888 Holdings has formally appointed Itai Frieberger as chief executive officer with immediate effect having served as chief operating officer of 888 since 1 April 2011 and as a member of the Board since 13 May 2015. Brian Mattingley, executive chairman of 888 since 13 May 2015, will continue to lead the Board as non-executive …
NMi was selected by daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings to carry out their compliance testing for the UK market. The company will test and certify the full range of DraftKings’ products across desktop and mobile platforms to ensure they meet UKGC standards. “We have had quite a bit of experience with fantasy products across Europe …
Social gaming firm Zynga announced the appointment of former Electronic Arts executive and current board member Frank Gibeau as chief executive officer. Mark Pincus, founder and current chief executive officer, will return to serving as executive chairman of the board. Gibeau has a proven 25-year track record having helped architect the successful turnaround of Electronic …
A Fanbet ad on Arsenal Football Club’s Arsenal Station domain garnered the attention of the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) this week. The internet ad which appeared in January showed three slide frames of text that said “The #1 way to improve your betting”, “Learn how to win” and the third, “save yourself” which was …
The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has published an updated Code of Standards for Advertising and Marketing Communications which came into effect today, March 1, 2016. Going forward, all gambling services advertising and marketing must contain a message to encourage responsible gambling and shall direct people to a source of information about gambling and …
Spain’s La Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB), the national sports association responsible for administering the main professional basketball league, Liga Endesa, has named Sportium its official betting partner for the remainder of the current season through to the end of the 2017/18 season. “This sponsorship strengthens Sportium’s commitment to sport, supporting this continent’s most …
Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has named Titanbet.es as its official betting provider for the remainder of the 2015/16 season into the next 2016/17. Titanbet.es, in its first sponsorship foray into Spanish football, will enjoy a strong presence across FC Sevilla’s digital properties, media and other official channels.
CVC Capital-owned and Leeds-based Sky Betting & Gaming released robust full year results for the year ending June 30, 2015 saying it had undergone “significant growth”. Group revenues grew 36 percent to GBP 247 million over the 2015 period with momentum not only continuing but accelerating during the first half of the 2015/2016 fiscal year, …
Betclic-Everest Group-owned Bet-At-Home AG delivered a strong 2015 full year analysis showing robust growth in gross gaming revenues and EBT despite additional tax burdens. Key performance indicators for the full year period include: – Earnings before taxes (EBT) amounted to Euro 32.9 million (FY 2014: Euro 27.5 million). – Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) …
The Reuters news agency reports that the Chinese gambling island of Macau posted its best monthly gambling revenue performance since October last year Tuesday, boosted by an increase in tourist numbers over the Lunar New Year holiday. The regulator reported that growth in gambling revenue dropped just 0.1 percent to 19.5 billion patacas ($2.4 billion)…better …
Microsoft, as the original $1 million dollar sponsor of the 2016 Halo World Championships, made a canny move in opening up the sponsorship in a global crowdfunding initiative earlier this year – it paid off, boosting the available prize money to $2.5 million, and the appeal of the contest to both eSport spectators and top …
It’s debatable whether legal counsel for the Georgia Lottery Corporation, Joseph Kim, sought the opinion of state Attorney General Sam Olen on daily fantasy sports because the lottery was considering DFS as a business, or whether it wanted to kill off a potential source of competition…either way, the answer came back this week: in the …
Romanian operator SuperBet has taken on a suite of virtual sports from Vermantia. SuperBet will initially launch Vermantia’s Virtual Games Suite of 12 plus games through it online channel followed by its Retail Network of 500 points of sale. Vermantia’s virtual football, horse racing, cycling and motor racing products will be the first to roll-out. …
Genesis Gaming has previewed a new release titled “The Great Cashby”, a 25-line, 5-reel video slot themed on the roaring 20’s. The game, available in Flash and HTML, features a back room bar bonus that invites players into a hidden speakeasy where a bartender offers up to X48 multiplier. Other features include stacked Wilds and …
Closely following the completion of the integration of Playson titles on Quickfire, powered by Microgaming (see previous report), the Malta-based developer has announced a further integration of its content on Iforium’s GameFlex and Mr Green’s gaming platforms. “Iforium have built an excellent relationship with the Playson team which helped secure a rapid integration and I …
Novomatic and Sazka Group, who represents Czech investment groups KKCG and EMMA CAPITAL, have agreed to join forces in a long-term strategic partnership of equals that will see their respective shares in Casinos Austria AG and Austrian Lotteries – already acquired or to be acquired – pooled into a joint-venture company. The agreement, which complies …
Payment services provider SafeCharge has been named preferred payments partner for online deposits and withdrawals by major Romanian sports betting operator SuperBet. Under the terms of the deal SafeCharge’s complete Personalised Cashier will be integrated into SuperBet’s platform. “SuperBet demonstrates their trust in SafeCharge by partnering with us to take their existing land-based business to …
Virtual sports provider Inspired has launched its Virtual Sports products with Novomatic Group’s Admiral Interactive in Italy. Admiral, who has over 50 shops across Italy, will offer eleven of Inspired’s games including football, horses, greyhounds and motor racing products. In related news, Inspired is said to be heartened by recent changes to Italy’s betting legislation …
Neill Garfield has left BoyleSports where he served as chief marketing officer for just over a year. Garfield has seemingly struck out on his own and is listed as an Independent Executive Problem Solver catering to “a wide set of clients” in the platform audit, Market Go/No and acquisition marketing audit areas, on LinkedIn.
Gambling giant Paddy Power Group was humbled by a very public statement and a hefty monetary contribution to the UK Gambling Commission in relation to failings in its anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls identified in a report released today (Monday). The UK Gambling Commission cautioned other operators saying they would be wise to learn …
Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, welcomed its latest development partner Playson following the completion of technical integration of a range of HD slot titles. “It is great to have Playson on board as a Quickfire development partner. Following a rapid and hassle-free integration, Quickfire now has access to their high quality catalogue of games which are …
It appears that the Scheinberg family – the previous owners of the Oldford group who sold to the Canadian company Amaya Inc. for $4.9 billion – remain adamant that they are not going to release money from an escrow account required by Amaya to fight expensive legal disputes . Our readers will recall that the …
Attempts by Australian online betting groups to liberalise betting laws, especially those concerning in-play betting (see previous reports) seem to be running into increasing opposition that includes the political establishment. Reports in major Aussie newspapers over the weekend warned that expanding gambling could have negative consequences for politicians in an election year, and reproduced the …
The Australian online daily fantasy sports and betting company TopBetta has secured valuable publicity and advertising opportunities through a deal with media giant Fairfax giving access to its Australian Community Media network of 140 websites, which serve 3.4 million readers. Analyst Morgan Stanley estimates there are around 1.4 million fantasy players in Australia. TopBetta chief …