Football pools operator Colossus Bets has confirmed that igaming and sports betting technology provider BetConstruct will be the latest platform to integrate its  jackpot football pools products. BetConstruct sports betting inventory will gain access to the £10,000,000 Colossus the world’s largest football jackpot, as well as patented partial cash out technology, made available to BetConstruct’s over 100 global partners. Bernard Marantelli, …

International Game Technology Plc (IGT) governance has presented separate results for GTECH SPA and IGT (legacy) divisions, due to the completion of its merger on 7 April. On Tuesday IGT Plc, released Q1 2015 trading update for GTECH operations GTECH reported key metric growth in revenues of 3% to €807 million (Q1 2014: €780 million), which had been supported by …

A ruling by the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden (Hesse – Germany) threatens to end the German sports bill’s progression which has been handled by the Hesse Ministry of Interior and Sports (HMDIS). Following a review of the challenges brought on by sports betting operators who had been rejected licenses by the HMDIS (granted in September 2014). The administrative court has …

Following its Annual General Meeting (AGM), 888 Holdings confirmed a number of governance changes to its board. As confirmed at the start of 2015, 888 Holdings officially announced the retirement of Richard Kilsby as Executive Chairman after nine years’ service to the operator. Kilsby will be replaced by Brian Mattingley who steps down as company CEO to take over the …

Industry technology developer BetConstruct, provider of online and land-based betting and gaming solutions and services, announces that it is now offering a localised version of its industry leading Sportsbook that will appeal to the wider audience in Asia and to players who prefer an Asian View to their Sportsbook. The  BetConstruct Asian View Sportsbook will be unveiled during the G2E Asia …

Reporting on its Q1 2015 opening, European Sports betting operator mybet recorded a slight year-on-year rise in revenues to €18.3 million. The operator revealed that due to player margin impacts in February and March, mybet’s improvements in product wagering and efficiencies had not been reflected in the operators revenues and earnings. Company governance was pleased with the operator’s solid start …

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has confirmed that Ladbrokes will become its title sponsor for the next two seasons. The deal announced this morning is believed to be worth £4 million and will see Ladbrokes gain marketing coverage throughout Scottish football’s four professional leagues. SPFL football divisions had been without a sponsor since 2013, when the league was restructured. …

Following last week’s disastrous UK General Election which saw the Labour Party post a 9% decline in constituency seats to 232 (2010 Election: 256). The left-wing political party must now tackle the critical choice of who will be its leader following the departure of Ed Miliband. Less than a week since the conclusion of the UK General Election (7 May), …

Bettorlogic, provider of real-time bet data and insight technology, has partnered with Betfred to supply data for the bookmaker’s ACCAttacka app. ACCAttacka utilises Bettorlogic’s comprehensive data and analysis to suggest football accumulators to punters who simply choose their stake and how much they would like to potentially win before a bespoke football multiple is generated. Bettorlogic’s betting tool offers concise …

Reporting on its opening Q1 2015 quarter (period ending 31 March) European igaming operator Cherry AB has recorded its ninth consecutive earnings quarter loss, despite seeing improved gaming revenues of SEK 95 million (£7.3 million) 31% on Q1 2014 SEK 73 million. Despite delivering improved revenues the Malta based operator reported EBITDA earnings of SEK -4.5 million (£350,000) for the …