Europe

In a week, in which Britain has veered ever closer towards a ‘hard Brexit’, as the bill triggering Article 50 cleared the UK House of Commons, it appears that Jeremy Corbyn is at his lowest point as Labour Party Leader. A disastrous week has seen Labour Shadow Business Secretary Clive Lewis, once a key backer of Corbyn resign from his …

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has selected FTSE-listed payment provider Worldpay to be its lead payment system, as the firm seeks to optimise its player experience and engagement throughout its digital verticals. Following a review of industry payment providers and their capabilities, SB&G development has chosen Worldpay to lead payment processing as the bookmaker seeks to create an optimal ‘seamless’ …

Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Betsson AB is pleased to have grown its core business metrics, despite facing multiple operational challenges and unfavourable conditions throughout 2016. Closing its 2016 performance, Betsson governance was pleased at the company’s ‘positive development’ which had seen the operator overcome severe currency fluctuations and lower betting margins impacts in H1 2016. Furthermore, repeating all-round industry …

Nordic Nasdaq-listed sports betting platform and software supplier Kambi Group (Kambi) has confirmed that it has secured a contract to supply Novomatic digital gaming subsidiary Greentube with online betting provisions. Kambi furthers its relationship with leading gambling technology firm Novomatic, who last October agreed for Kambi to become the lead sports betting supplier for its lottery solutions customers. Partnering with …

Italy is responsible for the riskiest set of tipsters in Europe, according to 2016’s figures from the world’s biggest social network for sports betting, bettingexpert.com. The statisticians at bettingexpert.com have collated well over a million tips across thousands of markets over the past year and helped thousands of punters shape their betting actions across numerous sports, and it turns out …

The US Appeals Court looks set to show Donald Trump the ‘green card over his controversial travel ban’ with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power making it odds-on that his supporters are defeated this week. In a thinly ‘veiled’ swipe at his regime, Paddy Power have priced  3/10 that President Trump’s law is not reinstated, with around a 30% (9/4) chance of the …

Updating the market, gambling and lottery technology firm IGT Group (IGT) has confirmed that it has secured an 8-year extension to its lead systems supplier arrangement with Czech Republic gambling operator SYNOT Group. Confirming the contract extension, IGT will continue to be the main supplier of gaming systems for SYNOT gambling operations in the operator’s key markets of the Czech …

Speaking to industry media, Mor Weizer CEO of market leading platform and technology provider Playtech Plc, has stated that 2017 will be the year of ‘cross channel convergence’ for industry stakeholders. Asked what will be the dominant industry theme/trend in 2017, Weizer did not hesitate to answer, by stating that convergence would see real B2B through to B2C progress this …