Leading global gaming technology group Novomatic, and Len Ainsworth, founder and majority shareholder of Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT), have announced that they have signed a purchase agreement for the shares of Len Ainsworth in AGT. The 92-year-old gaming veteran will retain his role as chairman, and Novomatic expects to keep the stake at about 53 per cent and retain Ainsworth’s ASX listing. …

Ladbrokes has signed a deal with Barry Hearn’s World Snooker to sponsor both the World Grand Prix and Players Championship tournaments for this year. The deal gives the bookmaker exclusive naming rights to the tournaments due to take place in Llandudno between the 8th and 13th of March (Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) and Manchester between the 22nd and 27th of …

As a result of an intensive review undertaken by an Independent Committee, Intertain has decided to shake up its management team. Chief Executive John FitzGerald will step down as CEO, while current CFO Keith Laslop will take on an operational management position at Intertain Bahamas. John FitzGerald has advised the Board of his belief that the core business assets for …

Game analytics and marketing platform deltaDNA and specialist big data and analytics consultancy Gambler Analytics have announced a strategic partnership which aims to accelerate the adoption of advanced player analytics within the online gambling industry. The partnership brings together Gambler Analytics’ industry heritage and big data expertise, alongside deltaDNA’s advanced player analytics tools and real-time CRM technology. This is designed to help operators …

ICE Totally Gaming 2016 was visited by 28,487 industry people, an 11.7 per cent increase on 2015, confirming the London showpiece as the world’s biggest B2B gaming event. As reported in InterGame, it was the seventh consecutive year in which the show has grown in attendance. The show also had 529 exhibitors from 62 countries. The figures are subject to an …

A former director of Walton-based Sportech is hoping to buy the firm’s football pools arm in a deal that could be worth around £100m. As reported in the Liverpool Echo, Sportech’s former chief operating officer Ian Hogg is one of several potential bidders for the group’s subsidiary, known as The Football Pools. He was at Sportech for four years until he …

Betway has been announced as the title sponsor for Betway Fight Night, a one-off exhibition in which Astralis and Fnatic – two of the globe’s premier eSports teams – will compete for a 4,000 EUR prize. The online bookmaker, who in August 2015 became the first firm to launch a dedicated eSports portal, will be offering a comprehensive collection of markets on …

Jim Supple, former William Hill Retail Operations Director and former Trading Director at Betfair, has joined UK operator Win Cash Live as Chief Operating Officer. Supple will be based at the company’s Bournemouth HQ and will lead the day-to-day running of the company. At William Hill, he led an operation of 2350 high street betting offices and a workforce of over …

The organisers of SportsPro Live are thrilled to announce the next raft of speakers confirmed to appear at the event at Wembley in London on 22nd and 23rd March. International Equestrian Federation (FEI) secretary general Sabrina Ibáñez, European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley and Eleven Sports Network founder Andrea Radrizzani are all confirmed to speak at SportsPro’s flagship annual conference, which will …

Late last year, The Football League and its primary sponsor and partner Sky Bet agreed a new three year title sponsorship deal. Sky Bet has sponsored the League since 2013 and this latest deal will commence in August 2016, running until at least 2019. We caught up with Ed Martin, Head of Sponsorship for Sky Bet, to reflect on the …