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Sports spread betting company Sporting Index, today announces the release of an upgraded version of its mobile site, https://mobile.sportingindex.com/, developed in-house by the Group’s London-based software engineering team. The new version offers a much faster user experience with slicker navigation tools thanks to the creation of drop down menus which allow users more useable screen space. The improvements behind the …

Uk based  racecourse operator Arena Racing Company  have made public the announcement that Lord Michael Howard of Lympne has resigned from his corporate duty as Chairman of Arena Racing. Micheal Howard the previous UK Conservative Party  leader had served as Chairman of Northern Racing since 2008, Lord Howard continued his position after the business had been merged with Arena Leisure to …

Gaming operator William Hill has confirmed that it wants to keep its operational base for its digital betting service in Gibraltar, despite the impending UK Gaming tax clampdown which is set to cost the operator millions of pounds. William Hill, the UK’s biggest gaming brand, set up operational offices in Gibraltar, allowing it to market and acquire British gamblers, whilst …

EveryMatrix supplier of igaming software platforms have announced the appointment of Roee Weinberg a Lead Product Manager for their OddsMatrix sports betting platform. Weinberg joins from sports betting solution provider – SBTech, and will take over development and future innovation of the EveryMatrix betting platform. EveryMatrix are in the process of revamping their sports betting platform, and will look to …

Irish igaming operator Bragbet, have confirmed the agreement to become the official betting partner of the Northern Ireland Football League. The deal to promote football betting odds on Bragbet, has been agreed  on a two-and-a-half. Backed by Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica, the deal is Bragbet second official betting partnership, last October the operator agreed to become official betting partner for …

iGaming operator Bet-at-home has confirmed the extension of its sponsorship agreement with popular Rhineland based Bundesliga football club Schalke 04. Bet-at-home will continue to be the football clubs official betting partner, an agreement that has been in place since August 2011. the extension will see the partnership continue for another two Bundesliga seasons – 2014-15 to 2015-16. Schalke 04 are one …

German gaming operator Mybet Group, operator of sports betting brands – JaXX.com, mybet and totobet has appointed former Tipp24 lotteries senior executive Sven Ivo Brinck to replace Mathias Dahms as the Groups Chief Executive. Brinck joins the mybet group after more than ten years service to Tipp24, the Hamburg based online lottery brokerage, Brinck held various senior positions during his …

The Manchester Evening News newspaper has reported that gaming operator Betfred is preparing to further expand after a strong performance in 2014, which has seen the company record a profit surge of almost £70 million (€83 million/$114.3 million). The Manchester based newspaper reports that Betfred posted a record revenue of £8 billion, a 16.5% increase on the  £6.7 billion revenues reported by …

Entertainment publishers Endemol have announced a stage investment in London social gaming start-up Plumbee. Endemol have invested a sum of $13m in the latest round ofstage funding for the social casino gaming digital start-up. Existing venture capitalist investors – Paris based Idinvest Partners have also participated in this round, Plumbee is now valued at $40m. The investment set by  Endemol, will see …