With UK temperatures set to plunge this weekend to 3C (37F) in the south and as low as -4C  (25F) in the north, UK bookmakers have slashed the odds on a “White Christmas”. Following a warm October, the Met Office issued a notice that the UK was about to turn much colder as 2015 enters its final months. Reacting to …

The first AffiliateFest event took place on October 12 at London’s Hippodrome Casino and the day succeeded in its aim to provide vital expert advice to those in attendance.  Over 45 key Casino and Sportsbook affiliates took part in the first event – which was organised by Optimal Payments PLC The event was attended by affiliates from all over the …

Competitive eSports platform Unikrn has partnered with multi-player gaming league FACEIT, to create the world’s first competitive integrity certification program for eSports. The program aims to establish industry-wide best practice combined with competitive structures and policies to ensure legitimacy in eSports match results. FACEIT becomes the first league to implement the certification program to its multi-player games. Unikrn governance further …

The planned £6.2 billion (€7.5 billion) Paddy Power/Betfair merger has entered its phase one probe by the Irish Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Since the merger was first announced on the 25 of August, Paddy Power and Betfair governances’ have been working together to submit the planned proposal to the CCPC. The CCPC will now review the operators’ plans …

Following Monday’s release of the official Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens’ trailer, which sent social media into ‘hyperspace’, bookmaker Ladbrokes has placed odds of 6/4 on Lucas Films latest saga instalment to become the highest grossing film of all time. In order to make history, Star Wars Episode VII will have to break James Cameron’s Avatar which …

Mobile games platform and content provider Nektan Plc has announced that it has signed  a content portfolio agreement with European games developer NetEnt. The partnership will see Nektan offer significant content from NetEnt game portfolio to its mobile platform partners, including over 40 mobile gaming titles. NetEnt titles will be rolled out across Nektan’s real money gaming (“RMG”) partner network from November. …

Led by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), Britain’s largest racecourse governance groups have joined forces to tackle the issue of ‘underfunding and loopholes’ in the levy system. The joint stakeholders will move to bar bookmakers’ from sponsoring race events, tracks and festivals if they do not pay levy contributions through their online operations. The proposed levy initiative is supported by …

US-based real-time sports data integration, graphics presentation, and video enhancement solutions provider  SportsMEDIA Technology (SMT) has made a strategic investment in sports-betting platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd. The seven-figure sum will allow FSB to further enhance its cutting-edge platform, which supplies tools for CRM, analytics, and mobile development. FSB’s modern technology is aimed at existing casino and sports-betting operators who want …

It has been revealed that a special investigation unit in South Korea has identified twelve people that are suspected of being heavily involved in a match-fixing ring within popular eSports title Starcraft 2.    The official prosecutor’s report, which was translated and made available on Starcraft community site Team Liquid, nine suspects have been both indicted and arrested. These include …