Month: December 2025

After weeks of speculation in the gambling industry the UK’s 2025 Budget was announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, which delivered a mixed result for the British Racing Industry. While the government pushed forward with big tax rises on online gaming and most forms of remote betting it carefully carved horse racing out of those increases. It said it was keeping the betting duty on…

The UK Gambling Commission has now lifted the operating licence suspension implemented earlier this month on VGC Leeds which is the operator of Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds. The GC determined the venue had taken substantial steps to address the serious failings in its anti-money laundering and compliance framework since the ban. The suspension was initially introduced following the discovery of significant breaches in…

Great Britain’s Gambling Commission has moved to suspend the operating licences of Deadheat Racing with ongoing investigations into suspected failures related to social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) laws. The suspension, which will take immediate effect, applies to both the operator’s remote as well as non-remote betting licences. Deadheat Racing which has its headquarters in London has held these licences since January 2015. According…

Evoke owned betting giant William Hill has announced a major retreat from international operations after confirmation of its withdrawals from 13 countries starting on the 2nd December. It was announced that 10 of these markets are in Africa which marks one of the company’s most significant regional retreats in recent years. People that hold accounts in Angola, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal,…

Arsenal remains one of the most historical clubs in English football, but it has now been over two decades since they last had their name on the Premier League trophy. Their most recent triumph came back in the 2003–04 season, an achievement immortalised in football history as The Invincibles. Back then Arsenal were managed by Arsène Wenger with the side completing the entire league…

Very few figures in modern racing history have achieved the mystique, notoriety and grudging admiration commanded by trainer Barney Curley. Born in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1939, Curley turned his hand at a few things before becoming one of the most feared and respected strategists in Horse Racing. He tried his hand at the priesthood, served time in the army and even worked…

The timing of Sky Bet’s strategic overhaul is drawing massive attention just as the UK government faces mounting pressure to boost tax revenues and consider steeper duties on the gambling industry. Sky Bet, which is widely promoted as the UK’s leading betting app has made the decision to move its sports betting operations to the Maltese branch of its newly formed UK entity, SBG…

Media rights have become one of the most influential areas that shape the modern landscape of UK and Irish horse racing. What began as a fairly straightforward relationship between racecourses, betting shops and broadcasters has evolved into a complex commercial network, where control of live pictures and data plays a vital role in how the sport is funded and consumed to its audiences. At…