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Betting Business Bulletin 30 July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ladbrokes Coral deal goes down well in City Ladbrokes Coral shares rose last week as the bookmaker issued a trading update which went down well in the City. A weak performance from the company’s retail sector was one of the features of the update, but it was offset by a better performance from digital […]

Betting Business Bulletin 23 July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Deal done: Ladbrokes Coral in agreement to end TRP blackout Ladbrokes Coral and betting shop channel The Racing Partnership (TRP) this week signed a media rights deal that ended a near seven-month commercial stand off between the two sides. The news means Betfred is the only major betting shop operator not to have signed up to […]

Betting Business Bulletin 16 July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Prize-money is set to rise thanks to government reforms Income and expenditure on areas such as prize-money are set to rise according to the Levy Board’s annual report, which was published last week. Government reforms to the levy system that came into force earlier this year have bedded in well, the board said. In his […]

Announcing the Racing Post API – available now

Racing Post has been syndicating data and premium content to a range of business customers, such as bookmakers, for a number of years via XML (Extensible Markup Language) feeds. More recently, the majority of new customers making enquiries about Racing Post data and content ask if we have an API (Application Programming Interface) available and […]

Betting Business Bulletin 9 July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Commission promises ‘robust’ action In the latest move in what appears to be a growing clampdown by regulators on the gambling industry, the Gambling Commission has said it intends to make sure operators put “the customer first” as it unveiled a new enforcement strategy. The key changes to the strategy, which follow a four-month […]

Betting Business Bulletin 2 July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wait goes on for gaming review after delay The wait goes on for the betting industry and campaigners alike as it was revealed last week that the findings of the government’s review of gaming machines will not be published until October at the earliest. Tracey Crouch, the minister with responsibility for gambling, revealed the […]

Betting Business Bulletin 25 June 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Watchdog says gambling firms load dice against punters The gambling industry faces a clampdown after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last week launched enforcement action against five online gambling firms including Ladbrokes and William Hill. The watchdog said the ‘dice are loaded’ against customers taking advantage of sign-up promotions offered by operators. As […]

Betting Business Bulletin 18 June 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Levy reforms blamed for Tote deduction hike Tote customers betting into the win and place pools are set to get a worse deal from the end of June after it was revealed the operator’s owner Betfred had decided to increase deductions. The recent reform of the levy system was blamed for the hike. From […]

Betting Business Bulletin 11 June 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Election shock could spell bad news for high street bookmakers The shockwaves emanating from Thursday’s shock general election result are likely to hit betting shop operators, if analysts of the sector are correct. Theresa May looks set to form a new minority government with the backing of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), but that […]

iGaming Super Show, 11-14th July 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]THE iGaming Super Show, the biggest single conference of its kind for online gambling, is set to take place in Amsterdam next month, with Event Director Shona O’Donnell describing it as a must attend event. The show, which runs from July 11-14, attracted 4,313 delegates last year but that total is expected to reach 5,000 […]

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