Bookmaker BetBright has donated £10,000 to the Irish Injured Jockeys Fund, after Ireland defeated Britain British 17-11 at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. The BetBright Cup is awarded to the country with the greatest number of Cheltenham Festival winners. Following the Irish victory, the winning BetBright Cup Irish captain, snooker player Ken Doherty received the trophy on the last day of …

The Malta Gaming Authority has appointed Heathcliff Farrugia as its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 24th April. He succeeds Joseph Cuschieri who earlier this month was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Financial Services Authority. Farrugia joined the Gaming Authority as Chief Operations Officer in 2014, and was instrumental in the transformation process which the Authority underwent. …

To minimise the time spent on registration, login and withdrawals when visiting Mr Green, the igaming operator is releasing a range of Express features. Starting today, Swedish customers can create an account with Mr Green by simply using their BankID. Existing Mr Green users are also able to use the express functions making both login and withdrawals. With this service, …

SugarHouse Online Casino has become the first US-based igaming platform to introduce Wyrz prepaid credit cards as a payment option on its site. A secure way for players to load money from their preferred cards into their account, it is hoped that the addition of Wyrz will make it easier for players to deposit when playing at PlaySugarHouse.com. “We’re excited …

GameArt, the slot game developer for the online and land-based gaming industry, has announced that its slots content is now available via iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform (GAP), with Italian and Romanian brand Netbet already live with its games. Longstanding partners, iSoftBet and GameArt have agreed for GameArt content to be made available through GAP, which boasts more than 1500 slots …

InBet Games, a global B2B solutions provider for gaming, betting and lottery operators, has agreed a deal with Armenia-based sportsbook platform provider VivaroBet, just weeks after striking a similar deal with online gaming software developer EvenBet Gaming. VivaroBet will now integrate InBet’s slots, lottery, poker, roulette and virtual betting solutions such as betting on dogs, horses, 3D dogs and Tron …

SBC News caught up with Thomas McBride, the Public Relations Officer for online casino and sportsbook brand MintBet, to find out what the firm can offer to an already saturated market; how its recently-launched affiliate programme is faring; and which horses are worth backing in this weekend’s Grand National. SBC: Hi Thomas, for those who are uninitiated, can you briefly …

Esports Entertainment Group has announced affiliate marketing agreements with eleven esports teams. The deals come shortly after the Group launched its new esports wagering platform, entitled VIE. The affiliate esports teams involved are myRevenge, E’DRAGONS, Proud-Gaming, Aurales, Aequitas Esport, Eronic E-Sport, UAC eSports, Tigers-Roar, Esmaticx, GoasHax, Revise’Gaming. Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports Entertainment Group, said: “We are so pleased to …

KamaGames, the European-focused mobile social poker operator, has confirmed that its global player base now exceeds 100 million players, making Pokerist one of the most popular social games in the world. Having started the year with 95 million players, KamaGames has overseen growth of five million players in the first quarter of 2018. The firm attributed its success to continued …

GameArt, a developer for the online and land-based gaming industry, confirmed today that Italian operator Betaland has gone live with its portfolio of slot games. Under the distribution agreement with OIA Services Ltd, the company that operates Betaland, the brand will have full access to GameArt’s slot games content library, which includes Italian certified games such as Crystal Mystery, Wild …