The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the sport’s governing and regulatory body, today announces that former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service Sir Paul Stephenson has been appointed to its Board. Sir Paul will take up his role as an Independent Regulatory Director on 1 July, and will replace Ben Gunn in this capacity. Gunn, who has been involved with the …

Igaming developer and software provider GameAccount posted top line metric declines for its year end 2014 performance, as the operator’s governance emphasised that 2014 had been a year of re-structuring and re-investment for the company. GameAccount recorded a net revenue decline to £7.5 million down 39% on FY 2013 £12.3 million. Its declining revenue performance would translate to a clean …

With the political campaigning and inevitable spin hotting up,Betfair has created ‘Unspin it’, an app designed to unpick the political language of misdirection and misinformation. Betfair’s ‘Unspin it’ app light-heartedly solves the problem by using a three stage process allowing consumers to choose the topics they want to hear about from specific politicians. A fruit machine style device appears with 3 …

This wee Bet Advisor catches up with senior rugby tipster Ben Cross. Ben’s passion for rugby has seen him reach a betting yield of +14%, gaining 290 profit units. Cross remains a consistent performer posting 5 months of consistent profits With the Rugby World cup just months away Ben Cross is one of the best tipster to follow, below team …

Football pools mega jackpots provider Colossus Bets,has made its first steps into the burgeoning African sports betting market by announcing a distribution partnership with Nigerian operator 1960Bet. The partnership will see Colossus Bets products including the pools operators’ flagship £10,000,000 Colossus jackpot being distributed throughout 1960Bet Nigerian sports betting network. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets commented on …

Following on from the November 2014 announcement that New Zealand Racing had created a task force to look into policing and monitoring remote online betting. New Zealand Racing Minister Nathan Guy has urged the government to crack down on online gambling operators targeting the nation’s consumers. Guy highlighted that the rising popularity of remote based gambling and sports betting operators …

Betradar, the world’s leading supplier of sports and betting related data, today announced a new partnership with its longstanding client Hrvatska Lutrija d.o.o., the national lottery of Croatia. Under the terms of the agreement, Croatian Lottery will integrate Betradar’s market leading Live Odds Service into its product portfolio, and thereto, significantly enhance the range of its in-play betting offer provided to the Croatian market. …

An independent audit undertaken by BPA has confirmed that attendance at ICE Totally Gaming 2015 fell just three short of 25,500.  The audited figure of 25,497 represented an 8% increase on  2014 and was 15% up on 2013, vindicating the decision to relocate to the purpose-built ExCeL Centre situated next to London’s financial and commercial district at Canary Wharf. ICE attendance audited at record …

Leading publishing, research and events company iGaming Business announced today the headline sponsors for the iGaming Super Show, the annual event held in Amsterdam on the 23rd -26th June 2015 at the Amsterdam RAI. The leading sponsors for the 2015 iGaming Super Show are: GAMING1 (Platinum sponsor) SafeCharge (Gold sponsor) BetConstruct (Silver sponsor)  ecoPayz (Bronze sponsor) Alex Pratt, Head of …

Scientific Games Corporation has announced  that SG Connect, the Company’s field service division in the UK, has been awarded a contract by Best Gaming Technology (BGT) to refurbish, supply and service 2,050 of its Vision self-service betting terminals (SSBTs), which will be deployed to the Ladbrokes estate Under the contract, every Ladbrokes shop in the UK will house at least one SSBT that uses …