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Betclic partners Primiera Liga football club

31 Oct 2016

Following a similar deal with SL Benfica, Betclic has become the official betting partner to top flight Premiera Liga Portuguese football club Vitóriafor the remainder of the 2016/17 season. Under the sponsorship deal, Betclic will offer fans club-specific promotions and prizes including club player merchandise.

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Ultraplay strengthen management team

31 Oct 2016

Sportsbetting and eSports provider UltraPlay has made three key management appointments naming Metodi Zaburtov as head of eSports optimisation, Georgi Apostolov as head of sportsbook and Krasimir Kostov as sales executive. Zaburtov joins UltraPlay having spent the past 10 years with PartyGaming and then bwin.party digital entertainment in various positions, his last as live betting …

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Senior appointment at EveryMatrix

31 Oct 2016

Nicolas Fleiderman has been named chief operating officer of EveryMatrix responsible for the company’s commercial strategy, new business, customer growth support as well as leading account management, sales and marketing teams. Fleiderman is a Licentiate in Economics from St. Andrews University and holds an MBA from Bar Ilan University of Tel Aviv. “Nicolas is an …

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Eurobet launch Rush Football 2

31 Oct 2016

Virtual sports provider Inspired’s Rush Football 2 product has launched across Eurobet’s retail and online channels in the Italian market. Eurobet will add three channels in retail and six online to deliver Rush Football 2 along with updated versions of Inspired’s Rush Motor racing and Rush Horses products. “It’s exciting to see our premium product, …

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Codeta joins the live dealer sector

31 Oct 2016

Malta-based live table games pioneer Codeta.com has partnered up with Authentic Gaming to offer its customers a land-based live casino experience on their mobiles, tablets and desktops for the first time. The agreement allows Codeta.com to live stream games from international casino floors featuring real-world croupiers and actual players. The games are available to play …

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Free-to-air UK sports channel launched

31 Oct 2016

UK sports fans without access to cable television services have a new channel for sports coverage following the launch of Front Runner, a free-to-air, dedicated sports television service that will be covering a wide range of sports, including ‘niche’ activity such as mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding and others. Front Runner can be accessed on …

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New financial betting exchange launches in London

31 Oct 2016

30 years on from the 1986 deregulation of financial markets in the UK – the so-called Big Bang – the City of London saw the launch this week of what is claimed to be the world’s first online financial peer-to-peer financial betting exchange. Reporting on the event, the business publication Fortune explained that Flexihedge is …

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Massachusetts study of online gambling begins this week

30 Oct 2016

A study of online gambling mandated by the massachusetts legislature gets underway this week when legal and gaming experts join a group of lawmakers for the first time monday as part of the special commission on online gaming, fantasy sports gaming and daily fantasy sports. it marks the start of a process that could lead …

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UK National Lottery sales the highest yet

30 Oct 2016

The UK National Lottery operator Camelot has released its latest numbers, revealing that ticket sales reached GBP 7.7 billion in the year ending March 31, 2016 – up from GBP 7.3 billion in 2015 and the highest since the lottery was launched in 1994. Camelot reports that the increase in sales was driven by scratch …

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Online slot fans spoilt for choice with new releases

30 Oct 2016

Online slot fans have been spoilt for choice again with the release of four new slots from quality developers Blueprint Gaming in the Gauselmann group, Aristocrat, 2By2 Gaming and ELK Studios. First up is King Kong Cash, a 20-line video slot from the UK-based games developer Blueprint Gaming that features 5 full-fledged bonuses and 5 …

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Malfunctioning UK lottery app withdrawn

29 Oct 2016

UK National Lottery operator Camelot had an embarrassing experience this week when it had to pull a malfunctioning app that could have led to users dumping winning tickets. Sky News reported Friday that the Lottery has “suspended” the app, which lottery ticket holders use to check their results, advising users to re-check their tickets on …

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Last week’s cyber attack attributed to Mirai botnet

29 Oct 2016

Our readers may recall an earlier report in which we covered the growing the threat of the Mirai super distributed denial of service botnet being deployed with malicious intent by unknown groups, who had boosted the threat by posting the coding on hacker forums. The danger represented by Mirai is that it is capable of mustering …

