SIS, a supplier of betting services to retail and online operators, has confirmed an extension to its greyhound service with additional races to offset the suspension of horse racing in the UK.
The coronavirus has hurt the betting industry increasingly in recent days with operators like William Hill seeing around 75 per cent of share price wiped out as sporting fixtures are either cancelled or suspended indefinitely.
The company said it intends to replace the British horse racing fixtures that were suspended by the British Horseracing Authority from March 17 following the coronavirus outbreak.
The rescheduled service has been designed to offer more racing at peak retail times and from March 23 there will be a revised SIS greyhound schedule in operation (Monday to Friday).
There will be an increase of 54 races to 532 per week and a repositioning of fixtures to optimise events in the 12pm-5pm slot from all of SIS’ British and Irish tracks.
