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The Tipster Challenge continues at Wetherby today, as Charlie McCann from BetVictor makes his play to rival table-topping Alan Alger, the PR Manager from Betway. Charlie McCann has worked for BetVictor since 2011, previously as the Director of Online Public Relations, before becoming Head of Communications in May 2015. McCann will be up against sixth placed Timeform and Stephen Harris …

The proposed CAD $6.7 billion acquisition of Amaya Inc by former Chief Executive David Baazov, has been thrown into question following reports that Dubai-based private equity firm KBC Aldini Capital has denied being involved in Baazov’s takeover of Amaya assets. On 14 November Baazov had penned an official CAD $24 per share (30% premium) for Amaya assets. Baazov who is …

UK National Lottery operator Camelot has updated its customers informing them that it has issued a release fixing its Apple iOS app, following nearly a month-long downturn. Issuing an ‘important player message’ the lottery operator further promised that it would fix its Android app which was being tested and would be ’coming out soon’. In October Camelot pulled its mobile …

German government officials appear intent on amending the country’s controversial sports betting regulatory provisions, notifying European Union courts of wholesale changes to its ‘State Treaty on Games of Chance’. Pressed by industry stakeholders and sports bodies, German regulators have drafted a ‘Second State Treaty’ with the purpose of amending current gambling regulations. Notifying EU officials, the proposed treaty aims to …

Boku has expanded on its agreements with 02, Vodafone and EE to enable Boku deposit functionality for Casino.com and MansionCasino.com mobile players on these networks. This new partnership with Mansion means that users can now make deposits to their mobile casino accounts with a single click. Mansion is the latest notable gambling company to embrace carrier billing as a preferred deposit method, …

Viking Fire has been launched exclusively on Betsson for a two-week period, before it is released to the general market on November 30. The latest release from Lightning Box Games is a 4×5-reel, 40-line slot game, available on both desktop and mobile. Players with shields and helmets catapult rocks at enemy ships to earn up to four extra wilds and …

iGB Affiliate has responded to feedback from a survey of affiliates by announcing the launch of a new regional event focused on the Nordic iGaming market. The Nordic Affiliate Conference (NAC) will take place in Stockholm on April 7, 2017, and is expected to be very different to the larger exhibitions in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, with a stronger focus …

Sports data and insights provider Perform Group (Perform) has confirmed that it has secured French betting and gaming operator Winamax SAS (Winamax) as a new client of its live streaming solution for sports betting Watch&Bet. The streaming partnership will see Winamax who launched their French online sports betting product in May 2014, bolster its market offering by gaining access to …

Updating its ‘France 2017’ election market, William Hill has placed Conservative candidate and former Prime Minister François Fillion as its current market frontrunner (price 4/7). This weekend Fillion surprised French political commentators by grabbing victory in the Les Républicains (French Conservatives) first primary. Fillion now goes head-to-head with Alain Juppé (former market favourite, now priced 8/1) for the election leadership …

VsoftCo has undertaken a week of motion capture filming at Sheffield United Football Club, to continue the development of its Fantastic League virtual games portfolio. The motion capture work carried out by VsoftCo, a software development company in the global virtual sports market, focused on developing new sequences to be incorporated into its Real Time rendered football game. The company …