Tag Archives: Licensed betting Office
UK – William Hill confirms 700 LBO closures are on the horizon
William Hill has confirmed it has entered into a consultation process with retail colleagues over plans to close around 700 licensed betting offices. The group stated: “A large number of redundancies is anticipated with 4,500 colleagues at risk. The Group will look to apply voluntary redundancy and redeployment measures extensively and will be providing support…
UK – Red Tiger Gaming launches across Coral’s UK betting shops
Red Tiger Gaming has launched its market-leading casino games across Coral’s betting shops in the UK. The launch saw top performing online title Dragon’s Luck available for the first time via betting terminals located in the bookmaker’s retail betting shops up and down the country. A successful nationwide in-shop marketing campaign saw a wave of…
UK – Association of British Bookmakers at war over FOBT report
Britain’s bookmakers are demanding an urgent inquiry into a new report by the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) All- Party Parliamentary Group. It has lodged a complaint with a Parliamentary Watchdog over what it claims is a rules breach in not naming who financed the report. The report calls for a £2 per spin maximum…
UK – Ladbrokes up 34.4 per cent on half year results
Ladbrokes has delivered a half year operating profit of £52.3m, up 34.4 per cent year on year, well ahead of management’s expectations and driven by beneficial sporting results and improved customer metrics across the different divisions. The Euro 2016 football tournament helped drive revenue with the most profitable results being England’s draws with Russia and…
UK – Ladbrokes reports a loss for the first time in ten years
British bookie Ladbrokes made a loss of £43.2m in 2015, marking its first loss in a decade compared with a profit £37.7m the year earlier. The year ended with group operating profit of £80.6m, which was slightly ahead of expectations with better results in UK Retail in Q4 and somewhat stronger operational trends being the…
UK – SIS adds trading team to create ‘one stop shop’ for operators
SIS, a leading supplier of products and services to the online and retail betting markets, has launched a bespoke sports trading department for its UK and international customers. SIS Trading Services will provide pricing in tandem with SIS’ established portfolio of high-quality pictures, data and streaming products. The service comes complete with comprehensive pricing on…
UK – William Hill reports flat 2015
British bookie William Hill saw its revenues decline by one per cent to £1,590.90m in 2015. The group said that full-year group operating profit of £290m was in line with market expectations in line with market expectations and highlighted that revenue from its online core markets of UK, Italy and Spain was actually up 14…
UK – SG Gaming signs deal with Eden Bookmakers
Scientific Games has signed a four-year agreement with Eden Bookmakers (Eden), a long-standing independent bookmaker with eight shops across the Home Counties. Under the new agreement, SG Gaming becomes Eden’s sole machine provider, replacing Eden’s previous machine supplier. The rollout will start in November and see the installation of HD Infinity terminals across all Eden…
UK – Inspired to supply Virtual to Bookmakers Technology Consortium
Inspired is to supply its full Virtual Sports product suite to the members of the Bookmakers Technology Consortium (BTC). The BTC represents 50 independent bookmakers in the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, including Jennings, Chisholms and Corbett Bookmakers. As part of this agreement, Inspired will give each bookmaker access to its…
