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An event that has been described as the “gateway to Africa’s gaming market” was always likely to attract interest from expansion-seeking virtual betting provider Golden Race. CEO Martin Wachter made the trip to the Kampala Serena Hotel in Uganda for the Sports Betting East Africa Summit from 10-11 April, alongside salesman Christoff Sattler, and partner and client for Uganda Shamir …

Updating the market, FTSE-listed Playtech Plc has informed that it has secured a ‘significant extension’ of its Rank Group contract for system provisions of UK Grosvenor casino estates. The agreement will now see Playtech further integrate table and slots management system across Grosvenor’s network of 54 UK casino estates, boosting Rank Group games management provisions. Moving forward all Grosvenor casino …

After proving to be an unhappy hunting ground for our experts at the Festival five weeks ago, Cheltenham threw up just a trio of winners across seven races in yesterday’s Tipster Challenge. In the penultimate week of the 2016/17 challenge, sponsored by Betting Gods, Ball Street Partnerships Director Ged Colleypriest failed to find a winner, while bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris returned an …

Betfair Politics has recorded £750,000 in exchange wagering in the first 24-hours since opening its ‘UK 2017 General Election’ market. The operator launched the market, shortly after PM Theresa May surprised the nation by calling for a ‘Snap General Election’ in order to strengthen her Party’s Brexit negotiations mandate. Updating the media, Betfair Politics informs that it is seeing a …

London AIM-listed industry mobile B2B gaming solutions provider Nektan Plc has published its Q3 2017 trading update (period ending 31 March) reporting top-line growth across its core performance metrics. Updating investors, Nektan governance detailed the firm’s strengthened commercial pipeline which had seen the company sign and launch 13 new casino partners. Publishing its Q3 performance, Nektan would report total group …

Betway is sponsoring Betting on Football 2017, the fourth edition of the largest international football and betting trade conference at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge. Ahead of the 3-5 May event, we spoke to Alan Alger, Head of PR for Betway, about why football is such an attractive sport for betting, how the market is changing from a consumer perspective and …

In the penultimate week of action in the Tipster Challenge 2016/17, sponsored by Betting Gods, Ged Colleypriest from Ball Street has made his play for glory at Cheltenham. The Partnerships Director for Ball Street, a network of influencers for sports on social media channels such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, has provided tips for today’s seven-race card. Colleypriest will be …

Betcart’s Monica Rangel has been confirmed as the fourth panellist on the ‘New brands in football betting’ session at Betting on Football (3-5 May). Rangel is the Chief Business Development Officer for the Bcourt Group owned and Curacao licensed operator enjoying its third year of trading in 2017. She will be appearing in the #bofcon2017 session alongside BetStars Managing Director …

European sports betting operator Tipbet (Tipbet.com) has announced the launch of its new website, which will feature a number of new player features incorporated within a new website layout designed to improve player engagement. Updating the market and corporate stakeholders, Tipbet marketing detailed that the new design was needed in order to drive player engagement and interaction with new TipBet …

The trading operation of a betting company is the heartbeat of the operation – at least for now. Marketing has long been eating into its functions, although the emergence of the live betting phenomenon means that the pendulum has swung back the way of trading teams. But for how long? Betting on Football 2017 (3-5 May) will deliver a comprehensive …