Australian ASX analysts appear to be cool on the prospects of newly formed Ladbrokes Coral Plc acquiring Tabcorp Holdings for a reported + £2 billion offer. UK business news sources reported this weekend that Ladbrokes Coral governance had asked advisers to study a potential approach for ASX-100 Tabcorp. However, Australian business analysts have questioned the logic of Ladbrokes Coral’s approach …

Industry event organiser and publishing firm iGaming Business (iGB) has announced the format and schedule for its second ‘iGaming Entrepreneurs Conference’, hosted on 8 December at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel (London). iGB informs that the conference will begin with a ‘pitch coach’ by Benjamin Ball (Benjamin Ball Associates) offering expert advice on approaching business propositions to investors. The conference …

The governance of FTSE-listed gambling technology provider Playtech Plc has confirmed that Dr Armin Sageder has been appointed CEO of its sports betting ‘Playtech BGT’ division. Dr Sageder takes leadership of Playtech’s sports betting arm, having joined the industry technology provider in July, following Playtech’s €140 million ‘all-cash’ acquisition of BGT a Vienna based sports betting provisions supplier founded by …

Updating the market, ZEAL Investments the ‘seed stage’ investment arm of online B2C lottery operator ZEAL Networks has announced that it has partnered with MassChallenge UK an early stage start-up accelerator program. The partnership will give the ZEAL Investments team the opportunity to scout amongst the UK’s best technology and innovation start-ups, as ZEAL seeks to bring new ideas to …

As incoming US President Donald Trump’s transition team announces its staff cabinet and heads of US agencies and departments, it appears that Trump advisors have been stumped by one key question; ‘which singer will perform at President Trump’s inauguration?’ As yet, the bipartisan Congressional Committee has yet to publish any details for President Trump’s inauguration on 20 January. However, Trump’s …

Less than a month after officially completing its £2.4 billion merger (announced 1 November), the governance of Ladbrokes Coral Plc is reported to be studying a potential £2 billion takeover of Australian gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings. Eager to expand its global footprint, Ladbrokes Coral are reported to have appointed advisers consulting the FTSE operator on its approach for the Australian …

Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has confirmed that it will undertake a ‘far-reaching’ organisational restructure in a move to integrate its recently acquired assets with its existing industry portfolio of betting/igaming brands. The restructure will see GIG create a ‘B2C Division’ integrating acquired Betit Group assets (purchased June 2016) of Kaboo, SuperLenny and Thrills.com unified under a new B2C organisation …

The BBC has confirmed that it will no longer air the live draw of the UK National Lottery, dropping the Saturday night broadcast which has been a fixture on UK TV schedules since 1994. As part of its new contract with National Lottery operator Camelot, the BBC will broadcast the draw in a special slot within its iPlayer streaming service …

William Finnegan’s surfing memoir ‘Barbarian Days’ has won the 28th ‘William Hill Sports Book of the Year’ award, the richest and most prestigious sports literature prize. Described by judges as ‘compelling elegiac and profound’, Barbarian Days is the first surfing-based book to win William Hill’s literature prize. Finnegan a New Yorker magazine columnist has already won critical acclaim for his …

Stockholm Nasdaq-listed betting technology and platform provider Kambi Group (Kambi) has expanded into the Mexican gambling market by announcing that it has secured a partnership with Apuestas Internacionales, S.A. to provide multi-channel provisions for its PlayCity subsidiary. Agreeing terms with Apuestas Internacionales, Kambi will become the exclusive supplier of betting solutions to 17 syndicated PlayCity casinos, and provide online betting …