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Presenting its year-to-date trading statement (period ending 30 September), Athens-listed industry gaming and lottery systems supplier Intralot SA has reported a strong corporate momentum, as the company reports growth across its core metrics. For its YTD performance, Intralot reports a consolidated group revenue increase of 13% to €1,085 billion. The company reported a strong Q3 sales performance in the US, …

Sports Information Services (SIS) has agreed a multi year deal to provide its new and improved greyhound service to Orenes. As part of the new agreement, SIS is to provide live pictures, commentary and data for both greyhounds and horses, across the operator’s entire retail estate. The Spanish bookmaker is to offer the service through VivelaSuerte.es, its online gaming and …

Updating the market, Italian betting operator Eurobet Italia will expand its virtual football inventory by launching Betradar’s ‘Virtual Football League; and ‘Virtual Football Nations Cup’ across all core channels (retail, online and mobile). The multi-channel agreement will see Eurobet roll-out Betradar’s exclusive virtual football content across its +850 retail points. The Virtual Football League features 16 teams playing 240 fixtures …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has informed that Executive Director and Regulatory Operations lead Nick Tofiluk has departed the organisation to become the Chief Executive of Cyprus’ National Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission. As a UKGC executive, Tofiluk has led the UK governing body’s regulatory operations since 2007, overseeing the implementation of a number of industry-wide UK mandates, regulations and …

UK National Lottery operator Camelot continues its executive leadership restructure, confirming the appointment of Wayne Pickup as designate Chief Executive Officer for its ‘Camelot Global’ B2B division. Pickup the current CEO of Lotto New Zealand is expected to takeover Camelot Global leadership in H1 2018. Pickup replaces former incumbent Nigel Railton, who this week was promoted to UK CEO by …

Camelot governance has issued further detail on implementing its four-point strategic recovery plan for the UK National Lottery, as the company seeks to overturn disappointing ticket sales and a downturn in fundraising for national charities. Further to the appointment of Nigel Railton as UK CEO of Camelot, the lottery group has outlined four key strategic objectives which will lead its …

Ron Hearn of JenningsBet has been crowned the 2017 Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the Year. The 57-year-old, who has a betting shop career spanning 40 years, the last six of which have been spent with JenningsBet, beat seven other finalists from Ladbrokes, Coral, Megabet, Paddy Power Betfair and William Hill. Hearn, who told the Racing Post: “It is …

UK National Lottery operator Camelot has today published its 2017/18 strategic review detailing major changes and initiatives for its operations and enterprise. Having undertaken a strategic review seeking to ‘return the National Lottery to Growth’, Camelot governance has confirmed the appointment of Nigel Railton as UK CEO. The appointment sees Railton the former Camelot International CEO, replace Andy Duncan (resigned …

Aiming to reaffirm the status of bookmakers as a hub of local communities, The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) are encouraging people to sign a petition in support of the ‘Back Your Local Bookie’ campaign. Citing the interaction between the staff and the consumers, the campaign aims to assert the belief of the ABB that ‘responsible gambling is at the …

The tortuous progress of the long planned AU$11bn merger between Tabcorp and Tatts has been eased after the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) gave the deal the go-ahead, for the second time. The case had been referred back to the ACT for a second review, following opposition to the deal from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and rival betting …