GVC Holdings’ property partypoker has announced its official return to the Czech Republic online gambling market in partnership with regional casino operator King’s Resort Rozvadov. Closing 2018, partypoker Managing Director Tom Waters revealed that the online poker room had been granted a licence by the Czech Finance Ministry. The update sees partypoker become the second international operator and online poker room …
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Embattled Bolsa Madrid gambling firm Grupo Codere SA closes its full-year 2018 accounts reporting group-wide losses of €40 million, primarily attributed to significant Argentine market adjustments. Reported throughout 2018, Codere has been forced to navigate the +100% collapse of the Argentine Peso against the Euro, with the gambling group detailing FX losses of circa €34 million. In its Argentina market …
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The Football Association (FA) enters an official payments partnership with PayPal that plans to transform how players pay their fees at grassroots level. By pushing payments through ‘The FA Matchday App’, the collaboration hopes to enable grassroots footballers to pay their match fees with their smartphones – bringing in possibly millions of extra pounds for grassroots clubs every season. Problems …
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Stockholm-listed online gambling group Betsson AB has announced the appointment of two key senior management hires, recruiting Cíara Nic Liam as Product Director for Gaming and Joakim Thor as Product Director for Sports Betting. The appointments have been confirmed by Betsson Chief Strategy Officer Peter Zäll, as the Stockholm gambling group continues to implement its corporate recovery programme, seeking to …
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FTSE100 online gambling group GVC Holdings has this morning announced that it has signed an agreement with Playtech Plc ‘covering a new long-term commercial relationship’. Playtech has formerly served as the lead platform and systems supplier for the GVC acquired properties of Ladbrokes and Coral UK. Integrating Ladbrokes Coral assets during the course of 2018, industry analysts wondered what type …
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Speaking to SBC, Fabio Schiavolin, Chief Executive of SNAITECH, has detailed that betting leadership across all markets must prioritise self-regulation, whilst retaining a deeper sense of public and political perception if the sector is to avoid another year mirroring 2018 events. Politics has been an unavoidable dynamic for Italian betting stakeholders since the Lega-5Star coalition formed its government on June …
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Industry virtual games supplier Kiron Interactive has in partnership with Highlight Games launched Highlight’s unique virtual video football game ‘SOCCERBET’™ with Italian legacy bookmaker Eurobet. Eurobet becomes the first European incumbent to launch a SOCCERBET virtual sports game developed by Kiron in partnership with gaming ‘real-time’ development studio Highlight Games, featuring exclusive Serie A achieve footage and simulations. Updating the market, Kiron details that …
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UK marketing news source CampaignLive has disclosed that FTSE250 betting group William Hill Plc, has issued a call-to-market for a North American agency to lead the brand and marketing development of its William Hill US sportsbook property. William Hill governance has made no secret, that 2019 will be the year in which the FTSE group establishes itself as the leading …
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Gibraltar-based online betting group MansionBet has announced its official sponsorship of unbeaten British boxing prospects Anthony Fowler and Jordan Gill. The sportsbook’s branding will make its first appearance as a sponsor on 2 March as Gill faces Emmanuel Dominguez for the vacant WBA International Featherweight title – followed by the highly anticipated all British affair on 30 March, when Anthony …
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Industry software and platform provider EveryMatrix has this morning confirmed the appointment of Rafael Campuzano as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Campuzano joins EveryMatrix leadership team from Intralot SA igaming platform and tailored business solutions provider Bit8, where he formerly served as CTO and Head of Software Development (2016-2019). Updating stakeholders, EveryMatrix governance details that it has secured the …
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