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Sports betting platform provider Kambi is pulling no punches for this weekend’s mega fight between Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather vs ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor (Saturday 26 August). Kambi specialist in ‘tier 1’ bookmaker provisions, has detailed that it will have the most comprehensive betting market inventory for the Las Vegas fight which is has broken wagering levels for combat sports. In …

Esports sportsbook operator Betway has announced it will be the primary sponsor of the ESL Pro League 2017. The longest running league in professional CS:GO, commences its sixth season today, with 14 European and North American teams battling it out online for a $1m prize pool. The league’s online phase will see matches held three times per week on Tuesdays, …

Industry virtual games provider and retail games developer VSoftCo Ltd has announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Link2Win, a leading provider of numbers games. This partnership will see VSoftCo integrate Link2Win’s complete portfolio of ‘Linka’ games to VSoftCo’s platform. This will be the first time that VSoftCo has entered the gaming market outside of virtual sports …

Esports Insider’s Sam Cooke stormed into contention in the SBC League of Legends after amassing 76 points in the second week of this year’s Fantasy Premier League. However, Cooke is still 23 points off league leader James Birch, who might come to regret using his ‘triple captain’ chip so early in the season, despite Romelu Lukaku’s goal at the Liberty …

In my December 2016 article for SBC News, I wrote about affiliates coming into the ICO’s firing line, which in turn leaves gambling operators facing liability for affiliates’ data protection misdemeanours – a situation that will hit home even harder when the recently announced Data Protection Bill is published by Parliament and, subsequently, when the General Data Protection Regulation comes …

GalaBingo.com has strengthened its relationship with Channel 5, after becoming the new broadcast sponsor of Australian soaps, Neighbours and Home & Away in a deal brokered by Sky Media and 7 Stars. Expanding its media deal with the British commercial television network, the new agreement will extend the brand’s visibility, as well as heightening its messaging amongst its key audience. …

The first social gaming company to offer free-to-play casino style games, Playtika has agreed to become the primary sponsor of Spain’s oldest football club, Sevilla. As part of the deal, Playtika will advertise the World Series of Poker’s free to play poker room on the iconic Sevilla shirt throughout the 2017/18 season.   Playtika branding will also appear around Sevilla’s …

Online sports betting group Argyll Entertainment has informed that it has ‘switched over’ its BetOnBrazil.com brand to SportNation.bet, to form a ‘stronger connection’ with its new digital media asset SportNation.com. Argyll informs that it will maintain a close relationship with sports broadcaster Alan Brazil, who helped launch the operator’s first sports betting property BetOnBrazil.com last August. Moving forward Brazil will …

Continuing its youth development and training schemes, Racing UK’s Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has announced Shelley Birkett and Jason Kiely as recipients of its new Media JETS Traineeship. Joining the development program, the RMG’s young apprentices will learn all aspects of modern media dynamics including presenting, punditry, digital production, marketing and PR. Birkett, who is 23 and based in Malton …

Gibraltar and Berlin-based real money games developer Glück Games has confirmed the appointment of Rafael Razim its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). A games development veteran joins Razim Glück Games senior management team, having previously served as Managing Director of multichannel retargeting solutions firm Remintrex (2014-2017). Furthermore, Razim previously co-founded Berlin-based GimiGames, a VC-backed multiplayer skill-gaming platform, and a real-money …