UK betting and gaming company Gala Coral Group has warned of inevitable shop closures and job losses, in the wake of the Government’s continued crackdown on fixed odds betting terminals. Despite reporting an eight per cent rise in turnover, now standing at £302m, a strong Cheltenham, the addition of 10 new shops and a successful live streaming launch, the business, which runs …

BETEGY, the digital sports data technology start-up, today announced that they are to provide their patented football sports betting prediction software in an exclusive 3-year licensing agreement with Chinese Welfare and Sports Lottery provider SunLoto operators of the Wozhongla brand. The Sports Lottery market in China was worth $21.9Billion in 2013 and the agreement sees BETEGY as one of the first European companies …

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 …