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Virgin Bet named headline sponsor of Musselburgh Easter Raceday

SBC News Virgin Bet named headline sponsor of Musselburgh Easter Raceday

Virgin Bet has been announced as the headline sponsor for the Easter Saturday Raceday at Musselburgh Racecourse. The upcoming event – taking place 30 March – will include the £100,000 Queen’s Cup as well as the Scottish Sprint Cup – the country’s fastest race. Ric Leask, Marketing Director at Virgin Bet, highlighted: “We are thrilled to announce Virgin Bet as …

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BHA announces no racing on day of Queen’s state funeral

SBC News BHA announces no racing on day of Queen's state funeral

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced that all UK racing events will be postponed on Monday 19 September for the funeral of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The decision was endorsed by UK racing’s governing bodies, to allow horseracing stakeholders the opportunity to respect Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral that will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday …

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Winning Post: Hard lessons to be learnt in Kenya

SBC News Winning Post: Hard lessons to be learnt in Kenya

Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners offers its insight into some of the topics facing the gambling industry over this last week, including SportPesa’s decision to withdraw from Kenya, the closure of Towcester racecourse, and the privatisation of FDJ. Kenya: taxation and regulation – hard lessons from a game over Kenya’s tempestuous few years of gambling ‘reform’ has now apparently …

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