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Social gaming continued to deliver for CDI

29 Oct 2016

Big Fish Gaming, the consistently profitable online social gaming arm of US gambling group Churchill Downs, continued to be the group’s best performer in the quarter ended September 30, delivering an 18 percent rise in revenues to $122.3 million, although actual earnings slipped by a third to $23.4 million, mainly due to heavier marketing spend. …

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Hope at last for German online gambling

29 Oct 2016

On Friday a press release from a German prime minister’s conference boosted hopes that the chaotic and frustrating regulatory scene in regard to online gambling policy in Germany may at last be on the road to a fair and logical reorganisation. The release notes that Germany’s sixteen lande (provinces) have reached broad agreement on a …

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Good third quarter for online casino operator

29 Oct 2016

The Mr Green online casino and sports betting group has reported improved year-on-year performance in Q3-2016, attributing some of it to the introduction of its sports betting service. The online operator noted the positive impact of a “broadened product range, a growing number of customers and a stronger market position outside the Nordic region” on …

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Betfair returns to UK television

29 Oct 2016

Online gambling operator Betfair has returned to UK television with its first advertisement in two years, launching a new campaign titled “Ready”. Developed by Lucky Generals, the lead creative agency for the Paddy Power-Betfair conglomerate, the campaign seeks to highlight the wide range of gambling products on offer at Betfair and features real casino footage, …

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Rumours persist on a Draftkings-Fanduel merger

29 Oct 2016

ESPN triggered renewed speculation on a DraftKings – FanDuel merger Friday when it published an article claiming that the two dominant players in the daily fantasy sports industry, are finalising terms of a merger. Quoting multiple but anonymous sources close to the matter, ESPN said an agreement was “imminent” and could be announced as early …

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Spanish gambling operator to help start-ups

28 Oct 2016

Spanish online and land gambling operator Grupo R. Franco appears to be emulating the William Hill group, announcing this week that it is to begin a start-up accelerator program for innovative entrepreneurs, which it has titled Wanajump. The gambling group plans to aid at least 30 start-ups annually in two categories dubbed ‘Incube’ and ‘Accelerate.’ …

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Coral launches player prop bets

28 Oct 2016

Digital Sports Tech, a business-to-business software provider of sports betting solutions, has signed a deal with UK online and land sports betting operator Coral to provide an innovative player proposition betting product. Coral went live today (Friday) with this new sports betting product under the brand ‘Player Bets’ and will by agreement enjoy a period …

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Pennsylvania House and Senate play online gambling ping pong

28 Oct 2016

The interaction between the Pennsylvanian House and the state Senate has become increasingly like watching a game of ping pong as the two political establishments wrestle with online gambling legalisation and court-ordered tax fixes in the dying days of the current political season. Our readers may recall that on Wednesday the Senate sent bill H 1887 …

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New technical standards for UK online gambling

28 Oct 2016

Online gambling service and technology providers, along with operators and testing agencies will be studying the new gambling software and technical standards proposal published by the UK Gambling Commission following a public consultation. The Commission is now working to refine the proposals and has asked for further input from the industry. Cliff notes on the …

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One year on, Bitcoin casino operator has a wider offer

28 Oct 2016

The Oshi online casino, which started just a year ago as a Bitcoin-denominated operation, has described its expanded activity in a statement this week, noting that in addition to Bitcoin it now accepts fiat currencies and has added new game providers to its roster of suppliers. The latest providers engaged by Oshi are Habanero and …

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Merkur online casino boosts games suite

27 Oct 2016

German company Merkur has boosted the games inventory of its Spanish-licensed online casino Merkur Magic.es by adding another 15 mobile games, bringing its total selection to 45. The site offers Merkur and Blueprint Gaming casino games, including titles like Double Triple Chance, Magic Mirror and Blazing Star.

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Online operator Mybet still struggling

27 Oct 2016

German online gambling operator Mybet has issued a warning to investors that it will have to reduce its forecast revenues for FY 2016 to Euro 43 – Euro 46 million (down from Euro 59 to Euro 62 million predicted earlier), indicating that the Frankfurt-listed company continues to struggle. The statement this week reveals that Mybet …

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