Cheltenham Festival organiser, Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR) appears to be at loggerheads with Ladbrokes regarding the operator’s sponsorship of Grade 1 event ‘The World Hurdle Race (15.30 – St Patricks Thursday 17 March). Ladbrokes continued stand-off against UK racing’s proposed Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) scheme, has seen the bookmaker unable to renew its eleven year sponsorship of the race. JCR …

European sports betting technology and solutions provider BetConstruct has announced that it has opened strategic offices in Montevideo, Uruguay and Kiev, Ukraine. The new offices will support BetConstruct’s ongoing new market expansion targeting Eastern Europe and Latin America. The strategic offices will assist BetConstruct operations with commercial development by creating  localised client facing services and account management. BetConstruct’s CEO Vahe …

NASDAQ listed gambling technology provider Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), has confirmed the appointment of Susan Cartwright as Vice President of Corporate Communications. A gambling marketing strategy specialist, Cartwright joins SGC from competitor International Game Technology (IGT), were she led a number of branding, thought leadership and investor relations initiatives for IGT group as VP of Communications. SGC detailed that Cartwright …

US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has been crowned the 2015 “LONGINES Worlds Best Racehorse”, making the colt the first American-based runner since Curlin in 2008 to win the coveted prize. Pharoah who gained legendary status by becoming the first horse to sweep the American Triple Crown in 37 years, winning US Grand Slams at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes …

The beginning of 2016, sees a further setback for leading daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators’ FanDuel and DraftKings, following the announcement by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that deems DFS to be an illegal game of chance in the Lone Star state. Responding to a query put forward by the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Health, debating the legality …

Reporting a strong finish to 2015, London AIM listed online gaming marketing services provider XLMedia Plc lifted its year end guidance, outlining that its core performance metrics would beat market expectations. XLMedia governance detailed that its FY 2015 revenues would reach an estimated $87 million (£60 million). Its strong revenue growth, would be further supported by EBITA earnings of circa …

Speaking last weekend to The Daily Telegraph, GVC Holdings CEO Kenneth Alexander detailed his company’s ambitious plans for its +£1 billion takeover of bwin.party Entertainment. Having gained shareholder approval to finalise its leveraged takeover of the Gibraltar based online gambling operator, Alexander stated to The Telegraph that should GVC governance successfully integrate bwin.party services, the new business entity would become …

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Amaya Inc online poker subsidiary PokerStars continues to diversify its multi-media channel output, by announcing that it has launched its free to play Jackpot Poker app for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV stick devices. The development of the Jackpot Poker app for Amazon, will allow viewers to access PokerStars social gaming app directly from their televisions via the Amazon …

London AIM listed betting operator GVC Holdings Plc has confirmed the appointment of Nick Batram as new Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. Batram takes on the newly created role, with GVC Holdings having gained full shareholder approval to finalise its takeover of bwin.party Entertainment, the operator will now push to conclude the deal by 1 February. GVC governance …