Global transactions services provider Saxo Payments has agreed a partnership with SafeCharge, a company which is a leader in advanced payment technologies. The partnership will allow SafeCharge to offer its clients fast and cost-effective banking services in multiple currencies. The benefit from Saxo Payment’s perspective is that the company will benefit from a strong distribution network to SafeCharge’s distinguished clientele. David Avgi, SafeCharge …

EDITEC has announced the opening of the first Premier Bet in Nairobi, Kenya.  The store opened on the first weekend of January in the Kawangare area of the capital city. It aims to capitalise on the growing popularity of sports betting throughout the East African region, and will offer a vast array of betting markets. Andrew Batley will head up this …

Wiggin, a media and technology UK based law firm, has announced the appointment of Stephen Ketteley and David McLeish as Partners in its Betting & Gaming practice. Ketteley, an expert in remote gambling law, has worked in the field of betting and gaming for close to a decade and joins from DLA Piper a company at which he was Head …

Global gaming technology firm Inspired has announced that Betfair is the latest company set to offer its Virtual Sports products. Sports betting and gaming provider Betfair will offer a selection of titles including Rush Football, Rush Horses, Rush Greyhounds, Rush Motor Racing, Rush Speedway, Rush Cycling and Rush Tennis. These will be available both online and on mobile.   Betfair will …

The Australian subsidiary of Paddy Power, Sportsbet has added the popular in-play betting function to its offering.  In-play betting is made complicated in Australia due to the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act which restricts in-play bets to personal ones made at betting shops, or via a phone line. Betting operators get around this in a variety of ways, the likes of …

Competitive  eSports operator Vulcun has announced that it will no longer offer real money daily fantasy games from January 14th. An onsite blog post stated: “After careful consideration (and much heartache), we’ve decided to phase out paid fantasy on Vulcun. Once the new season of the LCS begins on January 14th, 2016, we will no longer offer paid contests on Vulcun.”  It was …

Gambling operator 888casino has donated $50,000 (£34,069) to International Medical Corps UK to aid its Further and Faster campaign. This allows the International Medical Corps to reach disaster zones and deliver health and medical care immediately as opposed to having to raise the necessary funds first. The money was raised by 888casino customers during its 2015 Christmas appeal and will also …

The Australian Football League (AFL) has announced its planned betting restrictions on those in the media that are accredited with the organisation.   The league has stated that from the 2016 season, which kicks off on March 24th, media wishing to bet on matches will only be allowed to do so during a specified time window on match days. The precise …

As reported by Focus Taiwan, the Criminal Bureau of Investigation (CIB) in Taiwan has announced that it has busted the largest online gambling operation in its history. Over $60.4m (£40.8m) was seized, and a 35-year-old man called Kao Hung-yu (高宏宇) was arrested along with 52 other suspects.  Kao is believed to be the mastermind of the gambling ring, and has …