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The field was reduced following seven scratchings made this morning, which included British hope L’Homme Presse. 

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) have agreed to a £375,000 settlement against The Pools - formerly known as The Football Pools - for failing to meet its social responsibility and anti-money laundering duties. 

Irish gambling operator BoyleSports have extended their presence on the British horse racing scene by agreeing to a three-year partnership for the Lockinge Stakes race at Newbury Racecourse.

Minner has been banned for 29 months for failing to disclose a serious injury while Molina faces three years away from the octagon for betting against Minner and failing to report the injury. 

Stoke-on-Trent-based betting giant bet365 have announced it will exit the Chinese betting market this week; despite China being believed to have been one of the company’s biggest markets. 

Former Premier League footballer, Dean Sturridge, has joined forces with gambling harm charity, Gordon Moody in an ambassadorial position.

Following the withdrawal of this month’s Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin in an earlier round of scratches, Intense Raffles has been installed as the favourite for the flagship race.

OpenBet are still running things until the deal is eventually finalised, which looks like it will occur towards the end of 2025.

This partnership means the betting operator will become the first-ever official mobile sports betting partner of the Cardinals.

The UFC and betting partner Parimatch have announced an expansion to their existing deal, which will see the bookmaker become the UFC’s official betting firm for the Asian market. 

Doyle achieved the milestone while riding Handle with Care to victory at Lingfield this Monday and the seasoned jockey looks to surpass Hayley Turner’s current record of 1,041 British career wins.

Metric Gaming have confirmed a partnership with Racing and Sports (R&S) to improve its horse and greyhound offerings in the UK and Ireland market. 

 The campaign sees participating MPs and peers given a free £50 bet on the result of the Grand National. 

Rhino Bet — a UK-based online sports betting platform — has announced that it will shut its services, this week, on Wednesday 26 March 2025. 

The Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA) has said that Premier League clubs Everton and Leicester are breaching the Gambling Commission’s gambling advertising regulations. 

New research has shown that two-thirds of teams across 31 leagues in Europe have at least one sponsorship deal with a betting firm. 

The odds have been updated for this year’s Ballon d’Or and they see Liverpool’s Mohamad Salah pushed out of the favourite position, following The Reds’ dismissal from the Champions League. 

The acquisition is set to be worth around $125m (£97m) and will extend Sportradar’s portfolio with sports betting rights and content that is currently in high-demand. 

In what was a year to remember for the bookmakers at Cheltenham, key industry figures reflect on the 2025 festival, with favourites falling and visitor numbers continuing to decline.

This year’s event sees some minor changes to the fences as well as reductions in both field size and course distance. Additionally, the prize pot has also increased to a staggering £1m with the winner taking £500,000.

As experts in analytical, betting and forecasting facilities, Sporting Risk utilises the expertise of an in-house data science team to provide leading price feeds for industry clients. 

VAR’s decision to overturn the offside decision against Federico Chiesa in the Carabao Cup final helped net one lucky punter £39,000 from a £20 four-way accumulator.

The House of Lords have vetoed the amendment to ban gambling and sponsorships in football, in the latest Lords debate on the UK’s pending Football Governance Bill. 

Four players from the Table Tennis England squad have been suspended after an investigation into match-fixing and betting irregularities during matches in Ukraine in 2020.

Lewis German has been hit with a significant 10-year ban by the Victorian Racing Tribunal. German has been found guilty of participating in a betting programme that generated profits of more than £125,000. 

Jez White served for more than eight years as Entain's director of player protection systems and analytics, shall assume the position of ‘safer gambling and sustainability specialist’.

In one of the most hotly anticipated matchups of the year so far, UFC London will see Leon Edwards takes on Sean Brady in the welterweight division.

One lucky punter turned £10 into £30,000 with a four-way correct-score accumulator with games in the Dutch, French, Italian and Portuguese leagues.

Darts player Prakash Jiwa has been hit with an eight-year ban from competing after he was found guilty of match-fixing and betting irregularities in the United Kingdom.

Steve, a Durham resident, scooped his 50% (£250,000) share of the mammoth prize following a £2 bet on ‘the greatest show on turf’ last week.

BetMakers Technology Group have announced an extension to its strategic partnership with UK Tote Group, operator of the UK and Ireland’s leading tote pool. 

The UK betting platform went live with the customer offer on Friday 14 March, enticing plenty of interest in the showpiece Aintree event which will take place on Saturday 5 April. 

Lord Addington wants to completely eliminate football gambling advertising on TV within the UK, in the next five years.

Coral have released odds on the next Premier League manager to leave with both a few expected and unexpected names having been thrown into the hat.

Next year will see the 23rd edition of the World Cup, and the first to be held across three countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States of America. 

A new report, designed by data aggregator Bettormetrics and news outlet iGB, has unveiled the UK’s most reliable bookmakers. 

To activate this betting service, users must select players from markets comprising the ‘Sub On Play On’ icon - other market choices are ineligible. 

Cheltenham Festival chief executive, Guy Lavender, anticipates worsening attendance figures for the third year running; citing rising refreshment and accommodation prices.

The new official BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase sponsor will be rewarding two customers with £250,000 each. 

More than 1,000 users were polled by Coral between 21-24 February ahead of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, which is set to get underway on 11 March. 

The assistant is available via the At The Races app and will automatically detect the horse’s name and bet details before providing a pre-filled betting slip for the caller. 

It was set to be a nervous weekend for the Irish supporters as they take on France, in Dublin, in what is arguably the decider to see who takes the prestigious trophy this year.

Designed in a collaborative effort between Racecourse Media (RMG) and Playtech Sports, this system will allow bettors to back runners via in-play terminals throughout all four days of the event.

The investigation was sparked by a bettor’s own two-year investigation into the company and its products. 

The world’s largest gambling company and owner of SkyBet and Paddy Power has seen its share price increase too.

Alex Pereira signed with Spribe back in January 2024, and the provider became the official marketing partner of the UFC in October 2023 - this makes Aspinall the latest UFC facet to join the company.

The operator's branding with be displayed on new digital screens and billboard displayed around the club's stadium at St Andrew's at Knighthead Park.

Frank Monkhouse weighs in with all you need to know ahead of the huge undisputed welterweight bout between Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price from the Royal Albert Hall.

Secretary of state for culture, media and sport Lisa Nandy has confirmed that the UK will not be following in Wales' footsteps.