Star Sports is an independent British bookmaker founded and owned by Ben Keith, licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission under licence number 009177. It takes bets online at starsports.bet and through its app, by telephone, and in its own betting shops in the UK, including one in London's Mayfair. The company holds betting pitches at racecourses, including at the Cheltenham Festival, the Derby meeting at Epsom, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood. It sponsors the English Greyhound Derby at Towcester and horse races including the Brighton Festival and the National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell Park. Star Sports also runs a news and content site at starsportsbet.co.uk with previews, blogs from its ambassador jockeys Harry Skelton and Davy Russell, and its #BettingPeople series of video and podcast interviews with figures from the betting industry.
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A Racing Post count of every British race title shows bookmakers sponsoring 17% fewer races this year, with the cuts deepening after Remote Gaming Duty went to 40% in April. It lands three weeks before a Budget that may raise machine games duty, which would hit racing harder.
Vicky Foxcroft makes her first public appearance in the role at a Labour conference fringe titled "What Next for Gambling Reform: Time for a New Act?" Nobody on the panel has publicly opposed new primary legislation, and neither the industry nor punters are represented.