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Scientific Games to acquire Don Best Sports

9 Oct 2018

Scientific Games Corporation announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Don Best Sports Corporation and subsidiary DBS Canada Corporation, a global supplier of real-time betting data and pricing for North American sporting events. In a press release Scientific Games said the deal will expand its B2B sports betting offerings and add …

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Scientific Games to acquire Don Best Sports

9 Oct 2018

Scientific Games Corporation announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Don Best Sports Corporation and subsidiary DBS Canada Corporation, a global supplier of real-time betting data and pricing for North American sporting events. In a press release Scientific Games said the deal will expand its B2B sports betting offerings and add …

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GVC formalises chief exec’s view on pre-watershed advertising ban

9 Oct 2018

GVC Holdings plc has followed up on its chief executive’s comments at the weekend regarding more restraint in gambling advertising. CEO Kenny Alexander said in an interview that was widely publicised that he favoured the idea of a ban on gambling adverts around live football, before the 9 pm watershed. The company took the opportunity …

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GVC formalises chief exec’s view on pre-watershed advertising ban

9 Oct 2018

GVC Holdings plc has followed up on its chief executive’s comments at the weekend regarding more restraint in gambling advertising. CEO Kenny Alexander said in an interview that was widely publicised that he favoured the idea of a ban on gambling adverts around live football, before the 9 pm watershed. The company took the opportunity …

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Western Australia government to sell off TAB WA

9 Oct 2018

The government of the Western Australian province is introducing far-reaching gambling reforms, spokesmen revealed Tuesday, specifying the privatisation of TAB WA (the last TAB held by an Australian state government) and the implementation of a 15 percent point-of-consumption tax on online bookmakers accessing WA punters. Local media reports indicate that the privatisation of TAB represents …

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Western Australia government to sell off TAB WA

9 Oct 2018

The government of the Western Australian province is introducing far-reaching gambling reforms, spokesmen revealed Tuesday, specifying the privatisation of TAB WA (the last TAB held by an Australian state government) and the implementation of a 15 percent point-of-consumption tax on online bookmakers accessing WA punters. Local media reports indicate that the privatisation of TAB represents …

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Georgia operator signs up for games from 1×2 Network

9 Oct 2018

Slots, table games and virtual sports developer 1X2 Network announced Tuesday that it has entered the Georgian market following a content agreement with online operator Lider-Bet.com. Lider-Bet players will gain access to slots and table games from the supplier’s 1x2gaming and Iron Dog Studio subsidiaries, as well as virtual sports from strategic partner, Leap Gaming …

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Georgia operator signs up for games from 1×2 Network

9 Oct 2018

Slots, table games and virtual sports developer 1X2 Network announced Tuesday that it has entered the Georgian market following a content agreement with online operator Lider-Bet.com. Lider-Bet players will gain access to slots and table games from the supplier’s 1x2gaming and Iron Dog Studio subsidiaries, as well as virtual sports from strategic partner, Leap Gaming …

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New CEO for Nektan plc

9 Oct 2018

Gibraltar-based international gaming and platform provider Nektan plc has finally appointed a permanent CEO following several months with executive director Gary Shaw at the helm as interim chief executive. The Board has selected Lucy Buckley to fill the vacancy from December 3, allowing Shaw to return to Board duties as executive director. Buckley has spent …

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New CEO for Nektan plc

9 Oct 2018

Gibraltar-based international gaming and platform provider Nektan plc has finally appointed a permanent CEO following several months with executive director Gary Shaw at the helm as interim chief executive. The Board has selected Lucy Buckley to fill the vacancy from December 3, allowing Shaw to return to Board duties as executive director. Buckley has spent …

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GVC and MGM Resorts ink U.S. sports deal with tribal group

9 Oct 2018

GVC Holdings plc and MGM Resorts have announced they are to combine in a joint venture which has inked a deal to provide the United Auburn Indian Community in California with retail, online and mobile sports betting technology. The deal’s provisions are contingent on compliance with relevant laws in the Californian market. That contingency is …

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GVC and MGM Resorts ink U.S. sports deal with tribal group

9 Oct 2018

GVC Holdings plc and MGM Resorts have announced they are to combine in a joint venture which has inked a deal to provide the United Auburn Indian Community in California with retail, online and mobile sports betting technology. The deal’s provisions are contingent on compliance with relevant laws in the Californian market. That contingency is …

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Top slot game designer joins Aristocrat management team

