Lord Justice Kim Lewison (UK Appeals Court) has granted US professional poker player Phil Ivey the right to appeal to overturn his lost £7.7 million High Court case against Genting Casino UK regarding his baccarat winnings at Crockfords Club Mayfair. The appeal relates to Ivey’s substantial win during a two day period in 2012 at Crockfords playing Punto Banco (a …

Playtech online bingo software subsidiary Virtue Fusion has announced that it has won the supplier contract to operate News UK brands’ ‘Sun Bingo’ and ‘Fabulous Bingo’. Virtue Fusion will replace long time supplier Gamesys (since 2008) as the bingo network for News UK bingo brands. The partnerships sees the Virtue Fusion network gain one of the UK’s largest bingo rooms, …

GVC Holdings has announced the appointment of Shay Segev as its new Chief Operating Officer. Segev will be in charge of leading the operators merger integration with bwin.party Entertainment, which it acquired in August for £1.1 billion. The appointment of Segev the former Chief Operations Officer of Playtech Plc, represents a major coup for GVC. Segev who had worked for …

Reporting on its year to date performance (period ending 30 September), Gala Coral has recorded Group EBITDA earnings of £205 million, just 1% ahead of 2014’s £202 million. Gala Coral governance stated that corporate performance had remained strong despite encountering significant regulatory headwinds and a tough comparative period which featured no World Cup to boost company performance. The operator maintained …

Issuing a short statement on Friday (27 November), Paddy Power Plc and Betfair Group Ltd have both announced that the planned £6.2 billion merger deal will be put to vote on 21 December. Both operators are set to host ‘extraordinary meetings’ in which investors will cast their votes on whether to progress the merger. Preparing for their shareholder vote, Paddy …

The Judiciary of Malta (crime court) is hearing the ongoing trial of former Betsson Senior Affiliate Manager Christiaan Alexander Van Dalen, who has been accused of defrauding his former employer of €153,000. Dutchman Van Dalen (41) has been accused of falsifying commission based traffic said to be referred to Betsson from ‘fake’ websites he created and managed as affiliate manager …

888 Holdings online bingo brand Wink Bingo has announced the launch of digital magazine Winkly. The bingo operator states that it is the first magazine for “true bingo lovers”. The Winkly magazine will be hosted on URL winkly.winkbingo.com and is accessible to all bingo enthusiasts. Wink Bingo’s marketing team stated that the magazine would feature unique content and editorial such …

David Goldblatt’s ‘The Game of Our Lives’ has won the 27th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award”. The awards’ judging panel described the book as an “exceptional winner”, beating a strong shortlist of five other contenders to win the £27,000 prize. ‘The Game of Our Lives’ is a study of modern football and its impacts on wider society …

online and mobile games supplier iSoftBet is pleased to announce that its entire gaming portfolio has successfully achieved full UK Level 3 certification from the UK Gambling Commission. iSoftBet acquired its UK continuation licence in November 2014, after which it was allotted a 12-month period to bring its gaming suite to level 3 compliance for the UK. The supplier was …

Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage Tracey Crouch will be amongst the speakers at the third annual Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) Harm Minimisation Conference. The conference will be held at the King’s Fund, Cavendish Square, London on Wednesday 9 December 2015 and the overall theme is minimising gambling-related harm in Britain. This year the programme will focus on the range …