Greenhill Racing
“My wife may not agree but I now treat the off-course bookmaking business as a hobby,” says Chris Troise, owner of Norfolk one-shop independent Greenhill Racing. A hobby it may be, but as a chartered...
View ArticleDominic Ford on Bags and the ABB
In the second of a two-part feature, Chris Pitt talks with Dominic Ford about his roles as Bags chairman and vice chairman of the ABB Council. DOMINIC FORD IS a busy man, juggling his roles as chairman...
View ArticleToals Bookmakers
Toals’ Belfast shop It’s big, it’s very big; at 7,600 square feet – 7,588 to be precise – it’s the largest betting shop in the UK. Located in the former passport office on Belfast’s High Street, Toals...
View ArticleBambury Bookmakers
This is Arkle country. The town of Ashbourne, Co. Meath, sits just a couple of miles north-west of Kilsallaghan, where Tom Dreaper trained the greatest steeplechaser of the twentieth century. Make that...
View ArticleDominic Ford’s varied roles
In the first of a two part feature Chris Pitt talks with Dominic Ford, founder of Roar! Betting As CEO of London bookmakers Roar! Betting, vice chairman of the ABB Council and, since January this year,...
View ArticleRiband Racing
In a corner of the shop at Southampton independent Riband Racing stood five stacked boxes of soon-to-be-installed LED screens. The logo on them proclaimed ‘LG: Life’s good’. Not always, it isn’t. Pete...
View ArticleSP Racing a bit of Leicester in Wales
It feels a touch incongruous to observe the fox’s head from Leicester City FC’s logo woven into the sign above a mid-Wales bookmaker’s shop. Stranger still to step inside and find assorted items of...
View ArticleGordon Moody introduces programme for women problem gamblers
THE GORDON MOODY Association, which provides treatment for problem gamblers, has introduced a new programme for women with gambling addiction. Founded in 1971, GMA offers residential treatment...
View ArticleRossy Brothers – established 1929
At 69, racecourse bookmaker Ken Walsh reckons he’s in the process of winding down, although to see him in action at his local track, Beverley, one could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. His Rossy...
View ArticleJockeypedia
Chris Pitt meets the founder of a unique website THE AD FREE, no log-in required, Jockeypedia website celebrates its second birthday in June. Containing a constantly growing collection of over 1,300...
View ArticleBet bet bet 24/7: all the benefits of the internet on the high street
There’s a betting shop in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, bearing an unusual trading name: bet bet bet 24/7, giving rise to visions of round-the-clock internet wagering. But it’s not like that at all;...
View ArticleColossal’ show from SG Gaming
SCIENTIFIC GAMES’ LARGE stand incorporated the groups businesses of SG Gaming, WMS and Bally, featuring more than 50 WMS-branded and a similar number of Bally-branded products. SG Gaming demonstrated...
View ArticleComment
Comment by Mary Pitt THE NEXT GENERAL election is coming up on May 7. What it will mean for the gambling industry is anyone’s guess. The main issues have been the number of betting shops and thus the...
View ArticleA BET A unveils new technology
Ease of transaction featured prominently at A Bet A’s ICE stand, where new products and services were unveiled, each designed to make life easier for punters. Among the innovations was their new Smart...
View Article2DB: Leading the way with new retail outlet technologies
Steve Boffo, 2DB’s co-founder, reported business as being “an improvement on last year” and pointed to a bulging folder of potential clients. “This year it is very much the same in terms of video wall...
View ArticleDerby gamble of a lifetime
By Angus Dalrymple THE ENVELOPE BORE bore my name and address in bright green ink And confirmed what I’d been thinking for years. “To Gus Dalrymple, World’s Greatest Columnist, The Sporting Life, 93...
View ArticleFirst gambling industry SEIS launched
Experts from the gambling industry have teamed up with Innvotec Limited, an FCA authorised UK Alternative Investment Fund Manager, to launch the first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) aimed at...
View ArticleBailey’s target is “survival”
The Bailey’s Racing betting shop in Church Lane, Flamstead End, on the western fringes of Cheshunt, opened for business in August 2012. It’s the flagship of a Bailey’s Racing trio comprising Gidea Park...
View ArticleDavid Ross Fabrications celebrate quarter-century
David Ross surveys an alphabetical list of bookmaker clients for whom his company has provided goods of one form or another. He rattles off two dozen names and hasn’t got beyond those starting with...
View ArticleThe Premiership: half-time analysis
As the transfer window opens and the football season hits the halfway stage, Phil Judge compiles mid-season reports on each of the Premier League sides CHELSEA They have erred badly in letting Frank...
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