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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William Hill PLC the UK based betting company has announced that Ashley Highfield will be joining their Board as a non-executive director with effect from 17th November 2008. Highfield is the current CEO of Project Kangaroo, the proposed three way joint venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 which is set to offer a [...]

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BBC’s gambling expert and TV pundit Angus Loughran, better known as Statto thanks to his appearance on 90′s cult TV show, Fantasy Football, has been declared bankrupt. It has emerged that Loughran has been unable to pay his creditors and was declared insolvent at a hearing at Manchester County Court on February 4. Details of [...]

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A record $10 billion was wagered on this year’s Superbowl, which took place in Glendale Arizona on Sunday 3rd February 2008. The game, which was between the unbeaten favourites the New England Patriots and New York Giants attracted the interest of people all over the world, with a record 107 million viewers watching the game [...]

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The UK bookmakers Corals in their BBC personality of the year betting have shortened Jonny Wilkinson folowing further heroics at the weekend against France and the prediction is he will be a certainty for the award should he do it again against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris. Wilko is as [...]

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