Camelot Group the UK operator of the National Lottery today has published its results and has seen an increase up to the half year ending September 2008. It has showed that ticket sales had increased by £181.3m an improvement of 7.6%, which saw total ticket sales reaching an amazing £2.559.7m. This latest increase has highlighted [...]

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In what may be seen as a shock move Gala Coral Group has ceased it’s membership with four trade bodies the Bingo Association, Remote Gambling Association, the Association of British Bookmakers and the British Casino Association. Gala Coral is one of the United Kingdoms largest gambling operators and insists its decision to leave is to [...]

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The UK and Malta based Stanleybet International has today opened its first branches in Greece, one branch in Athens and a second in Thessaloniki. The Greek market is currently dominated by OPAP who have maintained a monopoly in Greece and have promised to try and uphold this position. OPAP is the largest publicly trading gambling [...]

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The proposed sale of the state owned Tote this autumn has been placed on hold indefinitely due to the current state of the UK and global economy. The UK Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe said the Tote would only be sold at a time when the correct market value could be achieved and would deliver value [...]

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William Hill the United Kingdoms second biggest bookmaker has reported an increase of 9% in gross win in the 15 weeks ending October 14th in a statement today. This combined with earlier news about the recent Playtech announcement has seen an increase in the share price of William Hill of 21%. The strongest growth Hills [...]

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The search engine giant Google has decided to amend its policy on gambling adverts and will recede its previous global ban on gambling advertising and will allow companies to target the United Kingdom. The advertisements will be reintroduced to Google’s UK website (except Northern Ireland) from today. Google will start to accept adverts from UK [...]

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Paddy Power have today paid out on all backers of Barack Obama as the forty fourth President of the United States of America following the conclusion of the Presidential debate in New York. The shock move comes a full three weeks before the 4th November election day and sees Paddy Power paying out over one [...]

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The popular Isle of Man based online payment processor is due to change its name on 17th November 2008 from Neteller to Neovia Financial and be listed on the Stock Exchange as NEO (meaning new way) as part of a major rebranding exercise. The change is subject to the passing of a special resolution which will [...]

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Ireland’ss minister for Finance Brian Lenihan announced today that the Government will double the current 1 per cent tax on bookmakers turnover to 2 per cent, this will net the exchequer an extra €40 million.  The move was condemned by the Irish Bookmakers’ Association who said it will drive small bookmakers out of business. William Hill [...]

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Following several months of speculation it has been confirmed by the organisers of the Breeders Cup that the location for 2010 Breeders’ Cup will be Churchill Downs. The event will be held on the 5th and 6th November 2010 and is known as the one the most prestigious racing events in the racing calendar. The [...]

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