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Kindred commissions research project into Responsible Gambling Practices

SBC News Kindred commissions research project into Responsible Gambling Practices

Updating the market, Stockholm-listed European online gambling operator Kindred Group Plc has announced that it has commissioned two leading international researchers to investigate ‘gambling practices using anonymized customer data’ from its corporate assets. The study which has been commissioned for a period of three years, will seek to gain industry insight into player profiles, and user journey and interaction with Kindred …

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Leigh Nissim resigns as CEO of Nektan Plc

SBC News Leigh Nissim resigns as CEO of Nektan Plc

London AIM-listed mobile gambling specialist Nektan Plc has today confirmed the departure of Leigh Nissim as its Chief Executive Officer. Issuing a corporate update, Nektan governance detailed that Nissim will officially leave the business this coming August, with founder and Non-Executive Director Gary Shaw retaking the firm’s CEO position on an interim basis. Nissim a former IGT and GTECH executive …

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Eurobet Italia gets ‘Super Live Football’ with Metric Gaming

SBC News Eurobet Italia gets 'Super Live Football' with Metric Gaming

Industry in-play betting specialist Metric Gaming has announced that it has entered the Italian market in partnership with Eurobet Italia launching in Super Live product for football. The partnership will see Eurobet add a further 250 Super Live markets per football match. Eurobet management detailed that the Metric Gaming partnership will help it differentiate its sports betting product within the …

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Betfair opens Drone Racing markets in partnership with DRL

SBC News Betfair opens Drone Racing markets in partnership with DRL

Betfair has teamed up with the Drone Racing League (DRL), the leading authority for professional drone racing to offer betting markets on the final race of the Allianz World Championship circuit at Alexandra Palace London (13 June). The Championship race will be the UK’s first professional drone race and will be held as part of London Tech Week, Europe’s largest …

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GVC Holdings eyes Bwin Russia market entry

SBC News GVC Holdings eyes Bwin Russia market entry

Russian business news sources are reporting that GVC Holdings’ European sports betting subsidiary Bwin is preparing to launch a licensed Russian sportsbook property Bwin.ru in partnership with Digital Betting LLC. The Bwin project is said to be supported by Russian billionaire financier Alexander Mamut, whose investment firm owns Russian bookmaker Digital Betting LLC which will act as licensing partner in …

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Scandinavia new boys Entrobet launch affiliate program on NetRefer

SBC News Scandinavia new boys Entrobet launch affiliate program on NetRefer

Scandinavian focused online bookmaker Entrobet (Entrobet.com) has launched its affiliate marketing program utilising NetRefer software services. Launching its partner marketing program, the Malta-based operator will join NetRefer’s ‘Unified Performance Marketing’ platform. Christer Frestad, Managing Director at EntroBet commented on the launch of the affiliate program “We have had nothing but good experiences with NetRefer throughout the implementation process of their cutting-edge affiliate …

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Bookmakers shorten Tory odds as Labour comeback fades

SBC News Bookmakers shorten Tory odds as Labour comeback fades

With less than 24-hours to go until polling stations open, UK bookmakers have shortened the odds on a Conservative Party UK 2017 General Election ‘majority victory’. This morning Paddy Power Politics, detailed that it had cut its ‘Tory Majority’ price from 1/4 to 2/9. Furthermore, the bookmaker has drifted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s chances of becoming PM to 4/1, having …

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Kindred completes £175 million acquisition of 32Red

SBC News Kindred completes £175 million acquisition of 32Red

Updating the market, Stockholm-listed European online gambling group Kindred Group Plc (Kindred) has confirmed that it has completed it’s £175 million acquisition of 32Red Plc (deal first announced 23 February). The announcement sees Kindred acquire 97% of 32Red Plc’s shares, which will now move to fully delist from the London AIM exchange market. Kindred governance informs that it has attributed …

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Betway extends title sponsorship of Cheltenham’s ‘Champion Chase’ for further 3 years

SBC News Betway extends title sponsorship of Cheltenham's 'Champion Chase' for further 3 years

Betway has agreed a contract extension to sponsor the Grade One Queen Mother Champion Chase for the next three Cheltenham Festivals. The champion two-mile chase was Betway’s first major racing sponsorship deal back in 2015, when Dodging Bullets shot to victory under Sam Twiston-Davies, and the leading online bookmaker will now sponsor the top-level contest up to and including 2020. …

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