iSoftBet, the London-based online and mobile casino games provider, has been granted a production and distribution of gaming software licence by the National Gambling Office in Romania. Romania is the latest regulated European market to welcome and license iSoftBet, with the company having already been awarded permits in the UK, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Portugal. The licence allows the company …
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PokerStars has expanded its sports betting offering with the launch of BetStars.fr, an Amaya Inc. brand. The beta version is now available to French sports bettors online at BetStars.fr, on iOS and Android mobile devices, and in the PokerStars.fr desktop client. The current beta version of BetStars.fr offers seven popular sports for customers to bet on, with plans to grow …
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Scientific Games has announced that it will bring its lottery instant games to consumers in Belgium. Following a competitive process, in which the company replaced Loterie Nationale, Scientific Games signed a one-year contract with the option to extend the agreement for an additional three years. The $80.4 billion global instant game category is expanding across Europe with an average of …
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A Bet A will launch MegaFan Manager for Euro 2016, a product which takes Fantasy Football into UK and Irish retail bookmaking for the first time. The service will allow customers from 1,000 shops to use their skill and knowledge of this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament to pick a team of 11 players with a fictional budget of £100m. Each …
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Genius Sports, a brand created from the merger of SportingPulse and Betgenius, has been officially launched into the sports and betting data sector. The company already employs more than 750 staff in 10 locations worldwide. SportingPulse, founded in 1999 in Melbourne, is well known for its sports administration, management software and basketball data collection. Since 2004 the company has worked …
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Sky Vegas have taken steps to promote a brand association with this week’s Grand National, by announcing a ‘Golden Ticket’ promotion in Liverpool that could net a lucky winner up to £10k. Bosses at the online casino have attached a winning Grand National ticket to a drone and released it from the skies. The ticket’s whereabouts is being tracked by GPS technology …
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The National Lottery are facing a boycott from gamblers, after paying out just £883 of a huge £28.6 million jackpot. New rules left players furious, as the promised jackpot was not won because no-one had all six numbers, or five balls plus the bonus number. These new rules make it harder for anyone to strike lucky, as shown by the …
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Chisholm Bookmakers have warned that the introduction of the National Living Wage may force it to lay off staff and close some of its betting shops. Directors also cited the high cost of horse racing media rights as a main cause for widening losses, and confirmed that a number of small shops closed during the year as rising costs made them …
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A year on from scooping the PitchICE Best Start Up award, Gamevy have won the Game to Watch competition at ICE 2016, beating off stiff competition from some hot new contenders, including Skillz Gaming. The hotly-contested game to watch competition sees companies compete for the game judged most interesting and likely to succeed. Given the innovation for which ICE is …
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Online gaming operator Betway has agreed a deal to remain as title sponsor of snooker’s UK Championship for an additional two years. Under the agreement, the tournament will continue to be known as the Betway UK Championship for its 2016 and 2017 editions. Betway first took on the role as title sponsor for the tournament at last year’s event, which …
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