The number of people working in the gambling industry plummeted by 15 per cent between March 2010 and September 2013, Gambling Commission statistics reveal. There were 122,339 employees as of March 31st 2010, versus a reported 104,137 by the end of September last year. This represents a loss of 18,202 or 14.87 per cent, with the biggest decreases seen in …

Manchester United have often vowed that Old Trafford will never be renamed despite reportedly being offered in the region £500m for the privelege. In 2013 a deal was arranged with Aon for the club’s training ground to be renamed Aon training complex. United will earn around £15m per year during the eight year deal but Ed Woodward was quick to …

21 year-old Ollie Silverton is living the high life in Brazil, after scooping Titan Bet’s Best Job in the World. The Durham University sports studies graduate won the all expenses paid trip to the World Cup, eight match tickets, and will be paid a salary of £4000 for his coverage, which includes blog and video analysis. His next live game …

The second installment of the BetWay Stories television adverts has now been released with this one a promotion for its BetWay Vegas mobile sub-brand. Created by the Above & Beyond agency the ad is around half a minute in duration and features a boardroom setting of the directors of a casino company discussing their new competitor; BetWay Vegas. Rather than …

Borsa Italiana – the Italian Stock Exchange, announced on Monday that it had allowed gambling and sports betting operator Sisal Group, to list itself for open trading on their exchange. Gambling and payment operator Sisal, are one of the leading operators in the region, with reported revenues totaling €772 million (£614 million) for 2013.  Italian gaming regulator AAMS, reports that …

The Irish Government have submitted the final revision of its proposed Betting Bill to the European Commission (EC). Irish ministers are hoping to implement remote betting regulations and taxes on the online gambling industry by the end of 2014. The Bill will be reviewed by the EC, in order to comply with European anti-monopoly and ethical business practices. The EC …

igaming software provider, SBTech have added significant premium casino and virtual sport content to their powerful eGaming platform through strategic partnerships with leading gaming providers: Net Entertainment, Betsoft Gaming, iSoftBet and Kiron Interactive, in addition to Microgaming which is already integrated. To meet our operators’ demand for a more high quality and premium content, the explosion in online, mobile and …

The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the creation of the new AGEM Mexico Committee based in Mexico City, which will focus on issues specific to the Mexican market that affect a wide range of gaming suppliers. Current AGEM member companies with a presence in Mexico include Ainsworth Game Technology, Amatic …

Betfair informed Austrian customers that it would no longer take wagers on its betting exchange from July 14. The decision was undertaken after a review of the market by senior management. Betfair operates in Austria, under a regional igaming issued in April 2005 by the country’s gambling commission. Austria represents the firm’s second operational jurisdiction after the UK Betfair will …

Sportradar,  suppliers of sports-related data, is pleased to announce the integrationof its soccer data feeds into the Onefootball application for mobile devices. The cooperation with the world’s leading mobile football community, based in Berlin, started on June 1st 2014. With coverage of over 100 countries, 240+ soccer leagues and 40 languages, Sportradar provides the broadest soccer coverage in the market. …