With two weeks to go until the start of the 2017 Cheltenham Festival (14-17 March), Betfair has partnered with the Mirror Online (Mirror.co.uk) to host a live expert panel webcast on this year’s races. Hosted tonight at the Trinity Mirror offices (Canada Square London), Betfair ‘Racing Ambassadors’ and renowned racehorse trainers’ Paul Nicholls and Gordon Elliot will discuss all things …

Gibraltar independent bookmaker will broaden its customer online payment provisions by integrating Easy Payment Gateway (EPG) API system. Confirming the partnership, BetVictor will move to integrate EPG’s payment API across all its gaming channels. The bookmaker is set to benefit from improved reporting on transactions via EPG’s back-end, as well as stronger anti-fraud provisions and improved transactional scaling during the …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has presented its latest 2016 statistics report into ‘UK gambling participation, attitudes and behaviours’ of British consumers.  Focusing its research on consumer participation and perceptions of gambling verticals, the UKGC gives detailed insight on user habits, influences, product awareness and attitudes to betting and gaming. Presenting its 2016 results, the UKGC reports the headline figure …

FTSE-listed GVC Holdings European online betting subsidiary Bwin has moved to aggressively expand its profile and coverage within the Spanish betting market targeting football marketing. In the past week, the bookmaker has announced three new betting sponsorships with La Liga football clubs’ Valencia CF, Sevilla FC and Atletico Madrid, three of Spain’s most high-profile clubs. Last week, Bwin marketing announced …

Last October SBC covered the betting phenomenon of Donald Trump who had shaken up bookmaker political markets. His surprise US Election victory rocked global politics, the media, public and bookmakers who now have to adapt to a Trump Presidency and Administration.    Following the first two months of Trump’s volatile presidency, SBC’s latest ‘Bookies Corner’ asks bookmakers and industry stakeholders …

Leading European sports betting bettingexpert has announced that it has launched an Italian language version of its Smartbets odds comparison site. bettingexpert (operated by Better Collective) continues its ambitions of expanding Smartbets into the leading Pan-European odds comparison portal, informing customers of the best bookmaker information and deals available. Italy represents Smartbets third market entry, following the launch of its …

Fenway Games has announced its biggest deal to date which will see the company’s SnapPlay product launched into the Chinese sports market via a deal with Chinese social sports platform HQ Sports. The deal will see Fenway provide a social version of its instant-betting app which will be distributed via HQ Sports’ MiaoHi social sports app and its Jihai app, …

Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere (Codere) has launched its dedicated Mexican sports betting website Codere.mx, as the restructured operator continues to expand its services within Latin America. Through its strategic partnership with leisure operator Grupo Caliente, Codere is Mexico’s biggest gambling operator servicing 84 gaming establishments. Furthermore, the gambling group has a reported 70 betting points within the provinces of …

The governance of Finnish state-owned operator Veikkaus OY has stated that it has completed its unification of gambling enterprises under the Veikkaus brand, which will seek to bring a greater market proposition to Finland’s betting/gaming consumers. Last June the Finnish Finance Ministry announced that the state-owned gambling enterprises of Ray (slots & games) Fintoto (racing) and Veikkaus (betting) would be …

FTSE-listed GVC Holdings has announced that Hollywood star Heather Graham will be the ‘face’ of UK subsidiary brand Foxy Bingo. Graham star of hit movies ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ will head Foxy Bingo’s latest £10 million UK marketing campaign and brand refresh. Foxy marketing detailed that the actress will head-up six ‘tongue-in-cheek’ commercials for the bingo brand. The first …