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The governances of William Hill Plc and Amaya Inc have confirmed that they have entered talks discussing a potential ‘all-stock merger of equals’, with a view of creating a global gambling powerhouse. Reacting to press speculation on late Friday, the governances of FTSE-listed William Hill and Toronto TSX-listed Amaya disclosed that initial merger talks had begun. Amaya the operating company …

Bolstering its European online casino inventory, FTSE 250 operator GVC Holdings (GVC) has announced that it has signed a major games content agreement with Microgaming’s Quickfire division. Supplied by Microgaming Prima Networks the GVC brands of bwin, partycasino and partypoker will be over 50 games titles supplied by Quickfire for their casino product offerings’ in the regulated markets of Bulgaria, …

London FTSE-listed online gambling operator GVC Holdings Plc (GVC) has this morning announced that Group Chief Financial Officer Richard Cooper is set to step down from its board in February 2017. GVC governance informed that Cooper has decided to leave the company in order to ‘pursue private business interests’. The operator has found a direct replacement for Cooper, confirming that …

Updating the market this morning, FTSE-listed GVC Holdings (GVC) has confirmed the appointment of three new senior hires to its online casino division.   Announcing the appointments, GVC governance confirmed that Rob Fell has joined as Head of Casino Product with Andrew Whitworth appointed as Head of Content. The new online casino team will also see Oliver Bartlett take up …

FTSE-listed GVC Holdings (GVC) has confirmed the appointment of Adele Lawton to the newly created role of Group Head of Bingo. Joining GVC Holdings, Lawton will be tasked with leading corporate initiatives and group strategy for GVC’s newly acquired online bingo properties which include Foxy Bingo, Party Bingo and Cashcade Network bingo partners. Lawton takes over as GVC online bingo …

Updating the market this morning, FTSE-listed betting operator GVC Holdings (GVC) has informed investors that it has agreed a refinancing deal with Japanese corporate bank Nomura International Plc. GVC governance has secured a €250 million unsecured loan with Nomura, which will be used to facilitate its existing €400 million long-term loan issued by Cerberus Business Finance. The operator had entered …

GVC Holdings (GVC) this morning published its half-year trading results (period ending 30 June), detailing a strong H1 performance for both GVC and acquired bwin.party brands which achieved double-digit growth on a constant currency basis. Updating the market, GVC detailed that pro-forma Net Gaming Revenues (NGR) had reached €439 million, up 8% (H1-2015: €407 million). Detailing individual brand performance, GVC …

Seeking to bolster its customer retention management (CRM) operations, GVC Holdings (GVC) has confirmed Israeli user management software provider Optimove as its new network partner. Optimove a specialist in automated and tailored CRM system development, will become the core retention platform for GVC’s portfolio of betting and igaming brands (Sportingbet, bwin, Party Gaming, Foxy Bingo). GVC had a prior working …

Yggdrasil Gaming will become a content supplier for bwin.party after reaching an agreement with the operator. The deal will give bwin.party access to the full Yggdrasil suite of slots through a direct integration, including recent launches Bicicleta, Wicked Circus and Seasons. They will also receive Yggdrasil’s collection of promotional tools, BOOST™ and the Infinite API™ for gamification. Yggdrasil previously had a …

Updating the market, FTSE-listed online gambling operator GVC Holdings has announced that it has received a licence approval by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to operate its online gambling services within the state. The approval will see GVC Holdings maintain the New Jersey online poker and casino services of subsidiary PartyGaming which has operated in the regulated …