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Flutter Entertainment
is well positioned to drive "above average" synergies in Brazil, given the market's growth, according to analysts at JMP Securities. It said: "Brazil, with a population of 200 million, operates a gaming industry in the grey market, and after years of ongoing negotiations among regulators and politicians, it will convert into a tax-paying, legal market. When jurisdictions go from grey to green, the size of the (total addressable market) increases substantially with higher investment from market participants, including marketing and media partnerships coming to the surface.”
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LiveScore Group
has named Dominic Vye as the new MD of
LiveScore
and
Virgin Bet
. He was previously marketing and strategy director at
Entain
for Latin America and Iberia. He said: "I’m eager to drive growth and lead the exciting marketing campaigns and initiatives already under way.”
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CopyBet
is the title sponsor of the November Racing Weekend. The two-day meeting at #Ascot, from November 22-23, is the operator's first horse racing sponsorship. Business development manager Anton Ivanov said: "We are thrilled to support Ascot Racecourse by sponsoring the CopyBet November Racing Weekend, our first-ever event sponsorship in horse racing. We’re excited to engage with fans and to see the CopyBet brand throughout such an iconic racecourse.”
- Next year's #Cheltenham Festival will have three extra handicaps, the #JockeyClub revealed amid a raft of changes. Cheltenham MD Ian Renton said: "The Cheltenham Festival is the very pinnacle of our sport and the best-attended and most prestigious jump meeting anywhere in the world. As with any major event, it is important to evolve and improve to ensure everyone who joins us throughout the week has the best possible experience. As part of the process of reviewing this year's festival we analysed data and extensive feedback, including surveys, one-to-one meetings and focus group sessions to seek views ranging from those who come every year all the way through to people who have never visited the festival to find out why. Throughout the course of this review process there have been three distinct strands which have been impossible to ignore – value for money, the need to provide the best experience possible and the competitiveness of the race programme."
- Constitution Hill doesn't need to raise his level to retain his
Unibet
Champion Hurdle crown, Nicky Henderson said as he voiced his hopes Michael Buckley's star can clean up this season and extend his perfect record. The seven-year-old is due back at the end of November after having wind surgery in the summer.
- Frankie Dettori will return quickly from a dislocated shoulder injury - and is already looking forward to the Breeders' Cup. He was taken to hospital after falling in the stalls at Aqueduct but has been given the all-clear after tests.?
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