Intertain has announced the appointment of Neil Goulden as its new Chairman of the Board and Andrew McIver as the new CEO. With McIver’s appointment, John Kennedy Fitzgerald has resigned as CEO, and Brent Choi has also resigned from the Board. Neil Goulden has spent the last twenty-five years at the board level within a number of significant gaming and …

Work will soon begin on a new 71-story hotel and casino complex in Sydney, after Australian mogul James Packer won approval for the building from NSW’s Planning Assessment Commission (PAC). This was the final planning process hurdle for Packer, who won the rights to build the Crown Resorts complex after a bidding war with The Star Casino in 2012, and …

Platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has partnered with Sportdec, an Irish technology start up, for the launch of its new app ahead of the Euro 2016 quarter finals. The Sportdec app features live scores, notifications, fixtures and tables, statistics, video, and editorial content, as well as FSB’s new fully-optimised sports betting service. They also have access to FSB’s CRM …

iSoftBet, the London-based online and mobile casino games provider, has been granted a production and distribution of gaming software licence by the National Gambling Office in Romania. Romania is the latest regulated European market to welcome and license iSoftBet, with the company having already been awarded permits in the UK, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Portugal. The licence allows the company …

Microgaming has announced details for the upcoming July release of Reel Spinner, a five reel, 15 payline fishing-themed slot game, featuring colourful maritime symbols, an exciting soundtrack and a brand new game feature. The game will go live to Microgaming and Quickfire operators on desktop, mobile and tablet on 6th July 2016. It follows the successful June launch of Pretty …

Play’n GO has announced that its been awarded a class two licence from the Romanian National Gambling Office. It now hosts over 80 games on the sites of more than 100 operators, in 32 languages. The Swedish supplier will now be able to supply its premium content to all online channels for gaming operators in the country’s recently regulated market. …

The UK’s EU referendum may have left the bookmaking industry scrambling for position, but Michal Kopec of Better Collective thinks that the industry will soon recover from the shock Brexit result. Michael, who is Senior Business Manager for the company, also commented on the plummeting British pound in the immediate aftermath of the result, and the effect on Gibraltar based operators, who …

As England prepare for the Euro 2016 knock out stages and a potential showdown with penalty nemesis Germany, penalty legend Matt Le Tissier has taken on the infamous German Robokeeper in a short film to show England how to do it. Sky Bet’s Making Penalties Better campaign, created with Sports PR and marketing agency Heavyweight Sports, has run a series of videos throughout …

On Wednesday, National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league had granted an expansion to include a franchise from Las Vegas. The new team will compete as the 31st team, starting in the 2017-18 season, and become the first expansion team since the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild in 2000-01. To mark this news, we caught …

Bitcoin sportsbook operator Sportsbet.io has enjoyed a strong start to Euro 2016 following its launch in early June. The operator has seen average daily stakes increase by more than 20% during the first two weeks of the tournament. Among Bitcoin punters, France has been the most popular country to back, accounting for 37% of Bitcoin bets. It is followed by England with …