Representives from the leading UK bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have issued a warning to the Chancellor that any attempt to increase taxes and regulations in the April budget will lead to job losses and shop closures amid fears that the government is considering a raise of gross profits tax from 15pc to 17pc. An [...]

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One of the UK’s largest Bingo Brands Mecca owned by the Rank Organisation have signed a shirt sponsorship deal with Rugby League side Wigan Warriors taking over from the previous shirt sponsors JJB. A spokesman for Rank released a statement, “’MeccaBingo.com is proud to be so closely involved with Wigan Warriors as well as the [...]

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The UK based bookmaker Ladbrokes has launched an advertising campaign started from 21st March aimed at encouraging punters to only place bets with UK licensed bookmakers, the campaign will appear in the Racing Post. A PR spokesman for Ladbrokes said “Very few advertisers in the Racing Post are paying tax or levy in the UK [...]

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Just ten years ago the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was covering 79 days of horseracing annually, by 2009 this figure has been reduced to just 27 and in 2010 the BBC plans to show just 14 days.  If public support for more days is highlighted then the BBC would have to honour its obligations as [...]

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Following the news from December 2008 that the BBC will only be covering 14 days worth of live racing for each of the next the years it appears the first high profile casualty has appeared.  The UK based operator William Hill who have sponsored key events at Ascot racecourse in previous years have confirmed they [...]

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The statement released by budget airline Ryan Air that they are considering introducing an in flight charge for toilet breaks has left most people speechless and a few people annoyed but for one punter its meant a great pay day. Last year the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power ran a campaign as to what fees Ryan [...]

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One of the UK’s largest bookmakers, William Hill have today reported that they have suspended betting on the next Premiership manager to go after an unprecedented number of bets being place on Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez. On Tuesday evening Rafa Benitez was showing at odds of 20/1 and was classed as an outside to be [...]

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William Hill the UK based bookmaker has decided to pay out early on the World Matchplay golf tournament next week by declaring Tiger Woods the winner. They will pay out on anyone who placed Tiger Woods to win as a single bet on the tournament before Friday 20th February. They will not however be pay [...]

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Dublin based CryptoLogic who have recently won Gambling Online Magazine’s Top Casino Software Award – for the fourth year running has today announced that is has signed a deal with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution that will allow it to bring popular characters from the DC Universe such as Batman, Superman and The [...]

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