Europe

Publishing a corporate update, Stockholm-listed industry games developer NetEnt has detailed that its Q4 2017 results (period ending 31 December) will ‘lag behind market forecasts’. Updating stakeholders, NetEnt governance expects to deliver Q4 2017 corporate revenues of SEK 419 million (Q4 target: SEK 447 million), combined with a period EBIT of circa SEK 150 million (Q4 target: SEK 170 million). …

Spanish industry trade body, La Asociación Española de Juego Digital (Jdigital) has confirmed the appointment of Sportium Digital Director Mikel López de Torre as its new President. A key leadership stakeholder since 2016, López de Torre has formerly served as the trade body’s Vice President and will replace Jdigital founder Sacha Michaud as leader. Founded in 2012, amidst the imminent launch of …

UK based independent iGaming firm Genii is to team up with online gambling software suppliers Bede Gaming in a new content based partnership. As part of the link up clients of Bede Gaming, who process tens of millions of transactions per month, are to gain access to Genii’s extensive portfolio of in excess of 140 HD games, which incorporate a …

Highlighting industry innovation and effective product development combined with new operational disciplines, Kambi leadership details to SBC, a full product breakdown on delivering its Instant betting markets. Key stakeholders, Max Meltzer, Jonas Jansson and Simon Noy, detail Kambi’s fresh approach to developing instant markets and how this immersive product has tested all corporate dynamics of Kambi’s intricate value chain… ___________________ …

Affiliate Insider will host its first “niche boutique networking and learning event” at this year’s Betting on Football conference at Stamford Bridge (20-23 March). Held on the first full day of #bofcon2018 (Wednesday 21 March), the Affiliate Insider Bootcamp (AIB) is the first specialist forum for the new affiliate news, training and events focused business launched by SBC Global and …

Good Game Limited, which operates a network of Finnish online gambling information sites, has sold several of its popular sites to XLMedia for a total cash consideration of up to €15m. XLMedia will take control of a number of Good Game sites including Nettikasinot.com and Netticasinot.com. The deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of the year, …

Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Jessica Harrington is the latest big name to be unveiled as an ambassador for Unibet. Harrington, who landed the Unibet Irish Gold Cup and Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup with Sizing John last year, has agreed a deal which will see her supply her exclusive thoughts to the multi-award winning Unibet blog in the lead up to …

Stockholm-listed Kindred Group Plc has announced the launch of its new social responsibility tool ‘AdBlocker’, designed to prevent under-age viewers from being exposed to gambling advertisements. The new tool has been developed in collaboration with industry social responsibility development studio Betfilter, and will be offered to customers across all group betting and gaming brands.  The AdBlocker tool will prevent viewers under the …

Updating the market, B2B gambling enterprise turnkey systems provider GAN has confirmed that it has entered a strategic US services partnership with betting platform and software supplier SBTECH.  The partnership will see SBTECH’s sports betting provisions integrated within GAN’s enterprise platform software ‘GameSTACK’. Moving forward, GAN management will be able to offer sports betting services to ‘select partners’ of its …

As it begins its landmark 20th year of operations, online bookmaker Pinnacle has reached a new milestone with the announcement of former world no.1 tennis star Mats Wilander as its first ever brand ambassador. After an illustrious 16-year career as a professional, Wilander will produce educational content for Pinnacle’s Betting Resources portal – providing readers with unique insight into the …