Sports betting operator bet365 has posted strong annual earnings with profits soaring to £179m and igaming wagering increasing 57% to almost £20bn for the year ending 31 March 2013.  The Figures seen and published  by eGaming Review reveal that profits from igaming operations rose 54% to £179m, this growth was aided by expansion into new regulated markets such as Spain and …

TABCORP Holdings has extended its exclusive license with Australias New South Wales Gaming Commission to provide the state of New South Wales with retail and tote betting. Tabcorp renewed its license with the NSW regulators with just two days to till their license expired, avoiding the loss of a key revenue generator. Tabcorp will pay $75 million to extend its …

iGaming games and lottery supplier Nektan have acquired London based sports betting and mobile application makers  Mfuse Mobile for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition of Mfuse  had been studied for a period of four months, it will see all 50 Mfuse employees including senior management remain in place at the firm’s London headquarters. Nektan suppliers of igaming products to operators …

Mobile data and trends analysis company Onavo have published iPhone betting app user trend for the UK market. The figures released in UK broadsheet newspaper  The Guardian estimate that  4.3% of UK iPhone  adult users are using at least one sports betting app. Bookmaker William Hill is the most popular app amongst iPhone players actively used by 38% of those,  …

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Betfred sports betting promotion on the grounds that the advertorial messaging was misleading to the viewing public.  The advert in question offered a sports betting “risk free £10 in-play bet”, the ASA received complaints that the terms and conditions of the promotion were unclear stating it was unclear the £10 was …

Australian parliamentary committee has urged the government to review its laws on publicity and advertising of gambling and sports betting advertisements during sports broadcasts in order to protect children and  Australia vulnerable. The Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform  (COAG) released a report yesterday containing a series of recommendations to restrict the influence of sports betting and gambling promotions on …

iGaming Business – iGaming Super Show 2013: Feedback Survey If you attended last weeks Amsterdam iGaming Super Show the team at conference organizers iGaming Business would love to know about your experience. Please let igaming business know what you loved, what you didn’t and what they can improve to keep you returning to their events. just take just 6 minutes …

Looking forward to next months Global GES summit  on July 9-11 Barcelona, SBC has managed to catch up with Dr Andreas Leupold. Dr Leupold is a top legal consultant in online gaming, technology, media and entertainment law. Voted best lawyer by his peers “The Best Lawyer in Germany 2013” in the field of Information Technology. Dr Leupold will be attending …

Dot Media the publishers of mobile marketing and industry news magazine – ‘Mobile Marketing Magazine‘, have announced  ‘The Mobile Gaming and Gambling Summit’. The event will be taking place at London Piccadilly Hippodrome on the 11th of September 2013. The ‘The Mobile Gaming and Gambling Summit’ is the first igaming conference to focus solely on new  on mobile and tablet …

Sports data,statistics and analytic provider Perform Group are eying a potential acquisition of sports information provider Opta according to English broadsheet newspaper the Daily Telegraph.  The newspaper has shed light on a potential deal worth up to £40m, this figure is understood to represent the amount sought by Albion Capital, the venture capital firm which holds a stake in Opta. …