Rumours are floating around the industry about the potential sale of Irelands biggest independent bookmaker, Boylesports. Obviously at this point in time everything is still very hush hush, but Entain are reportedly an interested party. Entain themselves were the target of a failed take over bid by MGM last year, followed by another by DraftKings; but…
The University of Bristol is the latest organisation to carry out a study into some facet of the gambling industry, and their focus was on exactly where high streets shops are located. Unsurprisingly (for most people anyway) they found that the poorest towns in the UK had the greatest number of bookmakers. In fact, betting…
Paddy Power have confirmed that their sponsorship of Huddersfield FC’s shirt in the friendly against Rochdale was indeed fake news. Thank God, because it was full on fugly. The bookie is well known for its’ advertising stunts, so speculation was already rife after images of a Paddy Power sash laid crassly across the Terriers 19/20…
One of the biggest gambling groups in the industry, GVC Holdings, has said that revenue from online operations is up 18% on the previous year, taking the sting out of the loss of income from FOBT’s. GVC own Ladbrokes Coral so they know only too well the effects of the changes in regulations concerning the…
