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The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has banned gambling firms from using their paid promotions offering. It means that betting operators will no longer be able to run targeted, paid-for ads on the platform. While they will still be allowed to advertise on X, all promotional posts must be ‘organic’ – i.e. […]

The Gambling Commission has published their latest quarterly results for licensed operators in the UK. And the data does not make for good reading, with gross gambling yield down 18% in quarter three of 2025 compared to the same period a year previously. The total number of bets placed in high street betting shops fell […]

One of the Cheltenham Festival’s longest running sponsors has ended their 51-year association with the flagship horse racing meeting. Coral have terminated their long partnership with the festival, citing financial pressures in the wake of the government’s gambling tax hike announced in November. It’s a decision that will bring the curtain down on the Coral […]

William Hill have confirmed what they hinted at following the Autumn Budget last year: the closure of some of their UK betting shops. Evoke, the brand’s parent company, declared that shop closures would be an inevitable after the government went ahead with their gambling tax raid. And, after a strategic review in December, it has […]

The ongoing war between Betfred and The Racing Partnership over media rights has reached something of a truce, with the bookmaker to show the Clarence House Chase meeting at Ascot in its shops this weekend. Ascot is one of 21 racecourses that make up The Racing Partnership’s portfolio, which has been the subject of a […]