Scott Longley, Editorial Director of Regulus Partners, examines the upheaval in the fantasy sports industry caused by last week’s arrival of Disney.  No sooner had Amaya announced last week its intention to enter the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) market in the US, than DraftKings dramatically – and appropriately given the provenance of the competition – raised the stakes. News reports …

Bettingexpert, the super affiliate tipping network with customers across 10 languages, has revamped its competition structure after reaching the milestone of 100,000 tips a month. While the Tipster of the Month competition still offers a £3,000 prize pool, bettingexpert has now started competitions for specific sports. The best football tipsters can now compete every month for a share of €3,000, …

Betway has announced an agreement with former England rugby captain Mike Tindall ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The deal will see the 2003 World Cup winner become a Betway ambassador and help promote the brand through multiple channels. The partnership represents the betting company’s first foray into rugby and Tindall will feature in the firm’s advertising and promotional …

Gaming technology provider Genii has recruited Nick Barr for the role of Sales Director. The appointment comes as Genii goes to market with its revolutionary Spin16 software in the forthcoming weeks, launching its patented new slot format to the industry. Barr has extensive sales experience within the iGaming industry and the firm hopes he will be the ‘driving force’ taking …

NYX Gaming Group has snapped up the Chartwell Technology and Cryptologic businesses from Amaya via a share purchase agreement valued at CA$150,000,000 (£80.8m). The transaction is anticipated to close before the end of the third quarter of 2015 and is subject to financing and other customary closing conditions. Amaya said that the sale is consistent with its previously announced plan …

Amaya has reiterated that it believes the company has done nothing wrong after a Quebec court’s decision to lift the publication ban on the redacted warrant and supporting affidavit for the search of various entities, including Amaya, in mid-December 2014 by Quebec’s securities regulator AMF. The searches were related to the AMF’s investigation into trading in Amaya securities leading up …

Andy MacKenzie, Marketing Communications Manager for sports and financial betting company Spreadex – the only bookmaker to offer fixed odds and spread betting from one account, explores the different markets that spread betting firms can offer over the Grand National. It’s the one day of the year the country turns into a nation of gamblers as horses are backed due …

Football prediction game Predikta has signed up Phil Neville to support the re-launch of the brand’s platform, which connects mates, colleagues and even ex-players in a network for predicting football scores. Revamped to be more sociable and sharable, with the option to use Wisdom of the Predikta Crowd for accumulators, Predikta posts a list of ten matches ahead of each …

Bet365 has been named as the best bookmaker of 2014 after super affiliate bettingexpert analysed over a quarter of a million tips from its English language members. Rather than use the criteria of which bookmaker offers most markets, the best promotions or ease of use, bettingexpert has calculated its decision using which bookmaker offers the best odds most often. When …