Webis Holdings has announced the closure of betinternet.com, following a review of operations by the company board. The Webis brand had been impacted by higher tax charges and jurisdictions blocks which had affected its revenues. The webis board said discussion with several interested parties had not lead to any firm offers for the operation which will close for business on …

Following the revelations of animal cruelty and betting corruption by a ABC News TV expose, the Queensland government has established an independent investigation into greyhound racing. The news of the investigation follows the suspension of 28 greyhounds by New South Wales Racing (NSW Racing), after ABC News revealed that their trainers had used live animals as bait to ‘blood’ (gain …

In time for next week’s Cheltenham Festival (Tuesday 10 – Friday 13 March) BetVictor has announced the launch its latest advertising campaign, featuring long time BetVictor mascot Maurice (played by comedian Paul Kaye). BetVictor launched its new multi-content advertising campaign under the guidance of creative advertising agency VCCP, as the operator aims to highlight non-football betting markets. The campaign will …

Ezugi, thelive dealer gaming system provider, has announced that Iforium shall be integrating Ezugi’s Live Casino solution to its Gameflex multi-vendor casino engine. The distribution deal shall see Ezugi providing their entire portfolio of games including Black Jack, Hybrid Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Keno and Live Lottery. All of Ezugi’s live dealer games will be available in a mobile HTML5 version as well as the Android …

Racing UK anticipates drama and head to head battles as it has announced the appointment of UK TV talkshow host Jeremy Kyle as the face of its The Festival campaign.  Kyle, a racehorse owner, who has horses with trainers Paul Nicholls and Nick Gifford, will spearhead Racing UK’s marketing campaign around the upcoming Cheltenham Festival (March 10-13). Racing UK broadcasts …

iGaming content developer Net Entertainment (NetEnt), nomination committee has announced the appointment of NASDAQ Senior Vice President Jenny Rosberg to the board of company directors The appointment of Rosberg sees Net Entertainment expand its existing board to eight directors under the Chairmanship of Vigo Carlund. Rosberg joins Fredrik Erbing, Mikael Gottschlich, Peter Hamberg, Michael Knutsson, Maria Redin and former Betsson chief …

Scientific Games Corporation  today announced it has signed a contract with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) to provide a lottery gaming system and internet-based iLottery gaming system. ALC is responsible for developing and implementing its AEGIS NGS lottery gaming system and Sciplay® iLottery system for ALC, as well as providing ongoing operational monitoring and maintenance support beginning in mid-2017. Implementation is …

Following on from our best month for sports tipping, Team Bet Advisor and SBC want to see if March can break February records as Bet Advisor tipsters looks to carry positive momentum into a new month! Below is a seclection of Bet Advisor tipsters who have hit their stride in early March, Dont forget to sign up to  Bet Advisor …

Reporting on its full year 2014 performance (preliminary results) Paddy Power recorded corporate net revenues of €882 million (FY 2013 – €746 million), as the operator was able to announce record net profits of €167 million up 18% on FY 2013 €141 million. Paddy Power governance has been able to announce a €8 cash return per share to investors from …

Mobile dominates every aspect of online activity right now. Yet despite being relatively early to the party, some gaming companies are barely achieving 50% of revenue via mobile. At the same time, innovative mobile only platforms are gaining huge swathes of market share by delivering a quality and consistency of customer experience that outshines those companies still reliant upon ageing …