Industry platform and software provider EveryMatrix has announced the launch of its new development office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company which was originally founded in Copenhagen Denmark, reached a significant corporate milestone as it opens its tenth global office. Its new Vietnam office will work on a number of development processes, including frontend JavaScript delivery, the development …

Bolstering its commercial development arm, igaming and mobile games content developer iSoftBet has confirmed the appointment of Michael Probert as its new Head of Business Development. A sixteen-year online gambling veteran Probert joins iSoftBet, leading the developer’s commercial propositions and new market strategies. Probert has prior international commerce and project management experience having worked in senior management roles for gambling …

Ladbrokes has announced the launch of its ‘industry first’ innovation ‘Edit My Acca’ function which will allow players to make changes to their football accumulator bets while matches are in play. Developed in-conjunction with industry technology providers OpenBet and Playtech, Ladbrokes management, have labelled ‘Edit My Acca’ as a game-changing function for sports betting consumers. ‘Edit My Acca’ will allow …

Presenting its Q1 2016 (period ending 31 March) corporate performance, IGT Plc governance stated its was pleased with its ‘solid opening performance’ as the New York-listed firm saw growth throughout its top line metrics. Reporting group revenues of $1.28 billion up 51% on Q1 2015’s $848 million, IGT detailed growth in its core region of North America. IGT would record …

Following April’s news that Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) would seek to merge its media and advertising accounts, following a restructure of its group marketing leadership. UK marketing news source ‘Campaign Live’ today reports that PPB’s merged marketing account will be handled by MediaCom (for PPB planning & buying) and Lucky Generals (for PPB creative strategy). Merging its media assets, MediaCom …

Malta and France licensed European betting operator Betclic Everest Group, has launched subsidiary Betclic services in Portugal becoming the first brand to secure a national online sports betting licence. Officially launching its Betclic Portugal services yesterday, the European operator had become the first bookmaker to be approved of an online betting fixed odds license by regulator ‘Regulação e Inspeção de …

Online payment provider, Paysafe Group Plc (Paysafe) has become the latest FTSE-listed company to face a shareholder dispute regarding executive pay.   Despite governance announcing on Wednesday that the company was outperforming its market guidance, 52% of shareholders voted against Paysafe’s executive payment scheme at the firm’s annual general meeting. It is understood that Paysafe investors are unhappy with CEO …

Paddy Power has upgraded its customer prepaid card to a new contactless service powered by MasterCard which will allow players to have instant  and unrestricted access to their online funds. Announcing its new ‘Cash Card PPLus’ service through its blog, the prepaid card will enable players to withdraw funds instantly, drastically reducing customer withdrawal waiting times which can take between …

Australian marketing news sources have reported that Tabcorp has called out for a review of its media planning and buying account as the operator looks to restructure its marketing division. Tabcorp will review its partnership with long-term incumbent OMD Australia, who have acted as its media planning lead for the past twenty years. It is understood that Tabcorp management carried …

Today sees the launch of BetStars in Italy, as Amaya Inc moves ahead with expanding its subsidiary sports betting product services within Europe. Italy represents the second European market opening for the BetStars brand, which was launched in the UK in January of this year. Following the conclusion of its AGM, Amaya governance announced that the company would move to …