Twelve months ago high street bookmakers were anticipating the new year with dread, unsure of what the future would hold once the government imposed a new staking regime on FOBTs from April 1. A year later, betting shop operators still cannot look ahead with unqualified confidence – life on every high street is hard – but there […]
Ladbrokes Coral have reported a good initial customer reaction to the two new ‘concept shops’ they opened in December and will evaluate their performance before deciding on further rollout plans. The new shops – one a Coral on Warren Street in London, the other a Ladbrokes on Stephenson Street in Birmingham – feature the latest in […]
Friday, November 29 – The 2019 SBC awards take place on Tuesday, December 3 at Battersea Evolution, with over 700 industry professionals attending. Racing Post is delighted to be shortlisted for two of the night’s top awards; Sports Affiliate of the Year and Best Land-Based Betting & Gaming Product, The recently launched Racing Post Digital Betting […]
28th November 2019 – Racing Post continues its expansion with a new brand – Pickswise – providing expert tipping content on US sports like NFL, basketball, hockey and baseball. Racing Post has been live with Pickswise since the beginning of 2019 and has experienced significant user growth since the start of the NFL season. Having […]
Our newly-appointed head of content marketing recently spoke to EGR about modernising Racing Post’s video content and embracing Instagram. Racing Post hired Ladbrokes Coral’s former head of social media Elliot Hackney to lead the publisher’s newly-created content marketing function back in August. Hackney has been tasked with increasing online output for Racing Post, while his new content […]
Friday, 8 November 2019: Racing Post has today announced a new long-term partnership with the UK Tote Group to provide content across a range of platforms including the revamped Tote Ten to Follow. The partnership sees Racing Post provide full support of Tote products and services across print and digital platforms and supply the pool […]
Racing Post and bet365 are delighted to announce they are teaming up to produce the latest series of the popular Cheltenham preview show ‘Upping The Ante’. The third series of the ante-post tipping show will see returning hosts David Jennings and Gavin Lynch joined by bet365’s head of racing, Pat Cooney. Launching on Tuesday 5 […]
April 1 2019 will go down as the day life changed forever for high street bookmakers across Britain. It was the day the swingeing cut in maximum stakes on the hugely controversial gaming machines called FOBTs (Fixed Odds Betting Terminals) was implemented. Following years of pressure from campaigners, politicians and the media – who blamed the […]
Racing Post’s industry-leading football packages have been enhanced with the addition of further key features bringing customers closer to the action than ever before. The unique football content, which includes coverage of all major leagues and cups from around the world, has been enhanced with the inclusion of confirmed line-ups, audio commentaries and new audio goal alerts. The pre-match betting-focused expert […]
Financially, due to the Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot being in favour of the punters, has it been an expensive year for operators? How does this impact the industry? “As we saw with the shock drop in levy yield this year, a low win margin for betting operators has a direct impact on racing. It’s […]
