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Jim Munro

Jim Munro has been a national newspaper journalist for over 30 years and has his own YouTube gaming channel, BadLadDad, with 30K followers. He has worked for many years at The Sunday Times and The Sun and latterly on the launch of Virgin Bet with Gamesys and as head of editorial at LiveScore Group.

Articles from Jim

Professional experience

Munro Media

Director

Jun 2015 - Present map

London

LiveScore

Head of Editorial

Oct 2019 - Mar 2024 map

London

Gamesys/Virgin Bet

Writer

Jan 2019 - Oct 2019 map

London

The Sun

Sports Editor (Digital)

Nov 2006 - Jun 2015 map

London

The Sunday Times

Football Editor

Oct 1990 - Oct 2006 map

London

All posts from Jim Munro (135)

Business

PrizePicks Partners With Polymarket As $1.5bn Acquisition By Allwyn Secures Funding

It has been a whirlwind 24 hours for fantasy sports specialist PrizePicks, which confirmed it is taking a first step into the contentious world of event contracts in the face...

Jim Munro

Financial

Starmer And Brown Ramp Up Expectation That UK Gambling Tax Hike Will Happen

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has given the biggest indication yet that there will be a hike in gambling tax rates in this month’s Budget, due to be delivered...

Jim Munro

Gambling

Turkish Football In Chaos After 1,024 Players Are Suspended In Betting Scandal

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has suspended 1,024 of its players including 27 from the Super Lig as it continues to investigate a betting scandal within the sport. This latest...

Jim Munro

Mobile

Flashscore Hits Goal With 155m Monthly Users And Passes 400m Downloads

Flashscore’s business is to report goals and now the live scores and media app is cheering one of its own. During a record October, Flashscore celebrated 155 monthly users and...