Betfair’s recently appointed chief marketing officer, Johnny Devitt, has called for a review of its GBP 15 million media planning and buying business according to Campaign Live. The media planning and buying review forms part of a broader review of the company’s marketing strategy. Devitt was recently appointed as CMO following the departure of Mark …
Various media report the imminent departure of Ladbrokes Group Commercial Officer, John Pettit. Pettit joined the company in 2012 having previously served in a variety of senior positions with Gala Coral Group and Gala Racing. Ladbrokes will reportedly not immediately seek a replacement.
Marja Appelman, head of the Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit, has been elected for a two-year term to the board of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF). Appelman’s nomination, supported by both British and Danish regulators, allows the Kansspelautoriteit to strengthen trans-national cooperation, leading to “more effective monitoring of safe and reliable game offers in the …
Mansion Holdings Ltd. has been awarded a remote gambling license by the UK Gambling Commission. Mansion said the license allows it to continue serving and strengthening its UK customer base for online brands casino.com, club777.com, LesACasino.com, MansionCasino.com and SlotsHeaven.com. “We’re delighted to be officially licensed by the UKGC, which is an important milestone in our …
The Reuters news agency has updated the available information on the projected sale of Bwin Party Digital Entertainment, reporting that around $1.7 billion could be involved in attempts to take the company over. In a new report, the news agency reports that the much-publicised GVC Holdings Euro 1.5 billion bid is in concert with Canada’s …
The UK Gambling Commission has released more detail on the proposed introduction of a new social responsibility code (SRC), which most operators would be required to fund, saying the Commission will go ahead with the introduction of the code following a supplementary consultation. The draft structure of the SRC was undertaken by a working group …
London based interactive media studio Fantasy Factory has launched its first title via the Odobo market place. “East Bay Fortune” is a 5-reel, 25-payline slot set in East Bay, San Francisco, themed on the glitzy lives of the rich and famous. Features include triggering respins, scatters, wilds and multipliers. The Wild Symbol replaces any other …
A Barclay’s analyst, Felicia Hendrix, said this week that predictions that the declining Macau gambling has almost bottomed out may be premature, but that the long term prospects for the region’s gambling operations are good. Citing persistent difficulties impacting the Macau gambling market at present – the crackdown on corruption by the Chinese government, and …
The common online casino games and Asian focus of online gambling software providers Inteplay and Xin Gaming has brought the two companies together in a re-seller arrangement which will see each offering the other’s games. Xin Gaming chief Mathias Larsson said this week: “This deal strengthens both brands in order to increase market share in …
Land and online gambling tesing agency BMM Testlabs has reported continued growth and diversification in 2014, posting a 6 percent increase in revenue and EBITDA up 17 percent as its planned expansion in Asia, Canada, the US and Europe continues. Chief executive officer Martin Storm said this week that despite international currency movements, the company …
Following media reports over the weekend that 888 is about to announce a bid to acquire rival online gambling group Bwin Party Digital Entertainment , the company issued a statement early Monday confirming its interest. “The Board believes that there is significant industrial logic in a combination of 888 and bwin.party, benefiting both companies and …
The investor publication Motley Fool took a look at the online gambling market this week, observing that research has shown that over the past four decades or so, gaming stocks have, on the whole, outperformed the market by around 2 percent per annum. After looking at a number of well-known online gambling companies, the article …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKHwfmXe_cY British newspapers over the weekend entertained their readers with vid from a Twitch feed which showed a young player losing it over an expensive hand of live dealer blackjack, watched by an online audience of 40,000 Twitchers. The gambler, identified as Chance ‘Sodapoppin’ Morris, lost $5,000 on the hand, triggering his OTT reaction after …
Unconfirmed reports that 888 Holdings has joined the scramble to acquire online gambling group Bwin Party Digital Entertainment surfaced in the Sunday Times over the weekend, quoting informed but unidentified sources in the City. The past week has been full of confirmed reports that GVC Holdings is the main bidder for the company and has …
PerfectPairs, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based GigaMedia, is to use next week’s G2E Asia show to launch its ClubOne social gaming platform and connect with potentially interested partners. ClubOne is an in-house developed social casino platform which consists of five different main casino game categories such as Online Poker, Online Mahjong, Sic Bo, Baccarat, Roulette and …
Minnesota legislators peeved that they were not consulted when the state lottery started online operations two years ago (see previous reports) finally had their way this week when Gov. Mark Dayton decided not to veto a bill calling a halt to the promising online activity. The measure allows online ticket sales to continue but halts …
Earlier this year NetEnt started to deliver online casino games and services to Full Tilt, sister company to Pokerstars in the Amaya Gaming group (see previous report); this agreement has now been expanded with the delivery of casino games to Pokerstars, and these went live this week. A NetEnt spokesman said Friday that the Swedish provider continues to expand its customer …
Speculation that the European online gambling group Bwin Party Digital Entertainment was in talks with a sale in mind have been circulating since last November, and rose to a fever pitch this week, with media reports sending the share price northwards. The name that keeps cropping up is GVC Holdings, which teamed up on the Sportingbet acquisition last year …
Five New York State Senate Democrats have urged the state’s congressional delegation to oppose Sheldon Adelson’s attempt to federally ban online gambling, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act currently tabled in Congress and at committee stage. The New York Daily News reports that the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference argues in a letter to the …
Mississippi Representative Chuck Espy is preparing the ground for the introduction of legalised sports betting in his state if New Jersey’s court battles to circumvent the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act are successful. Our readers will recall that New Jersey has for the past several years been locked in legal battles with the national …
One of the market leaders in the booming Daily Fantasy Sports vertical, DraftKings, has announced a new business deal with an American sports organisation, signing a 3-year exclusive agreement with the NASCAR car racing body. The agreement gives DraftKings the right to use the designation of ‘Official Daily Fantasy Sports Partner’ in relation to NASCAR, …
Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, who is a major shareholder in online gambling group Playtech, has extended his financial reach with the purchase of currency trading platform AvaTrade, according to a Reuters news agency report. The sale has so far not been confirmed, but earlier this week Israeli business media reported that negotiations were nearing completion …
Winning online punters at NetEnt-powered online casinos were handsomely rewarded in April, with three millionaire-plus jackpots won for a total of Euro 11.9 million. The largest of the pooled jackpots fell on the Hall of Gods progressive slot when a player landed a massive Euro 7.8 million playing on Betsson.com. Guts.com reported one of its …
The Montreal-based Amaya Gaming online gambling group has posted a significant rise in revenue and adjusted profit for Q1-2015, principally due to the performance of its $4.9 billion Pokerstars-Rational Group acquisition. Amaya has been selling or spinning off its non-core subsidiaries in recent months, disposing of B2B operations like Diamond Game, Chartwell Technology, CryptoLogic Limited …