XLMedia specialists in igaming affiliate and acquisition marketing, announced the  acquisition of an unnamed Scandinavian website network within the internet gaming sector for $2.3 million (€1.7 million). XLMedia are set to increase its services and coverage in the Nordic igaming market, targeting growth in Sweden and the regulated Danish igaming market. The acquired websites will extend XLMedia partner coverage for …

Argentina’s Asociación de Loterías, Quinielas y Casinos Estatales de Argentina (ALEA), the country’s governing body for gambling and sports betting regulatory matters, is set to prepare the federal framework for legalised statewide gambling and sports betting. The Argentine government who requested ALEA to review current legal policies with regards to online gambling,  are said to want to bring more clarity to …

The Swedish Government has requested Sweden’s Council for Gaming Ethics (SPER) for an independent review of current advertising and marketing practices with regards to sports betting and gambling products. Various government ministers are concerned with the increasing coverage and visibility of gambling products in the region. SPER have been asked to monitor TV, Radio, digital and sports sponsorship practices that …

Irish sports betting operator Boylesports has partnered with financial software provider TRADOLOGIC, to launch a new financial betting service available to Boylesports customers. TRADOLOGIC’s system will allow Boylesports customers to bet/hedge on a variety of binary options throughout various financial markets. Boylesports will integrate TRADOLOGIC widgets, allowing trading features such as – multi-strike functions, Signals trading, dynamic payout and advanced …

Despite the difficulties caused by a London-wide transport strike, ICE Totally Gaming 2014 succeeded in attracting attendees from a record 156 nations, a statistic which puts the world’s biggest gaming event amongst the elite of UK-hosted exhibitions. The figure, part of a comprehensive external audit commissioned by ICE, underlines the brand’s status as the only truly global event at which …

SBC catches up with BETFUZE C0-Founder and CEO Paul McNea, to gain more insight into how his new platform is leveraging mobile  and mass social data to create better engagement and value for the  sports betting customer Paul is a regular speaker and Sports and  betting events around Europe and is a member of a number of industry steering groups …

  GAMING IN HOLLAND CONFERENCE: DAY 1 With 225 attendees from 22 countries, the Gaming in Holland Conference 2014 was the biggest edition yet and the first edition to sell out completely. Speakers and visitors alike look back on a successful conference: a must-visit event now that iGaming regulation is drawing so near in The Netherlands. The conference kicked off …

The European Commission (EC) is set to urge its member states to implement advertising standards and social warnings regarding online betting and gambling advertising. The EC intends to implement advertising warnings on all forms of gambling advertising in order to curve problem/compulsive gambling in member states. A draft European legislation is in the process of being written by the European …

With six Premiership clubs now enjoying commercial stadium deals it’s perhaps a surprise that the other top clubs are yet to do so. It is however not for want of trying; as far back as 2009 Chelsea openly admitted they were considering selling off the Stamford Bridge name and were reportedly hunting a deal in the region of £10m a …

Led by Commercial Director Daniel Lindsay, who joined GameAccount in September 2013 and has over 19 years gaming experience with companies including TCS John Huxley and Aristocrat Leisure Limited, the new team comprises; Sara Di Finizio ,Country Manager Italy, alongside Commercial Managers Federica Faggiano  and Camilla Folkeson. Underlining the strength of the team, Daniel Lindsay said: “We have recruited from …