Betfair subsidiary TVG rebranded its recently acquired HRTV horse racing television network to TVG2 last week. TVG said it offers consumers and distributors an improved product following a rebrand that allows it to leverage its production infrastructure. “We’ve made good progress in integrating the two television productions, and integrating the brands was the logical next …
Paddy Power has hired Sarah Ellis Davies as marketing innovations director reporting to chief marketing officer Gav Thompson who was appointed earlier this year. Davies joins the gambling operator from Telephonica Global and O2/Telefonica Europe where she served in similar positions. Together with Paddy Power’s in-house innovation team, Davies will look for new commercial opportunities …
Online gaming operator DafaBet has expanded its relationship with the Football Association of Wales (FAW), signing a three-year deal to become FAW’s official betting partner until August 2018. The period covers the European Championships in France and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign. “Dafabet’s investment into Welsh Football through the Welsh Premier League and …
Playtech’s omni-channel content Playtech ONE has launched across Mecca Bingo’s complete product range expanding on its existing long-term relationship. The launch of the solution includes Mecca Bingo’s retail, online, mobile and in-hall bingo handheld terminals. “We’re delighted that this strategically important project has come to fruition following the nationwide software agreement we signed with Playtech …
Experienced marketing man Harry Lang has been appointed by Pinnacle Sports as marketing director. Lang previously served as interim head of digital marketing for Rank Group’s Mecca Bingo business prior to which he was head of games marketing for casino and bingo at bwin.party digital entertainment. He has also worked with WMS Gaming as their …
Online gaming firm Intertain Group delivered robust third quarter results across all four of its online businesses this week. Key performance indicators for the three month period ending September 30, 2015 include: – Group revenue of CAD 119.5 million (Q3/2014: CAD 13.7 million). – EBITDA of CAD 43.7 million. – Generated CAD 41.5 Million in …
Sportech PLC’s long-running GBP 97 million VAT claim appeal regarding its “Spot the Ball” game has been delayed “due to a lack of judicial availability”. The Court of Appeal will schedule a new hearing date.
Hong Kong Jockey Club’s eWin website went down over the weekend, frustrating punters and resulting in an estimated drop of 4.9 percent, or HK$65 million compared with the same race meeting last year, for the company. The almost day-long intermittent failure was described by most media reports as a “mysterious malfunction” that heavily disrupted internet …
Research specialist SuperData has issued a bullish forecast for the eSport vertical, predicting that annual revenues will soar from the current $748 million to $1.9 billion by 2018, with significant growth in Europe and the United States. The Asian region leads the market at present and is still growing, but is reportedly reaching saturation point, …
Grand Parade, the gaming technology company that has worked with Betfair, Coral, Bwin, Ladbrokes, Sky Bet, Sportech and NYX Gaming Group over the past six years has announced the appointment of online gambling industry veterans John O’Reilly and Martyn Miller to its executive management team. O’Reilly is taking up the appointment of non-executive chairman of …
Analysts predicted that the decline in Macau’s gambling revenue figures for October 2015 would be within the range 26 to 29 percent, and they were proved reasonably accurate on Sunday when the official numbers were released, showing that the year-on-year decline was actually 28.4 percent. The Reuters news agency reported that the decline was the …
An online poll conducted by the Leger research intelligence group among 1,004 US daily fantasy sports players has concluded that money spent on online DFS reduces the amount spent on casino and lottery games and tickets. More than 61 percent of DFS players said that their spending on DFS decreased the amount they budgeted for …
The persistence of the Malaysian police in their efforts to exterminate online gambling is well known, but it seems that demand for internet gambling is undiminished…and there are clearly operators prepared to take the risk of police raids. This weekend a property in a business park in Kuala Lumpur was the target of a major …
The Scottish Football Association has announced that online and land gambling group William Hill plc has agreed a new four-year extension as title sponsor of the Scottish Cup. The ground-breaking deal with the Scottish FA will also see Britain’s biggest bookmaker continue to be an official partner of the Scotland national team and become the …
South Korea looks like an increasingly hostile environment for illegal online gambling operators following national police threats this week that offenders will be charged with organised crime activity, which carries heavier punishments in the form of extended imprisonment. The police have also warned players on illegal online sites that they too will be prosecuted. South …
Fanduel CEO Nigel Eccles raised his head above the parapet this week by publishing an open letter to his numerous players acknowledging the need for “strong, common sense, enforceable” regulations to protect consumers, and noting that sensible state legislation has already been proposed. Whilst not specifying which legislative proposals he was referring to, Eccles commented …
According to a report on Fox Sports a new class action – the fourth against daily fantasy sports operators in the past month – has been launched against FanDuel by Washington professional football player Pierre Garςon. Garςon alleges in the Maryland filing that player “names and likenesses have been misappropriated” and that FanDuel “knowingly and …
Presumably feeling the pinch from fighting off negative perceptions generated by political and enforcement interest in its affairs whilst maintaining an aggressive player acquisition advertising strategy, daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings is reportedly seeking another $200 million in capital from investors. The Boston Business Journal reported on the funding drive Thursday, noting that the company …
Fears that arch anti-online gambling politician Jason Chaffetz might succeed in his ambitious bid to become the 62nd Speaker of the US House of Representatives (see previous report) receded this week following his announcement that he was withdrawing from the race…as it turned out just in time, because rival Republican Paul Ryan was elected to …
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement’s warning earlier this year that affiliate marketers who promote unlicensed operators in the New Jersey online gambling market could be prejudiced by such illegal activity (see previous report) has clearly influenced FourCubed, the parent company for Poker Affiliate Solutions (now PAS). In an email communication this week, FourCubed …
Internet gambling games developer World Match has released a new 5 reel online slot with a spooky theme in time for Halloween, revealing that it has translated Night Vampire to the HD online environment from the popular land cabinet product developed by Baldazzi Styl Art. The scary theme is presented with symbols that include holy …
The meteoric rise of daily fantasy sports, and its similarity to other forms of gambling, prompted Massachusetts regulators to come out in support of the vertical’s regulation Thursday. Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner Enrique Zuniga told the Associated Press news agency: “There are enough similarities to other forms of gambling that it warrants regulation,” whilst Commissioner James …
Figures for September from the Nevada Gaming Control Board show that gambling revenue rose in Clark County including 2 percent on the Las Vegas Strip to $504.8 million and 9 percent in the downtown Fremont Street corridor to $47.5 million, ending a three-month slide for the gambling state. The Board said Thursday that casinos in …
The acquisition of internet social gaming firm Big Fish Games last December is proving to be a valuable addition to US racing company Churchill Downs, which this week posted its Q3-2015 results. During the quarter, Big Fish Games contributed revenues of $103.5 million and adjusted EBITDA of $33.3 million. Comparing results to Big Fish Games …