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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 …

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 …

Leading affiliate site FREEBETS.com has released its monthly money-back offers report and the in-depth market analysis from the team has placed bet365 top for money-back offers in November. In addition the Stoke-based bookmaker took top place in its monthly compilation of the best single money-back offers. It’s the second time in seven months since FREEBETS.com started conducting its research that bet365 have …

Sports betting odds comparison portal – Easyodds.com has undergone a website redesign to better showcase odds and engage customers looking for the best value in sports betting. Easyodds.com website redesign is part of the company’s new strategy to build a vibrant brand’ ahead of new product launches in 2014. New features include – new layout, and easier navigation to popular markets. …

SBC Business Correspondent Mark McGuinness met up with Ray Davies for a coffee and croissant. Ray is the Egaming Development Manager at the Department of Economic Development for the Isle of Man Government. Mark McGuinness catches up with Ray to discuss 2014 big issues, and how the Isle of Man Government is gearing to tackle new regulations and new technologies …