The High Court of England & Wales has cleared the acquisition of International Game Technology (IGT) by GTECH SpA. The approval grants the technology provider one of its final steps before clearing its $6.4 billion acquisition of IGT which aims to be completed by 7 April. As previously stated by GTECH governance, once the acquisition is finalised. GTECH and IGT …

Australian bookmaker BetEasy is set to re-brand to Crown Bet, as the Matt Tripp operator sets to incorporate Crown Resorts’ brand and online betting services under a joint venture between the two firms. The move sees James Packer’s Crown Resorts enter the (AUS) $13 billion Australian online sports betting market. The online joint venture between the two companies had been …

OpenBet, the world’s leading software provider to the sports betting industry, handled more than 25,000,000 total sports bets during the 2015 Cheltenham Festival. The sum contributed towards 146,000,000 account transactions over the four-day period. The 2015 Festival saw an increase in the percentage of bets that were placed on mobile devices, with an average of 63% of bets being placed …

Betway today announces that it has completed its registration with the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS). The non-statutory UK organisation delivers authoritative adjudications to those in the betting industry who are in dispute with their customers, only when customers have been through the operator’s own internal dispute procedures and a deadlock exists. Betway is fully licensed in the UK by …

Amidst all the negative attention since the announcement of the new £5.1bn Premier League TV rights deal, we analyse how, despite extensive criticism, it could prove to be a positive occurrence for the beautiful game in the UK. The most immediate potentially positive consequences were discussed in an article featured earlier this month; that of clubs lowering ticket prices for …

  Midway through March and the Bet Advisor form table has reached a win rate of +65% combined with tipping yields of +61%. We have seen Bet Advisor tipsters score more than 40 correct tips so far this month, so there is no better place to follow tipsters and get betting advice than Bet Advisor Below we profile this weeks …

Games content provider Vermantia,has announced today its agreement with Gala Coral interactive subsidiary Eurobet, one of the leading Italian gaming and betting operators, for the provision of its Virtual Games Service. With this new partnership, Vermantia will significantly strengthen its existing presence in Italy by successfully launching its 7th Virtual Game Service in the country. Eurobet will distribute Vermantia’s Virtual Games …

The Financial Times (FT) has reported that Gala Coral governance are preparing for a potential IPO post the UK General Election (7 May). The newspaper reports that the operator is targeting a potential Q4 2015 float. Gala Coral governance will examine whether market conditions are favourable post the election as the UK gambling market may be hit with further constraints …

Channel 4 Racing has announced its broadcast team for the Aintree Grand National on 11 April, with English racing broadcaster Nick Luck set to be lead anchor for the race, replacing Claire Balding who hosted last week’s Cheltenham Festival coverage. Luck will be joined by popular flat jockey champion Frankie Dettori and Channel 4 fashion expert Gok Wan as the …

Manchester United has announced the launch of its exclusive real money casino app, with betting partner bwin. The app has been exclusively designed for Manchester United using the operator’s bwin Stadium platform. The casino app will feature exclusive Manchester United branding including player images of its current squad. The app will be fully managed by bwin white label gaming team …