Betway the ‘Principal Sponsor’ of London Premier League football club West Ham United, will donate its front of shirt sponsorship to The DT38 Foundation during the upcoming pre-season clash with Manchester City   DT38 a charitable partner of West Ham helps raise awareness of men’s health issues, with a particular focus on testicular cancer. The Foundation was launched in 2015 in memory of …

Ahead of the start of a new Premier League season, Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) is bolstering its fantasy sports provisions by partnering with mobile games developer Dribble. The partnership will see Dribble DFS games promoted under the Sky Bet brand. The partnership will see SB&G integrate Dribble’s unique DFS games portfolio which focuses on introducing casual sports fans to …

FTSE-listed bookmaker William Hill is set to open its new technology and marketing dedicated office at ‘The Avenue’ on Tottenham Court Road in Central London. The bookmaker will move its technology development and online marketing operations within the new building operated by commercial real-estate developer Exemplar and property investment firm Ashby Capital. The Avenue a 30,000 sq ft office building, …

Following an extensive search, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has named Joe Lee as its Head of Trump Betting. Last April, due to growing demand in Donald Trump related wagers, Paddy Power announced publically that it would hire a Head of Trump Betting. The bookmaker even recruited Trump ally Nigel Farage to help fill-in its much-needed vacancy. Paddy Power informed that …

Frankfurt Xetra-listed online betting operator bet-at-home AG has detailed a strong H1 2017 financial performance (period ending 30 June) with the company reporting significant gains across its core revenue and EBITDA metrics. “In the first half of 2017, the listed online sports betting and gaming provider continued its successful development and could clearly outperform the dynamic growth of the previous …

New York-listed US Casino group Boyd Gaming Plc (Boyd) is confident of hitting its 2017 full-year corporate targets and expectations, following its best ‘quarter results’ in nearly ten years. Updating investors of Q2 2017 results (period ending 30 June), Boyd reported a 10% uplift in group new revenues to $599 million (Q2 2016: $544 million). Driven by enterprise growth across …

Having led the redevelopment of European betting operator mybet Holdings’ IT Platform, the firm’s major technology development for 2016 & 2017, Sean Keogh Chief Product Officer speaks to SBC on current industry product development dynamics. Ahead of Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September), Keogh an industry technology veteran breaks down the industry’s current development framework, operator trends with regards to product …

In partnership with industry content provider Realistic Games, Gibraltar online bookmaker BetVictor has announced the launch of its exclusive Liverpool FC slots game ‘LFC Stars’. The game will be exclusive to BetVictor casino inventory, as the Official Betting Partner of Liverpool FC. LFC Stars is a three-reel, five-win line slot, featuring present Liverpool FC players Roberto Firmino, Georginio Wijnaldum, Adam Lallana …

The continued expansion of regulated markets coupled with increased tax burdens has shifted the sports betting industry to favour third-party solutions, according to Kambi Group Chief Commercial Officer Ian Freeman. Speaking exclusively to SBC, Freeman highlighted the growth enjoyed by its long-term customer 888sport, with which Kambi extended its partnership deal on Wednesday, as proof the ‘outsourcing model has never been so relevant’. “The …

Unfortunately, we will not be offering contests this season. We hope to be back in the future. Details: https://t.co/SrjbnizgPA. — FanDuel (@FanDuelUK) July 28, 2017 Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has shut down its UK-facing operations in order to focus its commercial growth in its home US market. Over the weekend FanDuel.co.uk sent emails communications to affected players informing them …