The CEO of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), the Chief Legal Officer of the PGA Tour and a five-time snooker World Champion will join the strongest lineup of speakers the sports betting industry has ever seen. The PDC’s Matt Porter, Len Brown from the PGA Tour and Ronnie O’Sullivan were just three of the names that caught the eye as …
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SG Gaming renews & upgrades Ladbrokes Coral terminals
Nasdaq-listed industry technology provider, Scientific Games Corporation has confirmed that its European subsidiary SG Gaming will continue to act as lead retail terminals supplier to Ladbrokes Coral properties. Updating the market SG Gaming confirms that it has secured a further seven-year agreement to service Ladbrokes Coral’s 3,500 UK betting shops with its hardware solutions and games content. Further to the …
Read More »Mark Bird GBGB: Greyhound racing cannot fix welfare issues without increased bookmaker funding
Mark Bird the MD of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) has penned an open letter to Paul Darling, Chairman of the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) and Clive Hawkswood, leader of the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), urging the industry figureheads to support further funding measures for sustaining UK greyhound racing. Bird states that greyhound racing faces a funding …
Read More »ASA investigates ‘Geordie Shore’ stars for promoting betting content via social media
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating three stars of MTV’s reality TV programme ‘Geordie Shore’ for promoting betting-related content through their social media profiles. The Twitter and Instagram accounts of Scott Timlin, Gary Beadle and Aaron Chalmers are reported to have promoted the football betting markets of Ladbrokes and Coral. Between them, the reality TV stars have a …
Read More »Shop staff and MPs form united front for Parliament protest
Yesterday, betting shop staff took their protests to Parliament, urging the government to ‘not gamble with high street jobs’ and to ‘not introduce a disproportionate cut in stakes on gaming machines’. Shop staff from Ladbrokes Coral, William Hill, Jennings bet and a number of independent bookmakers, were joined by Laurence Robertson MP, Philip Davies MP and Chris Evans MP as …
Read More »Ladbrokes extends retail lay-to-lose policy
Bringing its racing policy in line with that of Coral’s, Ladbrokes has extended its ‘lay to-lose’ horse racing bets guarantee, which will be spread across all the operator’s retail outlets. As first reported by the Racing Post, The group had already put in place a policy to lay bets to lose no less than £5,000 per capita on all races …
Read More »Virtual Grand National available with BoyleSports and Ladbrokes Coral
BoyleSports and Ladbrokes Coral are the first operators to stream Inspired Entertainment’s Virtual Grand National, as well as its Virtual Grand National Race of Champions. Set to be broadcast on Friday April 13 at 8pm on ITV4, the Virtual Grand National is to be presented as a dedicated channel of content, “allowing for a unique virtual racing experience as 40 …
Read More »GVC Holdings completes long awaited Ladbrokes Coral acquisition
The long mooted takeover of the Ladbrokes Coral Group by GVC Holdings has finally reached completion, in a deal that could eventually be worth up to £4bn, just days after the High Court of England and Wales sanctioned the deal. With its shares now delisted from the London stock exchange, as part of the agreement the admission of 271,816,558 ordinary …
Read More »Ladbrokes Coral appoints Noel Hamill as Group Marketing lead
UK marketing news source The Drum has reported that FTSE100 bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral Plc has appointed Noel Hamill as new Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Hamill joins Ladbrokes Coral’s leadership team from UK mobile telecoms operator EE, where he most recently served as Managing Director of Marketing (2016-2018). Taking over CMO responsibilities, Hamill will be tasked with leading group marketing …
Read More »High Court approval of GVC terms signals closing time on Ladbrokes Coral Plc
The High Court of England & Wales has sanctioned the outright takeover of Ladbrokes Coral Plc by GVC Holdings, clearing the deals ‘recommended offer’ for investors. GVC governance clears another final hurdle towards securing its industry-changing takeover of Ladbrokes Coral, which this March received both its investor and UK Competition & Markets (CMA) approval. Updating stakeholders, GVC details that its …
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