Industry platform and games developer Yggdrasil is set to enter the regulated Czech Republic’s online casino market becoming a content supplier to licensed operator Tipsport. Yggdrasil continues its regulated Eastern European market expansion, becoming a supplier to Tipsport, the Czech Rep’s biggest bookmaker, servicing 1,000 retail points and rapidly growing its online footprint. Updating the market, Yggdrasil will launch its …

As anticipated Italy’s parliament has approved the mandate of the Lega-5Star ‘Dignity Decree’ which will lead to a blanket ban on betting/gambling advertising, marketing and sponsorship across all verticals. Approving the mandate, the Italian government stated that it fully supported the stringent directives which seek to reduce social harms created by the Italian gambling sector. Lega and 5Star officials have …

Further to publishing its H1 2018 interim results, Stockholm-listed Catena Media has strengthened its senior management team supporting its ongoing ‘international expansion and diversification strategy’. Catena governance confirms the appointments of Michael Daly as US General Manager and Nigel Frith as General Manager of Financial Services. Furthermore, Catena confirms the appointment of Andreas Ericson as new Director of M&A, identifying …

Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network, Catena Media maintains its strong 2018 momentum achieving a number of KPI ‘all-time highs’, as governance continues to diversify the company’s verticals and further seeks new market opportunities. Updating investors, Catena reports a group revenue increase of 65% to €50 million (H1 2017: €30 million), driven by growth across its organic and acquired network assets. …

888 Holdings has confirmed that it will relocate Yaniv Sherman, current Head of Group Commercial Development to its New Jersey strategic office. Sherman will be tasked with expanding 888’s commercial opportunities within the radically changed US gambling market post PASPA. An 888 executive since 2007, Sherman has led group-wide commercial initiatives and projects, for the London-listed online gambling group B2B …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has sanctioned new research exploring ‘whether some gambling products and environments are more harmful than others’. The study into gambling products and environments will be supervised by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) and commissioned by industry charity GambleAware. The UKGC will seek to gather consumer information and data from industry stakeholders, focusing on understanding product …

Business news source, ‘The Australian’ reports that Elmer Funke Kupper will no longer serve as a Tabcorp Holdings’ Director, detailing that the executive will depart the company in October. Funke Kupper was the former Managing Director & Chief Executive of Tabcorp Holdings from 2007-2011. In 2011, Funke Kupper left the Australian gambling group to take up leadership of the Australian Securities …

Gibraltar-based online gambling operator Mansion Group has confirmed that it will utilise Rightlander marketing compliance tools, enhancing its player acquisition programme capabilities. The partnership will see Rightlander technologies ‘scans affiliate websites, monitoring all activity which mentions or links to the Mansion brands, whilst also searching for certain events and conditions defined by the operator.’ Confirming the partnership Ali Hawa, Head of …