Industry news sources have reported that John Haddock has left as Chief Executive Officer of independent bookmaker Betfred. Haddock departs following thirty years’ service with the Manchester-based bookmaker, having served as CEO since August 2014  when he replaced Fred Done at the head of the company after years serving as managing director. As yet, Betfred governance has not disclosed any details …

Northern & Shell UK news publisher Express Newspapers, have agreed to a real money and social games partnership with industry content and platform provider Gaming Realms. Confirming the partnership, Gaming Realms governance disclosed that Express Newspapers’ the ‘Daily Express’ and ‘Daily Star’ would launch of two new online gaming websites, Star Wins and Express Wins.  The UK gaming websites will …

Ahead of the start of the Ryder Cup (30 September) at Hazeltine National Golf Club (Minnesota), Paddy Power has unveiled Piers Morgan as Team USA’s chief cheerleader. Launching Paddy Power’s latest viral marketing campaign. the controversial TV presenter and Daily Mail columnist has declared his love for Uncle Sam following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Morgan an …

William Hill’s retail betting division has begun the launch of 800 SG Gaming self-service betting terminals (SSBTs) across its UK estates. The ‘roll-out’ forms part of a wider agreement struck between William Hill and Scientific Games’ UK-facing subsidiary SG Gaming, which has become the bookmaker’s main hardware and terminal partner. Following the initial roll-out, a further 1200 terminals will be …

Bolstering its European online casino inventory, FTSE 250 operator GVC Holdings (GVC) has announced that it has signed a major games content agreement with Microgaming’s Quickfire division. Supplied by Microgaming Prima Networks the GVC brands of bwin, partycasino and partypoker will be over 50 games titles supplied by Quickfire for their casino product offerings’ in the regulated markets of Bulgaria, …

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) governance has today confirmed the appointment of Jochen Weiner as Managing Director of Sky Bet Deutschland. The leadership appointment of Weiner, comes as SB&G looks to expand its betting services in its new markets of Italy and Germany. Weiner takes the Sky Bet Deutschland executive role, having served as Managing Director of now defunct Deutsche …

Updating the market on Tuesday, Caesars Entertainment Corp (CEC) governance declared that it had reached a $5 billion settlement with the majority of creditors owed by its bankrupt operating unit Caesars Entertainment Operating Co (COEC). Following nearly two years of litigation disputes, the COEC $18 billion bankruptcy restructure clears its biggest hurdle with private equity backers Apollo Global Management and TPG …

New daily fantasy sports operator Sporaga has announced that it has moved its operations to the Isle of Man, as the company seeks to enhance its international expansion within the coming months. At present, Sporaga operates its fantasy sports product within the Brazilian market. Gaining an Isle of Man licence to ‘expand its operations’, Sporaga management revealed that the company …

Marathonbet CEO Viktor Hoffman has touched upon the difficulties the industry has dealing with ‘millennials’ and the different approach that might be needed to attract this youthful demographic. Speaking at a betting conference last week, Hoffmann discussed how to engage millennials, commenting: “Millennials might spend less but they engage more. They’re generally more on mobile which tends to mean less …

Online poker news sources are reporting that OnGame Network (OnGame), one of the industry’s oldest poker networks will close down this October. The poker network which has had multiple owners including bwin.party Entertainment and Amaya Inc, in recent years’ has suffered from declining active player numbers affecting its game liquidity. At its peak, Ongame was a leading European B2B poker …