Releasing a statement on Monday, Amaya Inc confirmed that its daily fantasy sports operator StarsDraft would limit its real-money player services to four “favourable” states. In light of the ongoing federal investigation into US daily fantasy sports (DFS) market and operators, Amaya Inc governance has decided to scale back its StarsDraft operations. The Canadian operator will now only service real …

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has agreed an exclusive content distribution deal with sports betting software provider Betgenius. As chosen distributor Betgenuis has gained rights to stream live content and data of RMG on digital and mobile verticals to the regions of Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. The live content will be integrated alongside Betgenius’s wagering solution, allowing for the software …

Governance of London AIM listed Mobile Gaming specialist Gaming Realms Plc, announced that the firm was confident of hitting its 2015 growth targets, having recorded a 48% revenue increase to £6.2 million for Q3 2015 (Q3 2014: £4.2 million). Gaming Realms management noted that it had seen increased player take up of its mobile games portfolio, detailing that in-house developed …

bet365 management is considering contesting Romanian ONJN’s decision to blacklist and revoke its online betting license despite paying the regulators obligatory back taxes. October saw the ONJN publish its latest blacklist of operators deemed to be breaching national gaming laws. ONJN confirmed that it had revoked bet365.com betting licence, but did not clarify its reasons for the repeal. bet365 management …

Following September’s announcement that the European Court of Justice (ECJ), had not reviewed the Hesse Ministry’s German sports betting regulations.  The Hessian Administrative Court has moved to completely overhaul the proposed national framework. Facing further delays and pressure from numerous political, sporting and business stakeholders, the court has moved to clear the framework’s review process, stating that its regulatory make-up of …

SIS, supplier of betting operational provisions, has welcomed back former Operations Director Brent Dolan as Head of Horse Racing Content. Dolan was previously with SIS for 26 years, launching innovations such as virtual gaming on SIS FACTS, dedicated greyhounds channel SIS2, and the Virtual Betting Channel. His newly-created role as Head of Horse Racing Content will leverage horse racing products, …

2015 has seen a number of new entrants vying to compete and innovate the European fantasy sports/football market. Valery Bollier Co-Founder and CEO of Oulala (Oulala.com), believes his outfit has developed the most innovative and engaging fantasy sports game for European sports fans. Launching Oulala’s UK monetized platform, SBC gains further insight into this ambitious start-up’s plans. _________________________ SBC: Hi …

Betfred has announced the closure of its Tote Park Wigan call centre. The call centre was inherited from its 2011 £250 million acquisition of former state-owned betting operator Tote. The closure of the call centre could see 14 full-time and 98 part-time employees lose their jobs, although the company says that, given the size of the overall enterprise, it would …

With a view to capture a modern audience amid its declining readership, Playboy Founder and Editor in-Chief Hugh Hefner announced last week that his magazine would no longer publish fully nude female models/centrefolds. Playboy senior executives announced that February 2016 would see the last publication of its ‘nude magazine’ as the publisher takes on a social-media relevant, “PG-13” strategy. Opening …

Titanbet UK has been announced as official sponsor of Sheffield Wednesday’s West Stand for the 2015/16 Championship football season. Sheffield Wednesday and Titanbet UK marketing unveiled the stand sponsorship this weekend as English return to its full schedule following the international break. Titanbet UK announced that it would be running a number of promotions for the Owls (Sheffield Wednesday nickname) …