Sky Racing World to begin commingling of US with UK wagering pools

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Sky Racing World has announced an important enhancement to its content portfolio of international racing by facilitating the commingling of USA wagering pools into pools hosted in the United Kingdom by Arena Racing Company. The commingling of pools commenced Tuesday, 30 August for United Kingdom Greyhound racing product provided by Arena Racing Company and simulcast across the USA by Sky Racing World.

The addition of UK Greyhound Racing product builds upon the existing portfolio of Greyhound Racing offered by Sky Racing World with the simulcast of Australian Greyhound Racing having been distributed in the USA since June 2020. USA Greyhound racing fans will be excited to now able to experience quality United Kingdom Greyhound racing product seven days a week, from a variety of new locations including Nottingham, Great Yarmouth, Kinsley, Newcastle, Perry Barr, Sunderland, and Swindon.

UK Greyhound Racing Schedule (Thursday 1st September):
Nottingham. First Race 6:06am ET/ 3:06am PT
Newcastle. First Race 9:04am ET / 6:04am PT
Swindon. First Race 9:27am ET / 6:27am PT
Sunderland. First Race 1:19pm ET / 10:19am PT
Perry Barr. First Race 1:26pm ET / 10:26am PT

US players will be able to access the United Kingdom Greyhound wagering pools via Advance-Deposit Wagering (ADW) partners who offer wagering on Greyhounds. At launch, the wagering bet types offered will be Win, Place, Exacta and Trifecta. The commingling of pools will no doubt provide improved liquidity, greater stability of odds and a more attractive wagering proposition to players on both sides of the pond.

David Haslett, CEO of Sky Racing World, stated: “We are proud to introduce the simulcast of UK Greyhound racing to the USA and believe the commingling of pools will provide a boost to wagering play which will benefit handicappers and the UK Greyhound Racing Industry.”

Mark Kingston, Director of Media Technology and Production at ARC, said, “We are delighted to work with Sky Racing World in this new partnership which will showcase our high-quality greyhound product to customers in the USA. We will drive a number of benefits to punters in both the USA and UK, including improved liquidity to the pools.”

All races will be live-streamed on the new Sky Racing World App, skyracingworld.com and major ADW platforms.