The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has today outlined details of a number of changes within its Executive team, designed to best position the organisation to deliver on its responsibilities towards the sport, and play its part in the future growth of British Racing. The restructure is the result of a review carried out by the BHA’s Chief Executive Nick Rust, …

The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) has handed its investigation of Ladbrokes Australia and William Hill ‘click to call’ betting services to the Federal Police amid claims that the operators are breaching betting laws. ACMA had been requested in May to investigate the operators’ services which mirror live/in-play betting a mechanisms which are not allowed by the provisions of …

Ladbrokes have confirmed a two year shirt sponsorship with League One football club Notts County FC. The sponsorship deal will be the biggest in Notts County 153 year history, Ladbrokes further confirmed that it would open a betting point at the clubs’ Meadow Lane Stadium as part of its agreement. The Ladbrokes brand will be promoted throughout the clubs stadium …

US business and technology news sources have reported that Walt Disney Co (Disney) has backed away from its proposed $250 million investment in daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings. Disney will continue its partnership with DraftKings by providing exclusive fantasy sports content through its sports media network ESPN. DraftKings management stated that the operator was pleased to continue its partnership with …

William Hill has partnered with Mastercard to launch ‘Priority Access’ its pre-paid card which will allow customers direct access to funds held in their accounts. William Hill Customers will be able to use the cards anywhere a debit or credit card is accepted. William Hill disclosed to industry news source EGR Magazine that the card had been rolled out to …

Stockholm listed sports betting technology and provisions provider Kambi Group has entered the Mexican sports betting market, by agreeing a services partnership with Mexican entertainment and media Grupo Televisa. The agreement will see Kambi deploy fixed odds betting provisions for Televisa’s Playcity casino operations. Televisa will upgrade its retail betting systems utilising Kambi solution. Both parties stated that they would …

iGaming content and games provider Net Entertainment (NetEnt) is transporting players back to the ’80s by announcing the release of its new slot Neon Staxx This new slot title, built in HTML5, is a 5-reel, 4-row video slot with 40 fixed bet lines. It includes the SuperStaxx feature, giving players the chance to revel in massive stacks of symbols each time they …

NYX Gaming Group has confirmed that it has obtained  membership to the European Lotteries (EL) Associate , allowing its lotteries division to extend its Lottery Gaming System (LGS) to an increased number of member clients. NYX Gaming Group is proud to announce that the Executive Committee of The European Lotteries (EL) last week approved NYX as an associate member of The …

Furthering its presence in the US sports market, daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has announced that it has agreed an exclusive 4 year partnership with the NBA. As part of the high coverage agreement, the NBA will gain an equity stake in FanDuel, who are currently valued at $1 billion by venture analysts. FanDuel CEO and Co-Founder Nigel Eccles commented …

Online gaming companies are evolving into multi-disciplinary technology, marketing and product companies where the demands are for capable and qualified staff both from within and outside the sector, according to the new salary survey released by industry recruitment specialists BettingJobs. Today’s online gaming businesses are evolving in line with the technology that powers them and this is particularly evident when …