Industry event organizer iGaming Business (iGB ) has informed that it has published its shortlist for the 2017 iGB Affiliate Awards. Hosted during the London Affiliate Conference (LAC), iGB informs that awards are up for grabs across 25 categories including ‘Best Website’ and ‘Best Affiliate Program’ for the poker, sports betting, lottery, casino, bingo and finance verticals. iGB has published …

Issuing an industry update the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revelead that online gambling is the largest gambling sector for Britain, with 33% of all wagers processed digitally as the commission publishes its new figures today. Publishing industry statistics between April 2015 – March 2016 the UKGC reveals that total digital ‘Gambling Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)’ accounted for £4.5 billion surpassing National Lottery GGY of £3.4billion and …

Nick Keating, Director EMEA, BounceX, explains the essential differences between Personalisation and People-Based Marketing, and why industry stakeholders should be paying attention to this new discipline as all customers engage in a multi-device, multi-channel, multi-browser world. _________________ Personalisation historically has struggled to deliver. It has failed to mature to its fullest potential and achieve true one-to-one communications with consumers regardless of …

Spanish multi-channel gambling operator Luckia has announced that it has upgraded its online sports betting platform to SBTech provisions. Updating stakeholders, Luckia management detailed that a new optimised betting platform was needed in order to meet its growth targets for the Spanish market and in order to meet increasing customer demands. The Galicia-based operator partners with SBTech following a review …

Sportech Racing & Digital, a division of Sportech Plc has confirmed that it has renewed its supplier contract with Tote Ireland, which will see the company continue to supply pari-mutuel betting technologies and provisions. The racing technology supplier detailed that it had won a competitive tender process for its renewal of services with Tote Ireland, a customer of Sportech since …

Leading industry player portal Oddschecker has confirmed that it has extended its ongoing dynamic content partnership with football betting data provider Football Form Labs (footballformlabs.com). Oddschecker renews its content partnership, following a successful year of working with Football Form Labs. The partnership sees Football Form Labs generate bespoke football betting content designed to engage and inform Oddschecker users/viewers. Content analysis …

Lottomatica’s sports-betting operation in Italy enjoyed 7% growth in wagers in the third quarter benefitting from the second-half of the European Championships falling in the period, however parent company IGT’s results were marred by a significant fall in social casino revenues. The company gave very little further detail other than suggesting the sports-betting business helped contribute, alongside the company’s lottery …

Updating the market, industry platform and software supplier EveryMatrix has confirmed the appointment of Matthew Colledge as its new Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  An industry IT veteran Colledge joins EveryMatrix operations from sports betting solutions provider Offsidegaming, where he led the technology and product development departments as CTO (2011 – 2016). EveryMatrix governance was pleased to have secured the …

As part of its recent study conducted  in August 2016 of over 200 in-market customers, across both mobile and desktop devices. Customer and commercial insights provider Global Reviews details the importance of user experience and the ability to self-service as key factors that can determine whether a prospective customer chooses an operator’s services or not.  _________________________________ The prevalence of using …

The proposed CAD $6.7 billion acquisition of Amaya Inc by former Chief Executive David Baazov, has been thrown into question following reports that Dubai-based private equity firm KBC Aldini Capital has denied being involved in Baazov’s takeover of Amaya assets. On 14 November Baazov had penned an official CAD $24 per share (30% premium) for Amaya assets. Baazov who is …