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16 May 2013
Racing at Sedgefield took second place to a duck this week – after a mallard nested in its first fence and took the media world by storm.
TV cameras, radio reporters, local and national newspapers descended on Sedgefield after racecourse staff...
15 May 2013
New pop-ups which alert FOBT users to the amount of time and money they’ve spent on the machine could be introduced by end of the year, ABB Chairman Neil Goulden said today.
Similar pop-ups could alert betting shop cashiers to excessive use of a...
15 May 2013
SIS's commitment to restore greyhound racing to Sky Sports and simulcast it into betting shops is paying dividends for independent bookmakers.
With the fifth meeting of the series having taken place at Hove last night, the fixtures are proving...
14 May 2013
Living it up among the VIP guests at the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket earlier this month were Lisa Hyde and the entire team from her Coral shop in Peterborough.
Coral treated Lisa and her team as a reward for reaching the final of last year’s...
9 May 2013
A week after its UK counterparts, the French hold their equivalents of the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas at Longchamp this Sunday.
Unlike the Newmarket classics, the French races for colts and fillies are held on the same day – and both are live on SIS’s...
8 May 2013
New gambling regulations requiring operators to be licensed on a point-of-consumption basis could come into effect as soon as April 2014, after the Gambling Bill was included in this week’s Queen’s Speech.
The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising)...
8 May 2013
The winner of retail betting’s ultimate prize for 2013 will feel on top of the world after being crowned SIS/Racing Post Betting Shop Manager of the Year.
SIS has announced that the winner will receive an all-expenses paid VIP trip for two to the...
7 May 2013
Local betting shops are still the most popular place to lay a bet, according to the latest Gambling Commission survey.
A total of 74% of the people who had gambled over the past four weeks had done so “in person only”, compared with 12% online and...
2 May 2013
SIS, its customers and some of the biggest names in horse racing took to the golf course to help a charity which supports cases of hardship in the sport.
Racing Welfare provides help for anyone working in, or retired from, the thoroughbred racing...
30 April 2013
The longer days mean increased betting opportunities provided by SIS’s betting shop coverage in May.
Domestically, almost half the meetings broadcast from UK courses will be evening fixtures and with racing from South Africa earlier in the day...
Latest News
Racing at Sedgefield took second place to a duck...
New pop-ups which alert FOBT users to the amount...
SIS's commitment to restore greyhound racing to...