Europe

Stockholm-listed Cherry AB has confirmed that it will launch new Swedish online casino property Hajper.com, operated by its B2C division ComeOn. Hajper.com will be ComeOn’s second ‘instant withdrawal’ online casino, following the successful launch of Snabbare.com last December 2017. Developed for the Swedish market, Hajper.com aims to deliver customer withdrawals within a 15-minute timeframe. Furthermore, the online casino has been …

Subject to certain conditions, The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) Board has confirmed it has approved Chelmsford City Racecourse’s application to install a turf course for flat racing. The deal comes after the original plans had been shelved, when the BHA’s March meeting concluded in an application from Chelmsford City Racecourse not being approved. However, the Board of the BHA later …

Mark Bird the MD of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) has penned an open letter to Paul Darling, Chairman of the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) and Clive Hawkswood, leader of the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), urging the industry figureheads to support further funding measures for sustaining UK greyhound racing. Bird states that greyhound racing faces a funding …

Accuscore has partnered with YLE the national broadcasting company in Finland, to provide the broadcaster with World Cup game predictions and individual player performance projections. These predictions will be integrated to YLE’s Voitto- robot, that automatically generates news articles based on data, during the World Cup all match preview articles on the YLE website will be done by Voitto and will be …

This summer’s most important betting market is about to commence… Russia 2018 – No Chance! ITV2’s new season of Love Island will begin on Monday 4 June, with the reality show expecting to dominate all UK entertainment and social media coverage! SBC Bookies’ Corner gets the full lowdown on pricing and predicting Love Island 2018… _____________ SBC: Is it harder …

Malta-based sports betting solutions provider Altenar has announced a new partnership with Klondaika, with the Latvian gaming brand set to roll out its new sportsbook today. Altenar’s sport betting platform will operate with Klondaika’s existing brand to deliver a tailored sports betting service to its customers. The new sportsbook will offer betting options for over 600 different markets, including in-play betting …

London-listed racing/betting systems provider Sportech Plc will bolster its US trading provisions, utilising Sportradar sports betting solutions and risk management services. Updating the market, Sportech governance confirms that it will utilise Sportradar’s comprehensive sports betting technology systems, to service its US enterprise post-PASPA’s federal repeal. The commercial agreement will see Sportech significantly expand its sports betting inventory, risk management resources …

Presenting its final trading update as an independent enterprise, Spanish gambling operator Grupo Cirsa SA reports progress on its home and LATAM expansion projects, despite its corporate performance being hindered by severe LATAM currency impacts. Reporting strong growth across its Spanish home market properties (Spanish EBIT up 10%), Cirsa reports combined group revenues of €4.17 billion. Nevertheless, Spanish growth could …

Finnplay has expanded a deal to deliver betting entertainment for British football fans through sites operated by the FansBet network. The Finland-based open gaming platform provider will be servicing a network of sports betting based fan sites, including Manchester United’s Redarmybet and Liverpool’s Redsbet. The  network, which has grown over the last twelve months to nearly one hundred fan sites, …