Europe

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) is seeking for an investigation to be conducted in Norway, “for serious breaches of the privacy of Norwegian citizens when conducting online payments.” The EGBA, who represent Europe’s leading online gambling operators, has asked the Norwegian Data Protection Inspectorate (DPI) to investigate a payment blocking scheme, established in 2010 by the Norwegian Gaming …

French betting operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has announced that for the first time in five years its annual revenue has increased. Detailing its provisional operating revenue for the year of 2017, PMU reported a 2% rise on the previous year with revenue of €9.92 billion. A significant factor in the growth came from the group’s international racing division, which …

Dench eGaming Solutions, the turnkey gaming platform with an iGaming focus, has announced its entry onto the regulated Latvian online gaming market. Going live with Klondaika.lv in April of this year, Dench are set to supply the firm with its Core gaming platform, and the fully automated marketing instrument Giselle. The deal is set to see Klondaika promote its products, …

The governance of Eastern European gambling group Fortuna Entertainment NV has detailed that it is confident of hitting its full-year 2017 corporate guidance, following a strong end to 2017 trading. Issuing a short market update, based on its preliminary unaudited 2017 results, Fortuna entertainment expects to generate total group corporate revenues of €1.9 billion. Furthermore, the company has raised its …

Following a complete and comprehensive renewal of its platform, Betstudios has announced the launch of its new mobile betting offering. The Maltese based software suppliers, has detailed that a particular focus has been placed upon making the new system intuitive and flowing for consumers. Amongst the changes are revamped casino lobby and sports betting sections, showcasing an enhanced UX designed …

Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network, Catena Media continues to expand its German market footprint, confirming the acquisition of Dreamworx Online Ltd for a total consideration of €9.5 million. Updating the market, Catena governance has agreed to acquire all Dreamworx’s related assets and portals active within German sports betting, casino and financial services. German media owner Dreamworx operates high coverage websites …

Issuing a market update, Ladbrokes Coral governance has detailed that it will move to publish a ‘scheme document’ detailing full information on GVC Holdings £4 billion takeover deal (first announced 7 December). The document which aims to be published by early/mid-February will further inform stakeholders on the deals legal proceedings (Court Meeting) and notices convening at Ladbrokes Coral General Meeting. …

Football INDEX is the world’s first football stock market, enabling users to buy and sell real money shares in the world’s top footballers. Detailing how the site accumulated 100,000 users across the UK, with a number of single trading days in excess of £1 million, as well as analysing future plans for expansion, Adam Cole, Founder and CEO of Football …

VSoftCo has announced Chris Davies as the firms new CEO, following six months spent working on a consultancy basis. Reporting directly to the board, the virtual games providers detail that Davies is to take on full operational responsibilities within the company. Amongst those responsibilities will be to oversee the implementation of all software, developing the range of services and ensuring that …

Football DataCo has announced that is has signed a duo of operators to long term data usage license agreements.. Ladbrokes Coral and Kindred Group join a growing list of licensed betting operators, which includes bet365, Betfred, GVC, Paddy Power Betfair, Skybet and William Hill. Through these new long term agreements, operators will be utilising match day data for the entire …