookie friendly’ turnover of the World Cup in November and December, high marketing costs associated with the tournament will negatively …
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Tipster service City Bet Club has suggested that this year’s World Cup has been the most bookie-friendly tournament in recent history. The Qatar-based competition did not see a single day during the group stages that all favourites won their games, which helped lead the company, founded by betting industry veterans, to its conclusion. Operators saw significant revenue netted far earlier …
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Placing a bet can often present quite a few questions – which horse do you go for? Which bookmaker has the best odds? Is there other information available which would better inform your wager? Identifying these questions that punters might have, David Brown (right) set out to create City Bet Club, a members club which seeks to provide the shrewdest …
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Virgin Bet has announced a continuation of its partnership with the Ayr Gold Cup to maintain naming rights of the three-day Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Festival. The Scottish flat race runs from Thursday 15-17 September, whilst the betting operator will also hold title sponsorship of the competition’s main feature race. “Following the success of last year’s partnership with Ayr …
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