9 Oct 2018

Celebrated slot game designer Allon Englman will join Aristocrat on October 15 as Senior Vice President of Game Development, leading a studio focused on creating industry leading content for the North American market. Englman most recently was with Scientific Games. He will be based in Aristocrat’s new campus in Las Vegas. In a press release …

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Top slot game designer joins Aristocrat management team

9 Oct 2018

Celebrated slot game designer Allon Englman will join Aristocrat on October 15 as Senior Vice President of Game Development, leading a studio focused on creating industry leading content for the North American market. Englman most recently was with Scientific Games. He will be based in Aristocrat’s new campus in Las Vegas. In a press release …

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NeoGames to provide William Hill U.S. with player account management

9 Oct 2018

Luxembourg-based iGaming and lottery solutions provider NeoGames, in which William Hill plc has a 29 percent equity stake, is to supply its Player Account Management system for William Hill US’s proprietary US sports betting platform, due for launch early 2019. The information came to light in a NeoGames statement Monday announcing the appointment of new …

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NeoGames to provide William Hill U.S. with player account management

9 Oct 2018

Luxembourg-based iGaming and lottery solutions provider NeoGames, in which William Hill plc has a 29 percent equity stake, is to supply its Player Account Management system for William Hill US’s proprietary US sports betting platform, due for launch early 2019. The information came to light in a NeoGames statement Monday announcing the appointment of new …

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Game testing agency certifies BetConstruct product

9 Oct 2018

On Monday i-gaming provider BetConstruct announced that its Live Casino software has met the stringent remote gambling and software technical standards of the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) after a rigorous test by the GLI agency. Holding an international accreditation for compliance with a range of ISO/IEC standards for technical competence in the gaming and …

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Game testing agency certifies BetConstruct product

9 Oct 2018

On Monday i-gaming provider BetConstruct announced that its Live Casino software has met the stringent remote gambling and software technical standards of the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) after a rigorous test by the GLI agency. Holding an international accreditation for compliance with a range of ISO/IEC standards for technical competence in the gaming and …

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Netent’s Coins of Egypt slot now available

9 Oct 2018

Following a period of exclusivity with the Betsson Group, NetEnt’s Coins of Egypt online slot went live across the industry on Monday October 8. Punters search the desert sands for lost temples and artefacts in the theme, which is replete with ancient Egyptian gods, Pharaohs, royal scarab beetles and Ruby Eagle, Emerald Snake and Golden …

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Netent’s Coins of Egypt slot now available

9 Oct 2018

Following a period of exclusivity with the Betsson Group, NetEnt’s Coins of Egypt online slot went live across the industry on Monday October 8. Punters search the desert sands for lost temples and artefacts in the theme, which is replete with ancient Egyptian gods, Pharaohs, royal scarab beetles and Ruby Eagle, Emerald Snake and Golden …

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Outgoing Dutch regulators critical of political delays in online gambling legalisation

9 Oct 2018

Monday saw the departure and redeployment of two of the Netherlands top regulators, Kansspelautoriteit’s  chairman and vice chairman Jan Suyver and Henk Kesler, after their six-year tenure in office came to a disappointing end. Disappointing, because their expectations that legalised online gambling would be approved and implemented by Dutch politicians in 2012 have yet to …

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Outgoing Dutch regulators critical of political delays in online gambling legalisation

9 Oct 2018

Monday saw the departure and redeployment of two of the Netherlands top regulators, Kansspelautoriteit’s  chairman and vice chairman Jan Suyver and Henk Kesler, after their six-year tenure in office came to a disappointing end. Disappointing, because their expectations that legalised online gambling would be approved and implemented by Dutch politicians in 2012 have yet to …

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BetSoft games for Soft2Bet

9 Oct 2018

BetSoft Gaming has further solidified its European presence, signing a comprehensive content agreement with multi-brand, multi-market operator and platform provider Soft2Bet. Under the terms of the agreement, Malta-licensed Soft2Bet will directly integrate all BetSoft games – including the Slots3 Series – across ten casino brands, reaching regulated markets throughout Europe and the Nordic countries. Soft2Bet …

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BetSoft games for Soft2Bet

9 Oct 2018

BetSoft Gaming has further solidified its European presence, signing a comprehensive content agreement with multi-brand, multi-market operator and platform provider Soft2Bet. Under the terms of the agreement, Malta-licensed Soft2Bet will directly integrate all BetSoft games – including the Slots3 Series – across ten casino brands, reaching regulated markets throughout Europe and the Nordic countries. Soft2Bet …

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