Online affiliate and content marketing provider Raketech has named its chief operating officer Oskar Mühlbach as the new President and CEO, taking over from Michael Holmberg with immediate effect. Mühlbach has played a pivotal role in developing the company’s strategy for future expansion. Prior to his time with Raketech, Mühlbach held a three year tenure at Mr Green, having served …
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The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has revealed an 11% growth in the online gambling market across Europe, with the UK accounting for 32.4% of the market. According to market data published by the EGBA in partnership with H2 Gambling Capital, the market expansion saw gross gaming revenue rise from 2017’s €20m to €22.2m year-on-year. Maarten Haijer, secretary general …
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Kindred Group has been named as the first commercial Community Partner of the European Football Development Network (EFDN), which will see the two ‘promote the power of football as a tool for social development.’ The announcement comes as the betting and gaming group builds upon its initial agreement made in Spring 2019, which saw Kindred sponsor EFDN’s ‘Active Fans’ programme. …
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Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden has made a number of changes to its certification programme for online gaming, which will see the introduction of mandatory deposit limits from 1 January 2020. Changes to the certification programme will also include amendments to the inspection standards for lotteries which will ‘make sure that the requirements are identical with the requirements for online casino’. …
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Finnish gambling monopoly Veikkaus has named the six new members of its Ethics Advisory Board, who will focus on the ethics of games and their marketing, gaming harm and the social impact of gaming. The purpose of the advisory board will be to provide an outside view of the company’s board and operative management on gambling activities. In addition to …
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Sports betting affiliate marketing publisher CheckdMedia has launched a new app entitled Footy Accumulators Betting Hub which is hoped will offer relevant betting information to football punters. The new app, which will be powered by both Opta data and tipping from the Footy Accumulators team, will deliver data tools, tipping, price boosts and odds comparison. Adam Patton, Managing Director at …
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New Zealand’s Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) has confirmed that the Racing Industry Bill, a major package of reforms to replace the Racing Act 2003, has had its first reading in Parliament. The introduction of the bill has been welcomed by Dean McKenzie, who has been named as the interim Executive Chair for RITA. He explained that the introduction of …
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Midlands based tipster platform Tipstrr.com has been acquired by intent marketing specialist Natural Intelligence for an undisclosed sum. The sports betting tips platform, founded in 2014 by Damien Fearn, Andy Jones, and Liam Cooper, will be the latest addition to the Natural Intelligence platform which currently includes BetterPlay. Tipstrr co-founder Fearn, who serves as the platform’s chief executive, added: “I’m …
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Sports betting and casino platform provider Digitain has been given the green light to expand into Romania after gaining a Class 2 licence certification from the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The certification will allow Digitain to roll out its full range of services across Romania’s regulated space, while licensed digital and retail operators in Romania will also benefit from …
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Josh Sidsworth has been confirmed as the new General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Score Media and Gaming, with his appointment coming into effect immediately. Working from theScore’s head office in Toronto, he will lead all legal, regulatory and compliance matters for the company, supporting the multi-state rollout of its mobile sportsbook, theScore Bet. John Levy, Founder and CEO …
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