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This week’s 6 of the Best comes from Robin Hutchison, Director at Square in the Air. Read on to find out about cricketing craziness, a favourite album dilemma and a very good time at the races. Best Holiday Shelter Island in upstate New York at my mate’s pool house last summer. Beautiful place, great weather, and fabulous food. Watched Mayweather …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has sanctioned new research exploring ‘whether some gambling products and environments are more harmful than others’. The study into gambling products and environments will be supervised by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) and commissioned by industry charity GambleAware. The UKGC will seek to gather consumer information and data from industry stakeholders, focusing on understanding product …

Last weekend with the help of UK sportsbook operator FansBet, Shrewsbury Town FC made history launching a safe standing area at the club’s all seater stadium. FansBet sponsored the campaign which was led Shrewsbury Town’s fan group, the Supporters’ Parliament, who pushed the case for 555 railing seats at the Montgomery Waters Meadow Stadium. Unfortunately for last season’s League One play-off …

Gaming software and services provider Nektan has unveiled a new deal with Yggdrasil, which will see content from the slot developer go live on its operated online casinos. Expanding its suite of games, Nektan details that this latest agreement “greatly increases the variety of games” at the disposal of its operator partners. Michael Byrne, chief operating officer of B2C at Nektan, commented: “We’re …

US expansion was a key theme of Paddy Power Betfair’s (PPB) corporate update on Wednesday, with the FTSE100 firm outlining its mandate to maximise the FanDuel merger and develop as a household proposition for the US sports scene. Facing increased US competition, PPB detailed that it won’t disregard the fantasy sports element of FanDuel’s offering, as the vertical enhances the …

The desire to simplify the transaction process continues to drive innovation for ECOMMPAY, for whom GATE2025 has become the latest weapon in its payment service arsenal. Earlier this year, ECOMMPAY launched GATE2025, a processing platform which combines acquiring capabilities, 100+ alternative payment methods, mass payouts, and technological innovation within a single, seamless integration. It has been designed for fast, easy …

Gibraltar-based online gambling operator Mansion Group has confirmed that it will utilise Rightlander marketing compliance tools, enhancing its player acquisition programme capabilities. The partnership will see Rightlander technologies ‘scans affiliate websites, monitoring all activity which mentions or links to the Mansion brands, whilst also searching for certain events and conditions defined by the operator.’ Confirming the partnership Ali Hawa, Head of …

Publishing its 2017/18 (period ending 30 June) annual results, a new look Tabcorp Holdings demonstrates its enlarged capacity, recovering from its 2016/17 woes. The ASX-listed gambling group points towards a new direction as it incorporates the lottery and betting assets of Tatts Group, forming Australia’s biggest gambling enterprise (deal concluded December 2017). A significantly enlarged Tabcorp records 2017/18 group revenues …