The British Greyhound Racing Fund has, today, released its latest Reports and Accounts. Click the link at the bottom of this page for the full report.
JOE SCANLON, Chairman, BGRF
“The past year has offered a mixture of both optimism and pessimism. Optimism because GBGB welfare provision for the sport has never been greater and we have at last convinced decision makers in Government and in the welfare sector that greyhound racing is a good clean sport with ambitions to improve still further; pessimism because the gradual decline in our income seemed unstoppable and the effect of FOBT reductions, now confirmed for April 2019, looms large . . . . .
“Bet365 has been a strong supporter of the BGRF over many years and the we took a huge and welcome step forward when Ladbrokes Coral Group became the first major retail company to undertake to pay in respect of their digital business, effective from January 2018 – this includes BETDAQ. They have been joined by Paddy Power Betfair, Betfred, William Hill (all of whom are already retail contributors) and new entrant Sky Betting & Gaming: our target is to gain full support from the online sector.
“With such encouraging developments and the strong support of the Minister for Gambling Mims Davies we’ll be contacting the remaining non-paying companies in the near future.
“At the time of writing it is not clear what the effect will be on our bottom line but the GBGB has worked hard to produce a flexible budget strategy to meet a range of outcomes. ”
