Europe

The ninth edition of the International Women in Gaming Diversity Awards has taken place at The Savoy Hotel London, with a number of winners lauded throughout the night. Amongst them was Kindred Group, more specifically it’s legal team, who were crowned ‘Team of the Year,’ being recognised as “a team that has delivered change in the field of equality, diversity …

Updating the market, industry technology and software provider BetConstruct has confirmed that its services and operations have been granted two ‘Class I licences’ by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). The approved MGA C1 licences will allow BetConstruct, to expand its casino and games services and technology provisions for licensed Maltese operators, servicing European-wide igaming markets. Further to its update, BetConstruct …

At Sunday evening’s BAFTA awards, ITV Racing was rewarded for its coverage of last year’s Grand National. ITV saw off tough competition from the BBC for its coverage of the Six Nations, as well as Sky Sports for the Anthony Joshua bout with Wladimir Klitschko and Channel 4, for its production of the women’s European Championship semi-final between England and …

Sports betting software and market trading services provider Amelco, has this morning confirmed that it has renewed its lead sportsbook supplier contract with The Stars Group Inc subsidiary BetStars. Updating the market, London-based Amelco will continue to act as lead platform technology provider for BetStars, a partnership that it has serviced since the brand’s launch in 2015. Issuing a short …

The betting industry’s regulatory agenda has reached a speculative overdrive, as concerns grow as to how and when the UK government will move to implement its anticipated £2 cut on FOBTs machine wagering levels. The polemic subject matter of FOBTs wagering has seen contrasting news stories published this weekend by multiple sources, each specifying potential different outcomes to the government’s long-awaited …

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating three stars of MTV’s reality TV programme ‘Geordie Shore’ for promoting betting-related content through their social media profiles. The Twitter and Instagram accounts of Scott Timlin, Gary Beadle and Aaron Chalmers are reported to have promoted the football betting markets of Ladbrokes and Coral. Between them, the reality TV stars have a …

Steep South American currency declines against the US dollar, having impacted Bolsa Madrid gambling firm Grupo Codere’s Q1 2018 performance. Publishing its Q1 2018 trading update (period ending 31 March), Codere reveals a corporate revenue and earnings decline, despite growth in its home market of Spain. Group operating revenues, declined by 5.5% to €383 million (Q1 2017: €405 million), as …

Malta’s Parliament has approved new provisions to be added to its national ‘Gaming Act’, which will move to strengthen the Maltese Gaming Authority‘s powers to enforce industry compliance, standards and regulatory guidelines on gambling/betting stakeholders. The revision of Gaming Act, will deliver a new regulatory mandate for Malta gambling enterprises to adhere to, primarily focusing on strengthening the industry’s anti-money-laundering …

Sportingtech has announced a key strategic partnership with Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc (GDFSI), designed to enhance its platform in addition to furthering distribution to the global marketplace. Included as part of the deal is the integration of GDFSI’s Daily Fantasy Sports platform into the Sportingtech Pulse Platform, which the aim of increasing the operators offering to various customers. The …