National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have today charged Delroy Facey, 34, of Huddersfield, with conspiracy to commit bribery. The Crown Prosecution Service’s Organised Crime Division authorised the charges on the basis that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. The charges relate to an ongoing football match fixing investigation which secured …

SBTech signed an exclusive deal with BetFIRST to provide its powerful sports betting platform for the regulated Belgium market  SBTech will provide BetFIRST, Belgium’s leading online and land-based gaming operator, with its powerful online and mobile sports betting platform and will see BetFIRST switching from its current sports provider into SBTech platform. This includes a superior live and mobile betting …

EZTrader Inc has announced the signing of an exclusive, three year strategic partnership with Netherland’s top flight club  Feyenoord Football Club. Under the terms of the exclusive agreement, EZTrader will be a strategic partner of the club and the partnership extends to all the team’s activities and on-line presence including a shared website. Eric Gudde, General Director of Feyenoord, commented on the partnership ‘Thanks to …

Distressed sports betting broker BetButler.com has ceased trading of its betting services, ahead of a potential sale of its customer database, to an undisclosed third party buyer. The following statement was published on BetButler.com: “The Board of BetButler Limited has been approached by a third party regulated gaming business to acquire the customer database, including all balances and pending withdrawal …

Investment conglomerate Access Industries, publically announced its intention to buy outright sports media rights and data insights company Perform Group PLC.  Access Industries currently owns 42.5% of Perform Group, the conglomerate announced that it had made a “final cash offer” of 260p per share. The potential acquisition sees Perform Group valued at £702 million, Access Industries offer represents a shareholder …

The IGRG, which is comprised of the five main trade associations from the gambling industry, has today appointed Barry Hardy as its new chairman. The IGRG provides a structure to promote socially responsible gambling in the licensed UK gambling market. Building on existing relationships and work streams, it also provides a cross-sector forum to consider matters of common interest associated …

The online sports betting industry has seen a rising concern with regards to product innovation offered by sports betting providers. With these concerns in mind, Team SBC spoke to Metric Gaming CEO Martin De Knijiff about the recently launched Metric Gaming SuperLive sports betting platform. SuperLive allows customers to wager on in-game events as they unfold in real time. Offering …

London AIM listed igaming marketing network XL Media has continued its acquisition spree, with the announcement of the purchase of ExciteAd Digital Marketing for a reported $19 million (£11.5 million) XL Media who floated on the London AIM in March, will add ExciteAd services to its digital marketing inventory. ExciteAd operate as a specialist in social gaming marketing, serving high …

Having reported a revenue decrease of 7% in their H1 2014 interim results, bwin.party Chief Executive Norbert Teufelberger and company Chairman Philip Yea outlined key criteria for the operator’s recovery. The company directors pinpointed to a restructuring of bwin.party senior management, with a view to bring in fresh ideas and new approaches which will aid the operator in saturated markets. …

Gala Coral Group has hired bankers Lazard as strategic adviser for the sale of its 130 retail bingo clubs. UK business sources have indicated that Lazard are seeking to sell Gala Coral’s retail bingo division for an estimated £250 million. A Gala Coral statement confirmed that the operator had “commenced a process to explore the possibility of a disposal of …