VSoftCo Ltd, a specialist software development company in the global virtual sports market, part of Kevin McCabe’s Yorkshire based Esplanade Group, announces that it has renewed its collaboration agreement with Kiron Interactive, a leading global developer and supplier of and virtual gaming solutions. As part of the agreement the partners are working together on new projects to sell their combined …

Unibet Denmark (Unibet.dk), has announced that it will be main sponsor of super middleweight boxer Rudy ‘The Hard Hitter’ Markussen ring return on 12 September at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavin. The popular Markussen, a former IBF Super Middleweight Champion (weight class: 160-168 pounds) aims to land a mega bout against Danish boxing prospect Patrick Nielsen. A successful performance by Markussen at …

Following a year’s partnership with sports content and data provider Perform Group to develop and commercialise its digital assets,  Football Federation Australia (FFA) governing body of Australian football, has announced that it has extended its digital partnership with the content provider through to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Detailing performance, the FFA noted that it had seen a …

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), has partnered with the Hong Kong FA (HKFA) in order to develop football initiatives in the autonomous region. Working alongside executives of the HKFA, the state licensed operator has formed a five year plan to support all levels of football. HKJC will back the plan with a HK $120 million (£11 million) donation targeting …

Ladbrokes Plc has announced the retirement of Darren Shapland as Non-Executive director. Shapland leaves the operator following, six years’ service, five of which he served as Chair of the Audit Committee The Ladbrokes board, informed its operations and the media that it had begun to look for Shapland’s replacement, and that it expects to make an announcement on the pending …

Following this morning’s announcement by bwin.party Entertainment governance, that it had selected GVC Holdings £1.1 billion takeover offer over its prior bid of £908 million, 888 Holdings governance has publicly announced that it has withdrawn from acquisition discussions. The withdrawal sees 888 ends its deal co-operation agreement (accepted on 17 July) with bwin.party governance. In a short statement, 888’s board concluded that …

Sunderland based online bingo operator Tombola, has announced the launch of its 2015 TV advertising campaign “We Are Tombola”. The 30 second add, places Tombola players as the stars of the online bingo website, shunning popular celebrity endorsement favoured by numerous UK bingo operators. In planning the campaign, Tombola hosted social competitions for its customers to star in the advertisement …

Employees of Sky Betting & Gaming got their hands dirty this week when they volunteered at New Beginnings – a charitable organisation in York where former race horses are rehabilitated and re-homed. For the fourth year running, 22 members of the team spent time mucking out stables, repairing and painting fences, grooming horses and undertaking general yard duties. New Beginnings, …

Amaya Inc online poker subsidiary PokerStars has officially moved into the burgeoning US daily fantasy sports (DFS) market, with the launch of Starsdraft.com. Following its August announcement that it had acquired DFS operator Victiv for an undisclosed sum. Victiv’s online inventory has been re-branded to Starsdraft.com, ahead of the start of the 2015/16 NFL season, a key operational period for …

Paddy Power’s B2B sports betting services division (Paddy Power B2B) has announced that it will supply Spanish gambling operator Reta Espana (Retabet.es) with sports betting software and provisions. The agreement sees Paddy Power sign it first Spanish provisions agreement The partnership sees the Irish gambling operator extend its European B2B services, having recently agreed partnerships extensions with Nike Slovakia and …