New UK Sportsbetting Paper 'The Sportsman'

Published: Saturday, March 04, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

LAUNCH OF UK SPORTSBETTING NEWSPAPER 'THE SPORTSMAN' IMMINENT

22 March is the big day for new UK sportsbetting newspaper

The formation and planning of a new UK sportsbetting newspaper branded "The Sportsman" has been the subject of previous Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports through 2005, and this ambitious project is now heading for the reality of a commercial launch on March 22.

Company spokesmen say that the new title is the first national newspaper launch in the UK for 20 years, and hopes to benefit from the large increase in betting turnover in the country over the past half decade.

The Sportsman will offer in-depth reports, results, inside information and betting advice to a targeted audience of sports and betting enthusiasts.

Publishing editor, Charlie Methven says that the growth of sportsbetting has created a real need for sportsbetting information and knowledge among gamblers: "We feel strongly that our team of more than 120 staff can deliver a service to sportsbetters that has never been on offer before," he said.

Company spokesmen revealed that the new sportsbetting publication has received "enormous" support from advertisers and commercial partners.

However, m.d. Max Aitken reiterated that the newspaper was not in direct competition with the Trinity Mirror-owned Racing Post, the only other daily sportsbetting-targeted publication in the UK.

"Inevitably, people will see the Racing Post as our nearest rival but in reality they provide a publication that is essentially aimed at the racing industry rather than the wider sporting public" he said.