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UK media news source Insider Media, has reported that Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has agreed to acquire industry mobile games and content developer Core Gaming. At present Core Gaming is a key supplier of games content for SB&G operations. The acquisition will see the Leeds-based operator takeover Core Gaming’s games studio and development assets. Deal terms remain undisclosed, however …

Sky Bet is launching a series of short films before and during Euro 2016 to help ensure Roy Hodgson’s England overcome the dreaded penalty shoot-outs.  Created and distributed by strategic sports PR and sponsorship agency Heavyweight Sports, the #betterpenalties films featuring Matt Le Tissier will launch during this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament. In the first film English football’s best ever …

Luxembourg-based private equity  firm CVC Capital Partners has extended its reach into the betting industry once again with the news that it has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in Italian gaming and payments operator Sisal Group S.p.A. The acquisition will see CVC assume Sisal’s €960 million corporate debt, with the PE firm expected to make an estimated €1 billion …

Graham Martin has joined the board of SDB Games, a popular skill games developer quickly gaining market share. Martin is a third generation bookmaker who founded Bonne Terre Limited, which eventually evolved into Sky Bet, one of Europe’s largest and most successful online gaming companies.  Martin is joining SDB as a Non-Executive Director. He commented: “SDB games has several USPs which make the company an attractive proposition. It has developed a new generation of no …

This summer’s Euro 2016 Championships has seen a glut of new sportsbook announcements, but few are as intriguing as the plans between The Sun newspaper and Australian operator Tabcorp to launch Sun Bets. The UK market is no stranger to attempts by octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch to leverage the pre-eminent position of his business interests in the UK media …

Sky Betting and Gaming received applications from over 1900 candidates in just four weeks for the recently announced commercial graduate scheme. The company are also due to launch a university placement scheme. Over 120 potential recruits applied for each of the 16 roles on offer within the company’s financial, operations and gaming and betting teams. The scheme closed early due to …

Arena Racing Company (ARC) and Royal Windsor Racecourse have announced that Sky Bet will be headline sponsors of the new Summer Sprint Series. The Sky Bet Summer Sprint Series will consist of nine qualifying races run over five and six furlongs. Each race will be worth at least £10,000, including two £20,000 handicaps.  The Sky Bet Summer Sprint Series Final …

Sporting Index has joined ESSA, the regulated betting industry’s integrity body. By joining with Sporting Index, ESSA has added sports spread betting to its existing coverage of traditional fixed odds and pool betting markets. ESSA now has 19 members, and represents many of the major regulated international sports betting operators: the ABB, Betclic, Bet-at-Home, Betsson, Bet365, BetVictor, Betway, bwinparty, Digibet, …

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has recruited two Data Science Masters students to intern with the operator this summer with the aim of having them work on two projects; machine learning techniques to better safeguard customers and the development of a casino game recommendation engine to improve customer experience. The interns will join the company from Lancaster University’s Data Science …

It has been reported by Reuters that buyout group Centerbridge has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to bid for German sports betting group Tipico. The owners of Tipico are being advised by Rothschild and JP Morgan and final bids are due at the end of next week. The founders are selling up having run and grown the company since its launch …