Online bookmaker Betway has chosen Group 1 and Classic-winning trainer Andrew Balding as its new brand ambassador for the 2019 Flat season. Balding, as part of his new role, will offer his industry insights and tips as part of a regular blog feature for the bookmaker, which is set to begin with this week’s Investec Derby Festival at Epsom Downs …
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Danske Spil confirms Auning-Hansen departure
Danish operator, Danske Spil, has confirmed that it has launched a search for a new chief financial officer (CFO) after Allan Auning-Hansen has confirmed he will be stepping down. As of October, Auning-Hansen will take up a position at Joe & The Juice where he will become the partner and CFO of the juice and coffee shop chain. Auning-Hansen celebrated …
Read More »Scientific Games hires Jamie Odell as senior advisor
Scientific Games Corporation has strengthened its leadership team after appointing former Aristocrat Leisure CEO Jamie Odell as the group’s new special advisor to the chairman and CEO. Odell joins the company after an 8 year tenure at Aristocrat, where he oversaw the company’s market capitalisation, growing Aristocrat from a $1.3bn company up to a company valued at approximately $7.5bn. As …
Read More »Bet365 becomes the latest to implement GiG Comply software
Bet365 is set to be the latest operator to implement the marketing compliance screening tool, GiG Comply after inking a new deal with Gaming Innovation Group Inc (GiG). The compliance tool software is able to scan up to 30,000 web pages daily and will offer Bet365 a thorough list of locations where any of its brands are mentioned is compiled …
Read More »GLMS reappoints Ludovici Calvi as President
Lottomatica’s Ludovici Calvi has been reappointed as the President of the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) at the association’s most recent AGM in Antwerp. Joining Calvi, a number of other members have been elected to the Executive Committee for the upcoming 2019-2021 term. Kauhanen Sami from Veikkaus OY has been appointed, alongside EL Mechrafi Younes from MDJS as well as …
Read More »Mark Jarvis Racing forges new partnership with FSB Tech
Sports betting platform and systems provider FSB Tech has penned a new deal with Mark Jarvis Racing which will see FSB deliver turnkey sports-betting and casino solutions. The new alliance will give Mark Jarvis access to FSB’s sports betting platform, managed trading services, casino aggregation platform with marketing support and compliance services which wil subsequently be rolled out across the …
Read More »Women take the lead in gambling communications management
According to a new report published by customer retention specialist, Optimove, has found that more women had exercised the right to be forgotten under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented last year. The report found that 68 per cent of those who had opted out of data communications identified as female, while age also played a role – as players aged …
Read More »Buzz Bingo appoints Hope&Glory as communications lead
Buzz Bingo, operator of the UK’s largest retail bingo network has confirmed the appointment of London public relations firm Hope&Glory as lead communications agency. The appointment sees Hope&Glory manage Buzz Bingo’s press office, media contacts and creative communications for campaigns, running across the operator’s 119 bingo premises’ nationwide. Following a £40 million makeover, Buzz Bingo is the new brand identity …
Read More »Scientific Games commits to All-in Diversity standards
Industry workplace diversity, inclusion and equality program ‘The All-in Diversity Project’ (AIDP) has announced a major coup as Nasdaq gambling technology group Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) commits to its workplace standards, projects and practices. Updating the market, SGC details that it will collaborate with existing AIDP partners to ‘determine diversity, equity and inclusion expectations and standards for the gaming industry’. “Gaming …
Read More »Marathonbet named as sponsor for Windsor’s Summer Sprint Series
Marathonbet has penned a new deal with Arena Racing Company (ARC) and Royal Windsor Racecourse which will see the operator named as the principal sponsors of the Summer Sprint Series at the Berkshire racecourse. The Sprint Series is set to be held over the course of 10 famous Monday Night fixtures at Royal Windsor, with the £75,000 Final taking place …
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