Europe

Betway has added to its horse racing portfolio by sponsoring the Kingmaker Chase and Kingwell Hurdle for the south west region of Jockey Club Racecourses. The company has agreed to sponsor the Grade 2 Betway Kingmaker Novices’ Chase at Warwick on February 11, which has been won in the past by greats such as Long Run and Finian’s Rainbow, along with …

Eduard Blonk is the Managing Director of Sales at Betradar. This will be Eduard’s fourth ICE Totally Gaming conference. You can catch up with him and the rest of the Betradar and Sportradar team at the ExCeL centre (S1-150) next month. In the final few weeks before ICE, we took a moment to ask about his ICE experiences and routine. …

Issuing a corporate statement Intertain Group Limited (Intertain), has announced that it expects its full listing on the London Stock Exchange under new entity ‘Jackpotjoy Plc’ to take place on Wednesday 25 June. The company had first announced its intention to migrate its corporate listing from the Toronto TSX to London’s LSE in August 2016. Presenting plans to its investors, …

Gaming software and solutions provider Tain has successfully launched its new Fast Bet sports betting service, targeted at ‘punters who become bored through having to wait until half-time or full-time to see their bet settled’. Fast Bet gives punters the opportunity to place wagers on whether incidents will take place within a defined period during a sports event. Markets for football …

Updating the market, Kindred Group (former Unibet Group Plc) has confirmed that it has become the first industry operator to meet all requirements of the European Union standards and policy mandate; ‘Recommendation on Consumer Protection’ (2014). Completing an official audit, Kindered Group assets successfully passed an official review benchmarked against EU standards and best practices focused on ongoing consumer protections …

Esports betting specialist Unikrn has invested in Berlin based CS:GO outfit BIG (Berlin International Gaming). This is the second such team investment the company has made. Back in late 2015 it launched an all-female pro team in CounterStrike with Sood a keen advocate of gender equality in esports. At the time, Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood said: “The time is now for …

Sky Bet, the title sponsor of the English Football League (EFL), are sponsoring extra buses and coaches for Brighton & Hove Albion fans for the postponed fixture against Cardiff City. The original match day was due to be played on 30th December but it was rescheduled for ‪24th January after being postponed due to heavy fog. But with the new date affected …

The UK government has moved forward with plans to reform UK racing’s levy, which will see the introduction of mandatory contributions from all betting operators that take bets on the sport, regardless of channel. This weekend, UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch confirmed the government’s plans, which will see licensed betting operators charged a 10% fee on gross profits from wagers …

GoWild has launched a new platform featuring games from over 15 software providers, in addition to Microgaming content, which was already available to its players via the Quickfire platform. After more than 10 years in the business, the new platform has been designed to support GoWild’s multi-product, multi-brand and multi-vertical strategy for continued growth. Games from Net Entertainment, Evolution Gaming, Novomatic, …