The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has launched an investigation into irregular betting patterns in a qualifying match involving Irish amateur player John Sutton A statement released over the weekend read: “On Wednesday, the WPBSA Integrity Unit received an early warning notification from partners in the betting industry of unusual betting on the match between Jamie Burnett and John Sutton …
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mybet continues restructuring with Italian sale & UK exit
mybet Holdings, holding company of mybet.com have completed a further round of corporate restructuring with the announcement of the operators exit from the UK betting market and the sale of its Italian business division. This week, the German operator issued a statement to players and media partners that it would no longer be accepting UK wagers on its products. mybet …
Read More »General Court of the EU upholds the Danish tax regime for online gambling
The General Court of the EU issued a ruling at first instance in the Danish State aid case (and upheld the European Commission’s decision, confirming that the Danish regime instituting a lower tax for online gambling is compliant with EU state-aid rules. In doing so, the Court found that the applicants did not demonstrate that they were directly and individually …
Read More »Gala Coral signs multi content deal with Inspired Gaming
Inspired Gaming Group supplier of SBG Video Lottery and Virtual Sports, today announces that it has signed a deal with Gala Coral Group for the supply of multichannel mobile content, via its Remote Gaming Server (RGS), Virgo™. Inspired will be integrating Virgo into Gala Coral’s gaming platform across; coral.co.uk, galacasino.com and galabingo.com to enable exclusive Inspired & Gala Coral multi-channel games to be launched across …
Read More »gloops extends Manchester United social gaming partnership
Japanese social and mobile game developer gloops has announced the extension of its gaming partnership with Manchester United. Management at gloops confirmed that its featured Manchester United game ‘European Club Team Soccer Best Eleven Plus’ game topped 1.4million downloads. The Manchester United themed game allowed users to assume the role of team manager, recruiting and creating the best squads possible, …
Read More »Celeb betting site flashbitch.com partners with Coral
UK novelty and celeb betting blog have chosen Coral in an exclusive partnership. Flash Bitch is a TV blog with a primary focus on reality television and related betting. An edgy, controversial and sarcastic tone provides a commentary to the latest look at reality television from a tongue-in-cheek perspective while directing its readers to Coral’s latest odds and regular100% exclusive enhanced …
Read More »Point of Consumption delayed until November
The controversial Point of Consumption licensing regime, due to come in on 1 October, has been delayed for a month in order to give the judge presiding over the Judicial Review time to consider the arguments. The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has been a vocal opponent to the proposed Point of Consumption laws, suggesting they are contrary to …
Read More »mybet scores BILD betting partnership
German online sports betting operator mybet Holdings has announced the agreement of a betting partnership with popular German sports newspaper BILD. The agreement between the two parties will see mybet deliver special odds and promotions on Bundesliga 2014/2015 matches to BILD readership. The operator’s sports betting product will promote on both BILD digital and media publications. BILD, Germany biggest distributed …
Read More »William Hill renews Playtech bingo platform
William Hill has signed a new, long-term, multi-year extension to its existing bingo contract with Playtech. The award-winning Playtech Bingo Network offers the largest liquidity pool of any regulated bingo product on the market with more than 70,000 players and up to 20,000 concurrent users across William Hill Bingo and Playtech’s other network bingo licensees. It also offers millions in …
Read More »Racing UK re-launches enhanced international service with 7 day catch-up
International residential subscribers to leading horseracing broadcaster, Racing UK, can now view via a multi-platform, live streaming and seven-day catch-up service, courtesy of Simplestream. Racing UK shows top-class horseracing from 34 racecourses in the UK, including the likes of, Aintree, Ascot, Cheltenham, Epsom and Newmarket. The enhanced service enables viewers to subscribe to watch Racing UK live and on-demand, across …
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