Jim Munro
Jim Munro is a betting industry and gambling expert who has been a national newspaper journalist for over 30 years, predominantly at The Sunday Times and The Sun, where he wrote a weekly soccer betting column. Jim also worked on the launch of Virgin Bet with Gamesys and was subsequently head of editorial at LiveScore, the sports media and betting group.

Posts by Jim Munro

August 12, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Entain has posted net gaming revenue of £2.63 billion ($3.34 billion) for the first half of this year, a 7% increase year-on-year or 10% on a constant currency basis. Among Entain’s stable of brands are UK sports betting sites Ladbrokes and Coral, while the firm holds a 50% stake in US sports betting and online […]
August 12, 2025 by: Jim Munro
LiveScore Group has appointed Enteractive to boost player reactivation across its two sports betting and online casino brands. Enteractive will work alongside LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet with the focus on encouraging players who have signed up but not yet placed a bet to become active, as well as motivate players who hold lapsed accounts […]
August 12, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Wynn Resorts has published a set of mixed results for the second quarter of 2025, reporting an increase in operating revenues and a strong performance in Las Vegas, but a decline in net income. The Nevada-based developer of high-end hotels and casinos posted $1.74 billion operating revenue for Q2 2025, showing a small increase of […]
August 12, 2025 by: Jim Munro
A Lotto winner in Australia has missed out on collecting their AUS$671,000 ($436,000) prize after running out of the time allowed to claim their winnings. The successful Queensland lottery ticket was purchased in 2018 from Golden Lucky News at Westfield Helensvale in the Gold Coast shopping centre. The lucky Lotto ticket scooped the AUS$671,513.12 prize […]
August 11, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Midnite has become the official partner of The Sun Dream Team, the UK’s largest commercial fantasy football game. The UK sportsbook and online casino prides itself on the fact it’s “not your granddad’s bookie” as it attempts to challenge the long-established brands in the UK sports betting market. The Sun Dream Team announced it had […]
August 11, 2025 by: Jim Munro
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced Hard Rock Bet as their official sportsbook operator from the start of the 2025-26 season. The multi-year deal sees the online casino and sportsbook become a Pewter Partner of the Buccaneers, the franchise’s highest partnership tier. Hard Rock Bet is Florida’s only authorized online sports betting site and is […]
August 11, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Sportsbooks in New York State generated $155.9 million In gross gaming revenue (GGR) for July, signifying a year-over-year increase of 10.7%. The figures released by the New York State Gaming Commission show that sports betting app and retail operators had recorded a three-month streak of double-digit win rates for the first time since mobile betting […]
August 11, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Ladbrokes is kicking off the English Premier League season with the launch of a new UK brand platform, Ladisfaction, promoted  in conjunction with newly appointed lead creative agency, Atomic London. The popular UK betting site is heralding the new platform with a series of television and radio advertisements and digital activations, timed to coincide with […]
August 8, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Super Group has recorded its highest ever quarterly revenue, posting $597.4 million for Q2 2025. That represents a 30% increase on the $446.5 million declared for the same period last year and the company also reported a 78% increase in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) to $157 million. The Guernsey-headquartered firm […]
August 8, 2025 by: Jim Munro
SBK has been announced as the official UK betting partner of English Football League club Huddersfield Town for the 2025-26 season. The West Yorkshire club play in the third tier of English football and have become the latest name added to SBK’s growing catalogue of football partnerships. As well as its sportsbook offering, the UK […]
August 8, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Flutter Entertainment has reported a year-over-year 88% decrease in net income during the second quarter of this year, posting $37 million against the $297 million achieved in 2024. It has however been a period of building for the future with some big strategic moves and this was reflected in robust operational figures contained in Flutter’s […]
August 7, 2025 by: Jim Munro
  Light & Wonder has announced its financial figures for Q2 2025, together with the news that its shares will leave Nasdaq in New York by November to become a sole listing to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney. The headline from Light & Wonder’s report for the second quarter of this year was […]
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