Inspired Gaming Group will be showcasing new premium HD VLT games and Virtual Sports for the UK LBO industry at The Bookmakers Trade Fair 2014 on Thursday 9 October. Visitors to BOS will have the opportunity to use Inspired’s new Virtual Sports Bet Management System (BMS), BetBox, which enables any betting, gaming or lottery operator to add a schedule of …
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Super affiliate Better Collective is planning to improve its marketing team by recruiting three experienced marketing managers for its bettingexpert website. Better Collective has seen extensive growth over the past few years and has just received the Børsen Gazelle award for the 4th consecutive year, placing the company among the fastest growing Danish companies. However the firm has its eyes …
Read More »A new conference focusing on the roles between bitcoin and igaming has been launched by iGaming Business. Bitcoin4iGaming will take place on the 24 November 2014 at Dexter House in London, which aptly was the Royal Mint from 1809 to 1968 where all coins in the United Kingdom were minted. Currently Bitcoin and other crypto currencies represent a very small …
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The Scottish referendum result marks the fifth time in a row that the Betfair Exchange has correctly predicted a significant political outcome as the NO vote confirmed what the Exchange had been pointing to for several months. Betfair had consistently called the NO vote as around an 80% chance to win, with the YES campaign around a 20%, despite opinion …
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Alex Bowman from London was the first member of the UK public to get their hands on the new iPhone 6 today after winning a competition run by online mobile casino LeoVegas. Bowman had Apple’s latest hotly-anticipated release delivered by motorbike courier this morning after Leo Vegas secured the first spot in the bustling queue for the coveted new smartphone …
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Scottish Grand National-winning jockey Richie McGrath has temporarily stepped down from his role at the Professional Jockeys Association after being charged with breaching betting rules by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). McGrath, a board member with the PJA, has been charged with using inside information, along with former licensed trainer Kate Walton and ‘registered persons’ Mark Aspey, Carl Flint, Kristian …
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European-facing casino brand EnergyCasino is set to add online and mobile content from Net Entertainment and Microgaming as it looks to expand operations beyond its core Central European markets. The casino, currently in its second year of operation, offers a wide range of Greentube (Novomatic Group) online casino content. New games from NetEnt and Microgaming will be added before the …
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Bookmaker Paddy Power has selected AppDynamics’ Application Performance Management (APM) solution to reduce the frequency and duration of application outages and help optimise its customer experience online. Mobile is Paddy Power’s biggest and fastest-growing sales channel, and AppDynamics is generating the critical real-time insights on mobile app performance and user transactions it needs to maintain optimum user experience and maximise …
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Betfair has claimed responsibility for a stunt which saw Super Rich Cash Machines, a mysterious ATM provider that appeared on Tooting High Street on Wednesday morning, dispensing more money than was expected to customers. News of the malfunctioning cash machine broke on Wednesday morning across social media as members of the public tweeted about the free cash they were receiving, …
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Paul Petrie, director at Scottish sportsbook McBookie.com, discusses the Scottish Independence Referendum Other betting firms have mixed views on the outcome – William Hill suggesting 80% of bets for YES and Betfair suggesting the opposite. What’s McBookies’ take on the vote? 95% of the bets we have taken have been on a Yes vote. The opinion polls have the contest …
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