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Ladbrokes has been announced as the new sponsor of the Welsh Champion Hurdle, which takes place at Ffos Las Racecourse on Saturday 21 October. Revived by the West Wales racecourse in 2011, last year’s edition saw it shift from its traditional February schedule to a new October date, with a victory for Philip Hobb’s Garde La Victoire. This year’s feature …

As the long awaited triennial review of gaming machines stakes and prizes looms, it’s seemingly becoming increasingly likely that the result will be a crippling clampdown on the maximum stakes on fixed-odds-betting-terminals (FOBTs). Since the introduction of the Gambling Act in 2005, the political maelstrom that has engulfed FOBTs has inevitably intensified the levels of tension, and decreased the levels …

In defiance of the increasingly stern orders from the Spanish government, the campaign for a Catalonian independence referendum continues to gather momentum. Located in the northeast of Spain with a population of 7.5 million and accounting for roughly 20% 0f Spain’s current GDP, the Catalonia province not only has its own language and culture, but it also has a longstanding …

A full schedule of English Premier League football this Saturday gave bookmakers a severe battering as seven out of eight market favourites won their respective matches. Bookmakers have detailed to SBC that they are still counting the cost of ‘EPL Game Week 6’ (23-25 September), as punters cashed-in on heavily backed favourites Tottenham, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. …

Ladbrokes Coral have announced plans to unite its sports and technology teams to bring customers an continually improved betting experience. Named LC2 and located at Here East, which formerly housed the London 2012 Olympic media team, on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 140 staff of both brands are charged with delivering a range of products such as CRM, ePOS and …

Numerous gambling operators felt the wrath of The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in its latest round of weekly rulings. The decisions related to an advert that had been created by affiliate partners of 888, Sky Vegas and Ladbrokes Casino. Casumo Services was also censured for the same promotion. In total nine complaints were received and upheld by The ASA about …

iSport Genius has announced has a two-year extension to its current agreement providing a powerful consumer-facing data product to Ladbrokes Australia. The Australian arm of Ladbrokes has been working with iSport Genius on the operator’s Infohub offering since the start of 2016. The two are in the middle of a three-year deal and this contract extension means that the partnership …

Jessica Bridge from Ladbrokes has signed up to become the last Tipster Challenge guest and the final obstacle to repeat success for OneBet’s Sarah Shannon. Part of the PR team at Ladbrokes, Bridge has made live or recorded broadcasts across every major UK television and radio platform, including BBC News, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News, Sky Sports News, CNN, CNBC, BBC …

Speaking to Ladbrokes Coral Plc investors on H1 2017 performance, group CEO Jim Mullen has detailed that the FTSE gambling firm is ‘now delivering on its pre-merger promises’. Presenting H1 2017 results, which saw Ladbrokes Coral declare group operating profits of £51 million, Mullen stated that the enlarged operator’s ambitions and scalability were ‘no longer theoretical’. Throughout his tenure as …

After a record breaking Summer transfer window, bookmakers are prepared for the busiest transfer deadline day in recent memory. With the futures of Alexis Sanchez, Philippe Coutinho and a whole host of world class players all in a state of uncertainty, fans and pundits alike will be glued to the transfer window betting markets right up until tonight’s deadline.  Sanchez …