Coral Interactive has been reprimanded by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), relating to unclear terms attached to two campaigns promoting ‘Free Bet’ offers during this summer’s Euro 2016. The advertising authority stated that they had received public complaints relating to Coral’s promotion of a £/€ 20 free bet on any team to win the Euro 2016 and a £/€ …

Better Collective AS the operating company of leading European sports betting player portal bettingexpert.com, has triumphed over almost 32,000 entrants to be named National Champion at the European Business Awards 2016/17. The awards, which include competing companies from 33 countries, recognise business excellence and best practice in the European business community, with Better Collective one of just 2% of entrants …

Hopes of progressing legalised ‘single-game’ sports betting in Canada, will again return to the spotlight as Ottawa’s House of Commons reviews Bill C-221 on 21 September. Canadian Commons’ will debate whether to progress C-221 ‘’ The Safe & Regulated Sports Act” to its Committee on Justice and Human Rights for further review or whether to simply reject the proposed bill. …

Confirming its full rebrand to ‘Jackpotjoy Plc’, Intertain Group governance is targeting a mid-October listing on the London FTSE. Moving away from its current Toronto TSX-listing, Intertain will debut Jackpotjoy Plc as the world’s biggest online bingo operator seeking a + £430 million London capitalization. Updating investors last week, Intertain governance announced that the company would be returning its headquarters …

Germany’s Hesse Ministry will allow online betting operators to apply for temporary licenses, while national regulators seek to overhaul the country’s licensing and regulatory framework. Updating industry stakeholders, Hesse courts will allow national and international operators to apply for ‘orders of tolerance’ until the 15 November. If approved, betting operators will be allowed to service online betting provisions to German …

Arena Racing’s broadcast joint venture  ‘The Racing Partnership’ (“TRP”) has announced that it has gained a significant number of new Irish betting partners, strengthening its overall racing coverage Irish bookmakers joining TRP services include Boylesports, Sean Graham, Bar One, Track Sports, Bambury, Tully, Fox’s and Mulholland. The bookmaker additions see TRP bring the total number of UK and Irish betting …

Newly merged Dutch national lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij, has confirmed the appointment of Niels Onkenhout as its new Chief Executive Officer. Onkenhout takes over the leadership of the Nederlandse Loterij operations, the new enterprise formed following this year’s merger of Dutch state lottery operators Staatsloterij and De Lotto. Updating the market, Nederlandse Loterij governance confirmed that Onkenhout had joined the …

The governance of Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has stated that the betting operator has no current plans regarding a corporate flotation. SB&G has moved to dismiss industry rumours, as UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported this weekend that private equity owners CVC Capital Partners were eyeing the floatation of its asset in early 2017. Acquired from UK broadcaster BSkyB …

One of the industry’s newest leaders, Marathonbet’s CEO Viktor Hoffman details to SBC why betting stakeholders have to challenge industry legacy values and operations to meet current and future consumer demands. Hoffman, a speaker at the Betting on Sports Conference (15-16 September London Grange Hotel), tells SBC readers that while some operators my find comfort in traditional operations, tomorrow’s winners …

Lorenzo Pellegrino, Paysafe Group’s CEO of Digital Wallets, sees value-added enhancements in his firm’s $30 million acquisition of leading industry affiliate and acquisition marketing software provider Income Access. Speaking to SBC News, Pellegrino stated that adding Income Access services Paysafe would gain “value-added services that extend beyond payments and will make our overall offering ‘stickier’ for merchants”. “The acquisition embeds our …