Online casino www.casinofloor.com has recruited Premier League footballer and former England Captain Rio Ferdinand to its team. Casinofloor MD Jack Mizel said: “This has been a long time in the planning and we’re very excited that this day is finally here. We are delighted to have such a world renowned sporting icon join our team.” Ferdinand added: “I’m really excited …

Smarkets CEO Jason Trost is hoping to carve out more business for his betting exchange by keeping its commission charges low. In an interview with February’s edition of Betting Business interactive, Trost said that sports betting customers will continue to become more informed and more demanding, meaning that the value offered by companies will be crucial towards success. He explained: …

Having taken a week off to deal with the ICE show, Bet Advisor‘s top tipsters have had to prove themselves over a two week period in order to make the cut for this this week’s tipster breakdown. Jeremy Price: Senior Tipster of the Fortnight Jeremy has provided 29 picks over the last two weeks, and with more than 1200 units …

Listed gaming operator Mr Green & Co is putting aside SEK 108 million (£11.5m) from its 2014 accounts in case it loses its Austrian tax dispute. Mikael Pawlo, outgoing CEO of Mr Green & Co, commented: “We contest the tax liability and are hopeful that our objections will be given due consideration.” While Mr Green Ltd operates from Malta and …

A ‘slow count’ fraudster has avoided jail despite costing bookmaker Ladbrokes an estimated £10,000 across an 18 month period. Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how John O’Connor conned staff at 14 branches of Ladbrokes over 18 months from July 2012. Among the tactics used by O’Connor was the placing of a bet near to the off, then using a variety of …

Paul Leyland, Principle Consultant at Regulus Partners, is of the opinion that a heavy tax burden will hit growth in the industry this year, although there are prospects for the industry to flourish longer-term. 2015 was always going to be a difficult year for gambling operators from a fiscal perspective: UK remote Point of Consumption taxes (15% revenue from December …

Voting has opened at www.GamCrowd.com/PitchICE to determine the inaugural winner of Pitch ICE. Presented by GamCrowd and Clarion Events, the competition saw start-ups showcase their ideas in front of attendees during 15-minute slots at ICE 2015. Videos of the pitches have been published and the concept which attracts the most votes before the deadline on Friday, February 20, will gain …

Online bookmakers have been given until 2017 to help develop a national self-exclusion scheme by the UK Gambling Commission in a series of measures aimed at tightening up standards around the gambling industry’s social responsibility. The latest update to the Commission’s Licence Conditions & Codes of Practice (LCCP), which are essentially the meat to the skeletal structure of the 2005 …

Suresh Vaghjiani, director of Optimal Payments’ Card Services division, has been elected to the Advisory Board of the Emerging Payments Association (EPA). The EPA is an organisation set up to help shape the future of emerging payments. Its mission is to make the UK a global leader in payments innovation by attracting investment capital and creating a hospitable regulatory environment …