Sky Bet has enhanced its social responsibility profile via a partnership with York Racecourse, centred on financially supporting charities across Yorkshire. The Flutter Entertainment betting brand will donate £20,000 generated from bets placed at the Sky Bet Ebor Festival to one of 22 Yorkshire-based charities, foundations and community groups. A shortlist of organisations has been written up as contenders for …
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Sky Bet steps up with minimum bet guarantee
Sky Bet has become the latest online UK operator, to roll out a minimum bet guarantee to its customers. The guarantee will allow punters to bet to win £500 on Class 1 and Class 2 races from 10am on the morning of the race. The new minimum bet, which also applies to restricted customers, means that Sky Bet has become …
Read More »Ladbrokes’ Donohue takes fifth place in the Tipster Challenge
Alex Donohue, PR Manager at Ladbrokes, landed his second winner in the final race of the day at Hereford to enter the Tipster Challenge in 5th place. The 4.11 points he collected from Long Call (3/1) and Lady Karina (11/10) put him between Coral’s John Hill and Sky Bet’s Michael Shinners in the latest standings. This meant that Stephen Harris …
Read More »Timeform records second highest weekly total at Leicester
Timeform collected the second highest weekly total with 9.00 points at Leicester, which took their average to 3.81 points over the first 10 weeks of Tipster Challenge action. Unfortunately for Timeform, they still dropped a place to seventh behind this week’s guest Stuart Tilly. The CEO from Argyll Entertainment called a 4/1 winner in Gray Day to land in sixth place in …
Read More »Coral’s John Hill takes the Tipster Challenge at Fakenham
John Hill, PR Manager at Coral, has accepted the Tipster Challenge at Fakenham this week. He becomes the fourth industry guest to provide tips, following on from Ed Nicholson of Unibet, Michael Shinners of Sky Bet and Alan Alger of Betway, the current leader of the competition. Hill, who will be looking to beat the 11.41 points collected by Alger …
Read More »Alger represents Betway in the Tipster Challenge at Fontwell
Alan Alger, PR Manager for Betway takes on Stephen Harris from bettingexpert and Timeform in the third week of the jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17 at Fontwell Races. Michael Shinners assumed the lead in the competition last week, after collecting 4.00 points from a pair of winners at Wetherby. Ed Nicholson, Head of Unibet UK Marketing Operations, sits at …
Read More »Sky Bet’s Shinners takes Tipster Challenge lead at Wetherby
Michael Shinners, Racing PR Manager at Sky Bet, came in straight at the top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard, after collecting two race wins and 4.00 points at Wetherby. All three of our experts picked out the even money favourite Ballybolley, whilst Shinners was able to achieve back to back success on the 3/1 Sharp Response in the following race. Timeform …
Read More »Sky Bet’s Michael Shinners picks out his winners at Wetherby
Michael Shinners, Racing PR Manager at Sky Bet, takes on Stephen Harris from bettingexpert and Timeform in the second week of the jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17 at Wetherby. Shinners follows on from Ed Nicholson, Head of Unibet UK Marketing Operations, who managed just 0.73 points in the opening week. Timeform assumed the early lead after picking up two …
Read More »Sky Bet to sponsor Summer Sprint Series at Royal Windsor
Arena Racing Company (ARC) and Royal Windsor Racecourse have announced that Sky Bet will be headline sponsors of the new Summer Sprint Series. The Sky Bet Summer Sprint Series will consist of nine qualifying races run over five and six furlongs. Each race will be worth at least £10,000, including two £20,000 handicaps. The Sky Bet Summer Sprint Series Final …
Read More »Tipster Challenge Results – Two winners apiece at Carlisle
Michael Shinners of Sky Bet turned in an expert Tipster Challenge performance at Carlisle, collecting 9.5 points thanks largely to a 6/1 win from Tara The Tiger. A big thank you to Michael for accepting the challenge, providing detailed tips and giving another boost to a resurgent team of Guests. It was an up and down day elsewhere, as incredibly all four tipsters …
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