The Sun has announced that its ‘Never Mind the Ballots’ online show will be sponsored by Betfair for its remaining coverage of the US 2024 election. Launched in March, Never Mind the Ballots is the new politics show from The Sun hosted by editor Harry Cole. The show is recognised as The Sun’s most successful online series, generating over 30 …
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Playtech Plc declares that it has achieved all corporate objectives of an ‘exceptional year’ for the FTSE250 technology group. Publishing its FY2022 results, Playtech achieved a record revenue result of €1.6bn, up 33% on like-for-like 2021 comparatives of €1.2bn. Year trading saw Playtech B2B and B2C units continue to register growth within regulated markets, generating respective revenue results of €632m …
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Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has secured a significant commercial upgrade to its existing content partnership with News Corp Limited. Since December 2022, GiG’s media division has led the editorial of sports betting and online casino content for News Corp’s flagship The Sun and talkSPORT properties. Following a ‘successful launch’ that has exceeded partnership expectations, News Corp announced that GiG media …
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Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has significantly expanded its UK presence having entered a strategic partnership with News Corp UK & Ireland Limited. The agreement will see GiG’s media division serve as the lead content publisher for News UK’s ‘premium sports’ portals of The Sun and talkSPORT. GiG Media will be charged with delivering in-depth and verified content to The Sun …
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Blexr has moved to strengthen its day-to-day media and marketing operations by appointing two new executives to join its senior management team. The Malta and Barcelona-based publisher has confirmed the appointment of Nick Walker as Chief Operating Officer (COO), joining Blexr from iTech Media, where he formerly served as Head of Agile Delivery. An expert in media operations and product …
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The Racing League has unveiled a range of media and sponsorship partners, notably announcing a multi-million pound agreement with News UK. As part of the deal between the newly launched horse racing competition and the media conglomerate, News UK will publish and broadcast horse racing content across The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times and TalkSPORT.. The Times will publish …
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News UK’s Managing Director of Betting and Gaming, Simon Collins, is set to vacate his position, with the intention of returning to the start up sector. Collins has over 25 years experience in the iGaming industry, having overseen the development of a number of brands across a range of verticals. He co-founded and served as Managing Director of Cashcade – …
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There’s still seven months to go but the US presidential race is already starting to hot up, as the ever divisive Donald Trump pushes for a second four-year term. For this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, SBC News looks at the role that the igaming affiliate is playing in providing data via its US-bookies.com platform. US-bookies.com is best known for offering …
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The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has strengthened its senior leadership team after confirming that Kevin Schofield has been appointed as Director of Communications and Digital. Schofield will join the BGC later this year, having accrued over 25 years experience in journalism by working at a range of media outlets including The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Record and The Sun. …
Read More »As the UK government enforces its £2 FOBTs stake reduction beginning this April, betting leadership is reported to be reviewing all options with regards to the industry’s presence on the high street. During the course of 2018, all major UK high street incumbents – Ladbrokes/Coral, William Hill, Betfred and Paddy Power established special units assessing the potential impacts of FOBTs …
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