Europe

Betway has teamed up with the Professional Darts Corporation to become the title sponsor of this summer’s hotly anticipated World Cup of Darts. The 32-nation Betway World Cup of Darts, will be televised live on Sky Sports and broadcast worldwide from June 2nd to the 5th, and will see two-player teams representing their nation in the unique Pairs format as …

This year’s Betting on Football Conference at Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea FC, is now just 2 weeks away. And despite his busy schedule, SBC Managing Director Andrew McCarron took some time out to answer a few questions about the upcoming event. This includes major discussion points for the industry, Euro 2016 focus and the key expected takeaways for …

Matt Davey Chief Executive of Toronto-listed igaming supplier NYX Gaming (NYX), has declared that ‘maintaining independence’ will be the key to acquired asset Openbet’s long term success. Reaching a binding agreement for its £270 million acquisition of Openbet from long-term private equity owners Vitruvian Partners, NYX’s deal will be part funded by William Hill (contributing £80 million) and Sky Betting and Gaming …

Colossus Bets is a valued sponsor of this year’s Betting on Football Conference taking place at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC, on April 21st.  Colossus Bets is the home of ‘The £10,000,000 Colossus’, the world’s biggest sports jackpot and boasts none other than Michael Owen as brand ambassador.  Ahead of #bofcon we spoke to company CEO Bernard Marantelli about the …

The Officers of the Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group have announced the launch of their Parliamentary seminar series looking at the Future of Gambling. The first seminar will be held on Tuesday 19th April 2016 and will be on The Future of Online Gambling. The speakers will be Clive Hawkswood, CEO of Remote Gambling Association (RGA), Anthony Werkman, Director of …

Football Index is a UK gambling licensed platform which the company describes as the world’s first football stock market. It’s a tradable market in football where users can buy and sell stocks in players, known as Futures, with real money, build up a portfolio and earn dividends with the overall aim of cashing out and selling at a profit. You can for example …

Swedish slots provider Quickspin has reached an agreement with platform provider Iforium to supply its full suite of top quality video slots. The partnership will see Quickspin content integrated via the Isle of Man based supplier’s Gameflex system, where it will be available across desktop and mobile devices. Among the games to be distributed to partners are a number of new …

BetVictor has today announced Mr President as its new creative agency to work on the bookmaker’s Euro 2016 campaign, following a competitive pitch. Mr President, IAB Creative Agency of the Year, has been tasked with continuing to reinforce BetVictor’s ‘Simple As’ brand proposition which launched earlier this year. The site was given a makeover and the entire idea is focused …

Toronto TSX-listed NYX Gaming Group has updated the market, announcing that it has entered a ‘binding share agreement’ to purchase 100% of Openbet from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners LLP. NYX Gaming governance disclosed that it has placed a total consideration of £270 million for Openbet assets, which will include the repayment of the firm’s existing £95 million debt. The …

Stockholm Nasdaq-listed Catena Media has this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire online gambling review and player services portal AskGamblers.com (AskGamblers) for a total consideration of €15 million. Catena Media, who specialise in affiliate marketing and player acquisition services for the European igaming sector, completes its third strategic acquisition of 2016. Gibraltar-based AskGamblers is considered one of the …