On-course bookmakers in Britain are facing financial difficulty after racing was shutdown until the end of April on Tuesday, with one on-course operator predicting “there will be casualties”. That was the stark warning from the betting ring as layers face what will be at least 45 days without any trading, with some fearing racing will not […]
BHA chief executive Nick Rust does not accept that an extension of the current shutdown until the end of April is inevitable, even though the Covid-19 outbreak is not expected to reach a peak for 12 weeks. He stressed racing’s leaders are striving to ensure the sport will be in a position to resume in Britain as […]
Monday, March 23: Racing Post, part of Spotlight Sports Group, has focused on delivering all available global racing content to customers and partners during the current COVID-19 shutdown. The team has scaled up it’s service to offer a full suite of content from territories where racing is continuing, including the USA and Hong Kong. During […]
Education trust and Racing To School team up to raise gambling awareness The Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) and Racing To School teamed up on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival to help raise awareness about the issues surrounding gambling among pupils at a school in Liverpool. It was the second collaboration between […]
Spotlight Sports Group, the home of Racing Post, MyRacing and FreeSuperTips has announced it has agreed to deepen its video partnership with bet365. The partnership sees an immediate extension of exclusive sponsorship of the highly successful Cheltenham Festival series Upping the Ante, having delivered 1.7 million views and an average watch percentage of 42% during […]
Wednesday 11th March 2020 – Irish Punters are staying loyal to local Cheltenham Festival hopefuls and staking over 30% more on Irish horses compared to their British counterparts according to the Racing Post. It’s a strategy that has paid dividends over the last number of years with the Anglo-Irish rivalry tipped in Ireland’s favour with the continued dominance of top trainers […]
Spotlight Sports Group, the home of highly successful brands in the sports betting world including Racing Post, recently announced a new partnership with the Betfair Exchange. The partnership sees the launch of the new show ‘Racing Post Live’ covering the biggest horseracing festivals throughout the calendar year. Kicking off with the upcoming Cheltenham Festival, the […]
Spotlight Sports Group the home of highly successful brands in the sports betting world including Racing Post, will provide unrivalled expert horseracing content to the industry throughout the upcoming Cheltenham Festival. Delivering the best insight, knowledge, tips and verdicts on every race, on every day of The Festival. Over the course of the week, handwritten, […]
Entering a new decade, Racing Post Group made the decision to rebrand its corporate identity to ‘Spotlight Sports Group’ in a bid to better reflect its enlarged enterprise and new business services. Leading the realignment of five distinct business units into one core brand, SBC spoke to Spotlight Chief Marketing Officer Louise Agran about delivering a […]
ICS-digital’s Marketing Director, Martin Calvert, will be in attendance at the Prague Gaming Summit on March 6, speaking about how iGaming brands can prepare to attract Generation Z players. As one of the most important iGaming events in Europe, the Prague Gaming Summit features a wide range of panel talks and opportunities for delegates to […]
