Social sports betting operator Bodugi has confirmed that it has placed its operations under voluntary liquidation. In a general meeting held last month between creditors and investors in the company, it was decided that Bodugi would seek liquidation and wind up its assets. Robert Cundy of insolvency practitioner RJC Financial Management was appointed liquidator of the operator. Reports from Companies …

Online payment processing provider paysafecard continued its international expansion by launching its ‘my paysafecard’ online payments account in Croatia. Paysafecard has been available to customers in Croatia since 2012, but the launch of my paysafecard will further strengthen the provider’s presence in the country. The my paysafecard system allows customers to manage all of their purchased PINs and remaining credit …

Igaming operator Betfred moved ahead with plans to enter the Australian igaming market, with the soft launch of its mobile sports betting product. The mobile sports betting offering is tailored to the Australian sports betting market, offering Australian customers markets on popular sports such as Cricket, aussie rules football and A-League soccer. Betfred had been granted a regional sports betting …

Ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, team SBC catches up with Rob Esteva Director of Sports Research & Analysis at Onside Analysis, specialists in performance analytics and qualitative analysis in sport. Rob discusses the current data and analysis set ups of sports betting operators, and how they could be improved. Esteva further discusses why sports data and analysis …

Struggling igaming operator Canbet has surrendered its UK operating licence in the face of mounting financial concerns.  The UK Gambling Commission stated that Canbet’s operator licence had been removed on the 7th of May 2014. The operator had been struggling since the closing months of 2013, at the end of January 2014 a number of the operators customers had made …

Sky Betting and Gaming has appointed mcgarrybowen as its new creative marketing agency, as the operator seeks to bring in new marketing and branding initiatives for its online gambling portfolio. International marketing agency mcgarrybowen , with offices in New York, Chicago and London, won a three way pitch, against Brothers and Sisters and FCB Inferno last April. Sky Betting and …

Amaya Gaming Group Inc. (“Amaya) (TSX: AYA), the online gaming industry’s innovative provider of entertainment solutions for the regulated gaming industry, has today announced the release of its hotly anticipated slot game – The Zombies. When an idyllic suburban Zombie family runs into trouble with a wacky band of uncivilized Walkers, a heavily immersive and entertaining slot game is born. …

International cricket has been embroiled in a club match fixing and corruption controversy, following the sensational claims made by former Black Cap Lou Vincent in Thursday’s Daily Mail. In the article, Vincent alleges that he was offered a woman and cash to rig matches, and threatened by a top international when a fix backfired. The New Zealand batsman said 12 …

bwin.party announced last Friday direct changes to its corporate governance set-up, as the operator looks to hire three new independent directors. Following an independent board evaluation carried out by governance consultancy Linstock Limited, bwin.party announced that it would be seeking new independent directorship, to aid the operators future digital strategies and market growth. The operator review of director management had …

More than a quarter of Brits will have a flutter on the final. When it comes to betting, the FA Cup is the UK’s football competition of choice, according to a survey of 2,000 adults commissioned by online payments company Skrill. According to the survey, more than one in four (26%) people will attempt to pick the winner of the …