The Belgian Gambling Commission (BGC) has added a further five online domains to its blacklist of illegal online gambling operators, including Gibraltar operator BetVictor.com. According to the BGC BetVictor and the other blacklisted operators are in breach of current online gaming laws within the region, and should be allowed to take on Belgium sports betting or gambling wagers. Currently Belgium …

Gibraltar based igaming operator 32 Red have signed new shirt sponsorship deals with English N-Power League clubs Crawley Town FC and Newport County AFC for the upcoming 2013-2014 English football season. 32 Red further extend their promotional and marketing efforts with English football, by increasing exposure in English lower league football. Crawley Town FC based in West Sussex currently play …

Igaming specialist news source eGR magazine announced its 2013 IGaming Innovation Awards winners, during a lunchtime ceremony  held at the Tower of London Pavilion, hosted by UK comedian Tony Hawks. eGR IGaming Innovation Awards set to recognise the igaming industries leaders and market makers in terms of new product and innovation in key areas of the igaming value chain.  This years …

Betfreds continued expansion into new international markets has seen them target the Australian igaming market. The igaming operator operator have applied for an Australian Northern Territory online gambling license  at the start of 2013.  Betfred have announced its first Australian senior appointment in the form of new Betfred Australian MD – Luke Brill, joining as the first full time employee …

Irish iGaming operator Paddy Power PlC has added a new senior level recruits to its marketing operations with the appointment of a new Sports Brand Marketing Manager – Anna Braithwaite. Braithwaite joins the Irish bookmaker from UK retail and online commerce giant John Lewis where she held the position of Brand Marketing Manager. She will be looking to in charge …

Gaming software solutions provider – Olympian Group has announced the launched its new integrating casino/sports betting/poker management system – Betsystems. An optimised all in one reporting and player management system, the system offers igaming clients control of payment methods, development support, in-depth player tracking and reporting and additional marketing features.  Olympian Group Describes it as the ‘App Store of online …

Publicly listed igaming operator and software supplier bwin.party have announced the departure of three senior level staff members. These are the first high profile departures since CEO Norbert Teufelberger commenced his new streamlining initiative ‘business strategy’ for the operator, in order to tackle declining performance and valuation on bwin party. The announced departures see Business Development Director Alen Lang, Group …

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (UK ASA)have banned Sky Bet’s latest TV and online display advert under the terms of misleading customers and not displaying information and customer messaging with “sufficient prominence”. BSKYB operated become the latest UK online gaming operator to fall foul of the recent online gaming advertising crackdowns by the UK ASA. Two issues regarding Sky Bet …

After much hope for future clarity and legislation, it appears that Sweden will not publish its online gaming bill to regulate the country’s online gambling market during this current parliamentary term. Sweden’s Culture Committee Minister Peter Norman commented that a new study would be launched in order to investigate possible online gambling legislation. The study would look at the legislation …

Speaking at its annual conference hosted in Riga Latvia, The Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) has announced it will look to examine the role of affiliates and affiliate marketing  within the online gaming market. The GREF following several days of discussions wants to aim to develop a ” common understanding of the role of affiliates”, placing special interest on ”ensuring that …