EIG Berlin welcomes all start-up Submissions until 12 September for it’s annual START-UP LAUNCHPAD EiG Berlin’s focus on fresh thinking and innovative solutions for the gambling and igaming sectors,  offers start-ups the opportunity to showcase in front of key industry and business decision makers. Competing start-ups will be asked to detail their approaches to the gaming sector and discuss the …

Finnplay, the Finnish based iGaming platform provider, which specializes in tailored gaming solutions today, announced the launch of infinitybet.com Asia’s newest online gaming operator using Finnplay’s BillFold gaming platform solution. For infinitybet, Finnplay built a completely customised betting product to meet the requirements of infinitybet as well as a tailored website with casino, racing and sports book included to target …

Speaking to industry and financial analysts at the 888 Holdings’ ‘Earnings Call’ on Tuesday 5 August, CEO Brian Mattingley and Chief Operating Office Itai Frieberger gave further insight into the operators ambitions with regards to its sports betting product – 888 Sports. 888 Gaming’s Emerging Offering channel, which incorporates its 888Sport sportsbook, saw an increase of 15% to $7m for the second …

Elray Gaming, the online gaming and turnkey solution subsidiary of Elray Resources Incorporated, has launched its proprietary virtual horse racing product. SimVRacing, a virtual thoroughbred horse racing product, is now live, with races taking place every four minutes at four different race tracks. Elray has developed the technology and owns the intellectual property of the product, having completed the acquisition …

Realistic Games has become one of the first producers of slots and table games to be granted a Remote Gambling Software Operating Licence by the UK Gambling Commission. The company is now among only a handful of suppliers who have the required licensing in place to comply with the new Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act. The Act, which passed into law …

Paul Bittar Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is set to leave his leading governance role with BHA at the end of the year, once his three year contract ends.Paul Bittar was appointed Chief Executive of BHA in September 2011, having previously worked for Racing Victoria (Australia) and for the New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Association. BHA senior management …

Sky Bet the sports betting subsidiary of British broadcaster BskyB announced the launch of a new digital and broadcast marketing campaign – “Are You in?” Focusing on the upcoming start of the 2014/2015 English Football  Season (Commencing August 4), the new multi-channel and multi-content marketing campaign will feature Sky Sports News presenters Jim White and Natalie Sawyer. The campaign was …

Trackchamp, a joint venture between bwin.party digital entertainment and Chyronhego,  has become the  official Northern Ireland Football League  streaming and data partner. Cameras are set to be situated at every Northern Ireland Football League venue , in order to  provide  real-time streaming video with graphics and collect performance data. Such data will include player speed and distance covered, ball speed, …

Focusing on new ventures and business services entering and engaging in the gambling/igaming sector, Team SBC and EIG caught up with mobile engagement expert Dorothy Creaven CEO and Founder of  Element Wave.  Winner of the 2013 EIG Barcelona Start-Up Launch Pad, Element Wave looks to bridge the acquisition and engagement gap between mobile apps and their users by providing clients …

Ghanaian Football League Champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC have announced the first ever sponsorship between a Ghana professional football club and a bookmaker. The football club announced that it had signed a three year betting partnership with African focused sports betting operator – Supabets – http://www.supabets.com.gh/Sport/Default.aspx Kumasi Asante Kotoko senior management announced that the new deal with Supabets was worth …