As Greece and the EU enter final debt crisis deadlock talks, William Hill has re-opened its market on whether the country will leave the Euro Zone by the end of 2015. Entering a critical 24 hour period, Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set out new proposals to try and prevent Greece’s default on a €1.6 billion IMF loan. Greece …
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Finnplay enters Ghana with kiosk solution partnership
Finnish based gambling technology and gaming platform provider Finnplay has announced that it has provided its sports betting kiosk solution to Ghanaian based betting agency Simplebet. Simplebet will integrate the solution throughout its Ghana based retail sports betting agency portfolio, giving players access to greater market selection and easier customer processing Erkki Nikunen, Vice President of Sales for Finnplay, commented on the …
Read More »Boylesports plans €25 million bid for Ladbrokes Ireland
Following its review of Ladbrokes Ireland’s examinership, Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports confirmed that it would prepare a €25 million bid to take over the troubled retail betting division. A Boylesports spokesman confirmed the pending bid to newspaper the Irish Independent, despite the operator losing its legal challenge to gain sensitive insight regarding Ladbrokes Ireland’s performance. It is believed that Boylesports …
Read More »Paddy Power re-appoints Lucky Generals as lead creative agency
Following just three months of service, Paddy Power has dropped ad agency Beattie McGuiness Bungay (BMB) and re-appointed former lead agency Lucky Generals to head up its creative marketing and brand strategy. UK marketing news source Campaign Magazine disclosed that the switch in agency had been approved by new Paddy Power CMO Gav Thompson who joined the company in April. …
Read More »IGT pays out £3.4 million to four MegaJackpots’ players
International Game Technology PLC (IGT) announced that four lucky Europe-based players recently earned a fortune on IGT’s new interactive MegaJackpots games, winning more than £3.4m between them. These lucky winners all hit their jackpots shortly after the Company’s interactive MegaJackpots game launch. The first winner was struck with luck on 23 March 2015 via Ladbrokes and took home £1.2m after playing the …
Read More »EiG to explore eSports opportunities for the gaming industry
The eSports sector is a “generational movement” that can provide scalability that the gaming industry will relish, according to experts who will focus on the topic at EiG in Berlin, Germany. Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood and Marco Blume, Head of Sportsbook at Pinnacle Sports, will lead an industry discussion on ‘eSports and gambling – exploring the potential at the intersection of both’ …
Read More »PKR appoints Neil Alexander as new CEO
Online poker operator PKR has announced the appointment of Neil Alexander as its new CEO. Alexander replaces Malcolm Graham who departed the poker operator to join mobile gaming platform developer Gametech as Vice President last May. Alexander joins PKR, from German interactive lottery operator Tipp24, where he was Managing Director of Mylotto24 and Lotto Network divisions. Alexander has further prior …
Read More »ActiveWin seals Betable Prospect Hall marketing services contract
San Francisco based real money games platform provider Betable has confirmed that igaming marketing specialist ActiveWin Media has won the contract to services its B2C casino brand Prospect Hall. Under the agreement, ActiveWin will offer marketing and player acquisition services and strategies for the expansion of the Prospect Hall casino brand targeting the UK market. Prospect Hall operations director Adele …
Read More »Arjan Korstjens – Quince Amsterdam – Slots future development & innovations
A headline speaker at the Slot Summit Romania, team SBC caught up with slots and games development and customer engagement expert Arjan Korstjens Strategy Director at Quince Amsterdam, an international Player Activation Agency. Having undertaken high level consultancy projects for Holland Casino, Lottomatica, Sisal, Merkur Casino and Grand Casino Luzern, Korstjens sheds light on the current development of slots, research of key …
Read More »William Hill confirms departure of Neil Cooper as Group Finance Director
William Hill Group Finance Director Neil Cooper is set to leave the operator to join UK property developer Barratt Developments. Cooper leaves William Hill following five years leading the bookmaker’s financial operations. Cooper’s contract has a 12 month notice period, but his actual departure date will be confirmed by the operator in due course. William Hill confirmed that it had …
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