New Kazakhstan bookmaker FinBet has launched in Central Asia on the Digitain platform at www.finbet.kz. Focused on innovation and technological modernisation, FinBet has said that it aims to become one of the top players in Kazakhstan by the end of this year with ambitions to launch 30 betting shops during Euro 2016 alone. Oganes Ter-Oganesiani, COO of FinBet, commented: “We …
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Diemo Albilt – LeoVegas – My Super Show
Diemo Albilt is Head of Affiliates at the LeoVegas Group and his main focus at the Super Show is actually the co-hosted Amsterdam Affiliate Conference. With a new sportsbook facility at LeoVegas, Albilt has much more to offer affiliates now. How we prepare for the event The Amsterdam Affiliate Conference is expecting thousands of delegates and a high percentage of them are affiliates. …
Read More »CVC collects another bookmaker with €1bn Sisal acquisition
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 …
Read More »BAGS greyhound streaming boosts racing’s funds by £750,000
Bookmakers are to add three quarters of a million pounds into the coffers of greyhound racing after the successful launch of a new streaming service six months ago. BAGS, the Bookmakers’ Afternoon Greyhound Service which organises greyhound fixtures to be televised in betting shops, has announced that it has raised almost £750,000 additional funds for the greyhound racing industry via …
Read More »Fredrik Elmqvist: Yggdrasil Gaming recruiting ‘the very best’
Yggdrasil Gaming CEO Fredrik Elmqvist discusses the reasoning behind the firm’s huge recruitment drive so far this year as the slot developer pushes across Europe. SBC: Hi Fredrik, it’s a pleasure to interview you. Can you detail to SBC readers the need for your European recruitment drive? Why is this initiative required for Yggdrasil operations? Fredrik Elmqvist: Quite simply because we are growing …
Read More »Amaya sounding out investment partners via Barclays
Amaya Inc is still sounding out potential investors as it weighs up the bid for the group led by embattled CEO & Chairman David Baazov, who is currently on a leave of absence from the company as he battles insider trading charges. The firm is also on the hunt for a new leadership team as Baazov and CFO Daniel Sebag have revealed …
Read More »SDB strengthens team with Graham Martin appointment
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 …
Read More »BetConstruct adds Habanero games to its casino suite
Major industry supplier BetConstruct has bolstered its casino offering with the addition of content from slots and table games provider Habanero. Habanero is to supply BetConstruct with its full suite of casino games, consisting of 60 plus slots, six table games, and 10 video poker titles. These will now be available via desktop and mobile devices to customers of the sport …
Read More »Giving content marketing a spin for online casino brands
Content marketing is hugely successful in the sports betting sector, but can it work in the same way for casino games? Scott Longley investigates. Casino occupies a curious position within the online gambling universe. While all the evidence shows that the category of gaming is by far the largest vertical in revenue terms, it remains a product which to a degree …
Read More »HMRC to appeal Sportech’s £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund
The legal to-ing and fro-ing between Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and Sportech over the gambling operator’s overpaid tax claim, worth £97m, is set to continue after HMRC announced it is to appeal the latest decision. The appeal is just the latest installment in the long running attempt by Sportech to reclaim tax the company says it erroneously paid on its Spot the Ball product between 1979 …
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