Sports Betting News: 2023 Grand National Winner Corach Rambler Retired

Two-time Grand National winning trainer Lucinda Russell has confirmed that Corach Rambler has been retired from the sport. 
 
The horse was a brilliant winner of the iconic long-distance steeplechase at Aintree in 2023, but failed to get past the first fence this year. 
 
Read on as we look at why connections have retired the horse before assessing some of the other top stories impacting the sports betting industry this week. 

Corach Rambler hit horse racing betting sites extremely hard in 2023, romping home in the Grand National as the 8/1 favourite. 
 
He was well-backed again this year, but unseated jockey Derek Fox at the first fence. The horse then ran at the Punchestown Festival, but was pulled up. 
 
The two-time Cheltenham Festival winner will now head off to retirement, with connections believing the horse may have been spooked by his mishap at Aintree. 

Sportradar’s artificial intelligence-driven personalised odds technology, Alpha Odds, made a major contribution to betting operator trading during the qualifiers for the 2024 European Championship. 
 
The AI technology will be used extensively by football betting sites during the tournament this summer to ensure their risk exposure is managed efficiently. 
 
Euro 2024 is expected to generate more than €62 billion in global betting turnover, making it one of the most important events of the year for the sector. 

Better Collective has acquired sports betting media brand AceOdds in a €42 million transaction, thus boosting their footprint in the United Kingdom. 
 
AceOdds was initially a betting calculator, but has since expanded to incorporate odds comparison, betting tools, betting offers and streaming schedules. 
 
Better Collective will leverage AceOdds’ local expertise with a view to scaling the brand globally in existing and emerging betting jurisdictions.