Europe

Rank Group Plc has confirmed the appointment of Steven Esom as a Non-Executive Director. Esom has joined the operator’s board as of 1 March, and will further act as principal chair to Rank Group’s remuneration committee, advising the operator on its audits and governance appointments. A UK retail expert, Esom has held leadership positions at Waitrose (Managing Director 2002-2007) and …

Louis van Gaal could live to regret calling SunSport Reporter Neil Custis ‘fat man’ come May.  The jibe was dished out following United’s 3-3 draw with Newcastle in mid January. Custis has now issued the Man Utd boss a challenge of pounds vs points. The Sun’s Man Utd Correspondent has vowed to lose 28lb by the end of May, and believes he …

Gaming and IT specialised testing laboratory NMi has today announced that a partnership has been agreed with DFS operator DraftKings. The agreement will see NMi carry out the operator’s compliance testing in the UK. NMi, which has over 40 years experience in testing and auditing, will be testing and certifying the full range of DraftKings fantasy sports contests on desktop and mobile platforms …

Sky Betting & Gaming, has released its full year results for the year ended 30 June 2015. The group revenue increased by 36% to £247m, with £117m from Sky Bet (up 56%), £117m from Sky Gaming (up 20%) and £13m from Oddschecker (up 30%). The total number of customers across the group increased to 1.48m, with the average revenue per …

Almost all betting operators have stated that through intelligence and effective data gathering they are becoming smarter…but so too are professional gamblers who are looking towards ‘big data’ to gain their advantage on bookmaker markets! Scott Longley examines new trends and strategies taken on-board by pro-punters… ______________ Scraping through against FC Midtylland may have given Manchester United boss Louis Van …

Announcing its full-year 2015 results (12-month period ending 31 December), Frankfurt-listed European betting operator bet-at-home AG has declared earnings of €33 million (£25.7 million) up 20% on FY 2014’s results of €27.5 million (£21.4 million). bet-at-home governance was delighted to have surpassed the strong results posted in 2014, a year which was boosted by the FIFA World Cup. The operator …

Throughout the month of March, we will be announcing a new Betting on Football Conference (#BOFCON) speaker every day. Shaun Simmonds has been in the sports betting industry for 4 years having started out as a freelance sportswriter and staff copywriter for Panbet. He is currently Head of Sponsorship for Marathonbet and will be returning to Betting on Football for the third time, …

A restructured Grupo Codere SA (Codere) has detailed that it has cut its 2015 group net losses to €113 million (£88 million), down 34.6% on FY 2014’s €173 million (£135 million). The embattled Spanish gambling operator detailed that it had increased its group revenues to €1.64 billion up 18% on FY 2014’s €1.38 billion. Outlining positive impacts, Codere governance stated …

It has been announced that a partnership has been agreed between Sevilla, who currently sit sixth in La Liga,and Titanbet.es. The operator will become the club’s new official betting partner.   This deal between the bookmaker and Sevilla, who narrowly lost to Barcelona at the weekend, is for the remainder of this season, and the entirety of the 2016/17 campaign. The terms of agreement will …

Organisers of SportsPro Live have announced that senior figures from Virtually Live, The Sports Consultancy and Fnatic have signed on to speak at the next edition of the event at Wembley on 22nd and 23rd March: Thomas Neubert, Chief Commercial Officer, Virtually Live Thomas Neubert is chief commercial officer at virtual reality technology company Virtually Live. A former vice president …