http://www.insidebetting.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:12:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The British overseas territory of Gibraltar has won its appeal against an earlier ruling the European Commission after a period of four years and will now be allowed to carry on charging much lower rates of corporate tax than the United Kingdom that has allowed companies to benefit enormously. Gibraltar is ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/gibraltar-wins-tax-case-against-european-commission/ The UK bookmakers William Hill have today announced a new sponsorship deal at Kempton Park Racecourse. The new deal will see William Hill sponsor the williamhill.com Lanzarote Hurdle in January and the Williamhill.com Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday 21st of February, which will form part of the gala ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/william-hill-sponsor-key-events-at-kempton-park/ Ladbrokes the UK sports betting company have appointed Chris Palmer as their new Corporate Development Director. Prior to this position he was the Managing Director of the Hesketh Family Office which saw him running the famous Towcester racecourse as well as running trusts and funds for the Hesketh Family. He ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/bookmakers/ladbrokes/new-corporate-development-director-for-ladbrokes/ The postponed International Hurdle which was due to take place at Cheltenham last week will now take place at Ascot on Saturday and will be shown live on BBC One. It is hoped that Champion Hurdle winner Katchit will be able to attend. Several races have had their times adjusted ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/ascot-to-host-rescheduled-international-hurdle/ An unusual amount of bets on the first round match of the Maplin UK Championship in Telford had been taken on the match between Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett this prompted bookmakers to suspend betting amidst fears of possible match fixing. A majority of bookmakers had suspended betting on the match ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/match-fixing-at-the-maplin-uk-championship/ Netplay TV has become the first interactive gaming company to secure a dedicated channel on Freeview. It will commence broadcasting its services that include Supercasino.com and Live Bingo from 8th January 2009. The announcement was made today that Netplay TV had acquired a license to operate a 24 ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/casino/netplay-tv-acquire-license-for-24-hour-freeview-channel/ The Internet Betting Exchange Betfair has outlined a new five year sponsorship deal that will see it sponsoring key races at Ascot including the Queen Elizabeth and King George VI stakes, this new deal will make Betfair the second largest sponsor in the racing industry, the state owned Tote still holds ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/betfair-announce-ascot-sponsorship-deal/ The UK based sports betting company Ladbrokes has appointed Peter Erskine as the successor to Sir Ian Robinson who has been chairman for Ladbrokes for just over seven years; Erskine had previously been the chief executive of the mobile phone network O2. He will take over as chairman at the company’s ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/betting/ladbrokes-appoints-new-chairman/ Gala Coral has reported losses of £403 million for the year ended September 2008. The figure is almost treble that of the previous financial year. Gala Coral currently operates just under 1600 Coral Betting shops, 162 Bingo Clubs and 29 casinos as well as its online portfolio, employing ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/bookmakers/gala-reports-losses-but-shows-growth/ Allan McGregor the Glasgow Rangers goalkeeper has had his fingers burnt in a failed nightclub venture with the professional poker player Tony Chessa, the pair had invested £150,000 into the Oxygen nightclub in Greenock but it has been forces to close after just over a year. McGregor a keen card player ... http://www.insidebetting.co.uk/poker/scottish-footballers-failed-venture-with-professional-poker-player/