Totesport.com, the online arm of the Tote Organisation now owned by Betfred, has significantly revamped its mobile offering. Previously the totesport.com mobile offer would only take horseracing and some totepool bets, but the new mobile service has a full sportsbook plus the opportunity to place all totepool bets. Digital Operations Manager Andy Porter commented: “It’s been a record breaking year …

The Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association (GBGA) has called for an EU framework for online gambling legislation after its appeal against the UK’s point of consumption licensing was dismissed by the courts. In a statement after Friday’s judgment, the GBGA said: “We remain concerned the UK regulator will find it difficult to hold companies to account in jurisdictions outside of …

Sportsbook platform provider FSB Technology has installed Richard Thorp as its new Business Development Director. Thorp, who has worked in a variety of senior roles within the gaming industry for almost 20 years, is charged with managing FSB Tech’s commercial efforts and sales pipeline. His appointment follows successful bids from FSB to provide sports betting solutions to Genting and The …

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw the first winners of the £500,000 bonus leg in its £1,000,000 HDA15 football jackpot yesterday evening. Barnsley’s come from behind win at home to Bradford saw six winning bonus leg tickets, the highlight of which was a ticket costing just 40p which added £50,000 …

The long running tax battle between Football Pools operator Sportech plc and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is set to continue after Sportech announced that it has lodged an application for permission from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) to appeal to the Court of Appeal in relation to the VAT repayment claim on the ‘Spot the Ball’ …

An appeal by the German state of Hesse against the suspension of the gambling licensing procedures has failed at the Higher Administrative Court Kassel. The Hesse Ministry of the Interior and Sport had been instrumental in issuing the 20 licences under the Interstate Treaty on Gambling, but some of the operators who didn’t get a licence have appealed against the …

Lucy Buckley, a rising executive at Inspired Gaming Group, supplier of SBG Video Lottery and Virtual Sports, has been recognised in Global Gaming Business’s “40 under 40” list. As an additional accolade, Buckley has been promoted from Marketing Director to a new role as Director of Strategy and Communications at Inspired, in recognition for her contribution to the business over the …

iGaming Business, organisers of the Bitcoin4iGaming Conference, announced today that Jon Matonis, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, will headline the opening session on November 24, 2014 at 9:30am. The Bitcoin4iGaming Conference will take place on the 24th November 2014 at Dexter House in London, which aptly was the Royal Mint from 1809 to 1968 where all coins in the …

Casino and bingo entertainment provider The Rank Group has appointed Mark Jones to the position of Managing Director for Grosvenor Casinos. Jones, 54, joined The Rank Group Plc in 2009 and is currently Managing Director of Mecca Bingo. Prior to this he has held a number of senior management posts in the leisure industry, including chief executive of Pizza Hut …