The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved a new equestrian law which aims to combat illegal substances being used in horse racing and its associated racing events. The law has been directly approved by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the UAE, who wants to promote legitimate racing and eliminate potential corruption and fraud. The new law will …

North East football club Sunderland AFC has confirmed that UK licensed betting operator Dafabet will replace food distribution business Bidvest, as official club shirt sponsor for the 2015-2016 Premier League season. The shirt sponsorship sees Philippines’ based Dafabet increase its marketing coverage within English football, as Sunderland AFC joins English football clubs Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa as Dafabet betting …

The States of Alderney has confirmed that appointment of Susan O’Leary as its new Director of e-commerce. O’Leary is due to take up the role from August replacing Robin Le Provost. As new Director of e-commerce, O’Leary will be tasked with promoting Alderney’s jurisdictions and operational capabilities for digital commerce. O’Leary will lead commercial initiatives having joined from offshore legal …

Amaya Inc  today confirmed  the completion of its $476 million sale of Cadillac Jack, Inc to AGS LLC an affiliate of funds managed by Apollo Global Management, LLC Pursuant to the previously announced Stock Purchase Agreement, AGS has purchased all of the shares of Amaya Americas for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $476 million1, comprising cash consideration of approximately $461 million …

Mobile gaming platform developer and white label services provider Nektan plc has announced the launch of New UK mobile gaming app Sun Play, which will offer The Sun newspaper customers free and real money cash games exclusively themed around The Sun brand. Nektan gaming services will be added to The Sun current gaming portfolio which includes The Sun Bingo and …

The World Lottery Association (WLA) and the European Lotteries (EL) has announced that the Global Lottery Monitoring System for sports betting (GLMS) went live today. Powered by Sportradar, the GLMS will provide member lotteries with extensive monitoring of the various betting markets offered by government-authorized lotteries and for-profit-only bookmakers. The GLMS will utilize Sportradar’s unrivaled technology to provide member lotteries with …

Igaming technology supplier Playtech has confirmed the agreed acquisition of  financial trading and spread betting operator Plus500 for a deal value of £460 million. The acquisition of Plus500, sees Playtech increase its profile and services within the financial trading sector, having acquired forex and binary trading specialist Trade FX for £140 million in April of this year. At present Plus500.com has frozen its …

SBC begins the month of June by speaking to Qubit CEO & Co Founder Graham Cooke on creating effective, team led data competencies for sports betting and igaming operators. A former Google Product Strategist, Cooke has led Qubit to become a leading business technology in web personalisation and digital insights. Qubit currently is one of the fastest growing digital businesses …

Sports betting exchange Matchbook has signed up as the first sponsor of the Plate Trophy at the upcoming 2015 Right To Play World Cup corporate charity football tournament in London. The Matchbook Trophy will be handed to one of the teams at the tournament at the Stamford Bridge stadium on Wednesday, June 3 – just 10 days after Chelsea FC’s …

Amaya Inc igaming brand PokerStars this weekend launched its sports betting product for the UK market, processing sports betting wagers on select markets via the PokerStars 7 client. PokerStars’ sports betting product at present is offering a limited selection of sports markets to its UK player base. Sports betting markets available on the client include football, basketball, tennis, rugby union …