Under the banner ‘Together for the Tote’, investment consortium Alizeti has unveiled the executive management team which will seek to revitalise the Tote’s racing pools betting proposition. Led by racing financier Alex Frost, last May Alizeti secured a 25% stake in the Tote, valued at approximately £150 million with a further option to acquire 100% of the legacy operator in future transactions. …
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Lottoland has diversified the payments services made available to its players and targeted new markets after striking a deal with MuchBetter. As MuchBetter’s first lottery customer, this deal also represents an expansion into a new market for the iGaming payments company. Lottoland has chosen MuchBetter as an up-and-coming alternative to traditional e-wallets, after looking for a mobile first wallet solution …
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Last I checked, signs of impending apocalypse have yet to include high street bookmakers’ signs flapping in the wind. However, if you were to listen to many on the retail high street, the four horsemen are bearing down on retail operators – and at least one of them is riding a FOBT, writes Richard Thorp, Business Development Director for FSB. First, …
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London-listed online gambling group 888 Holdings, has bolstered its active US portfolio launching its 888sports online sportsbook brand for the regulated state of New Jersey. Updating the market, 888 adds online sports betting services to its existing online casino and poker verticals active within New Jersey since 2013. 888sports New Jersey property will be powered by the firm’s long-term …
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At tomorrow’s meeting at Stratford-upon-Avon racecourse, BetVictor will become the first ever gaming company to appear on an industry-first LED fence advertisement. The announcement comes after Stratford Racecourse sponsor BetVictor agreed a partnership with Priority Sports Marketing, the marketing agency tasked with managing the project. An animated graphic of the BetVictor logo will appear on the final fence on the …
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Betting on esports continues to garner ever more attention, opinion and action from both industries. With the complications that lie around IP; the fact that game developers own the games in which matches are being bet on and are largely holed up in the anti-betting camp (the likes of Riot Games’ ongoing positioning on the topic, and Valve recently urging …
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An award winning virtual sports developer is hoping to breathe fresh life into the UK betting market after obtaining a supplier licence from the Gambling Commission. Golden Race, which won last year’s SBC Award for Best Virtual Football Product, believes its product suite can revolutionise the UK market thanks to its development and low-cost distribution model. The virtual sports provider …
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A case which could have major repercussions for the industry and how its terms and conditions are viewed in a legal sense has been given a date in court. The dispute between UK bookmaker, bet365 and Megan McCann, a racing bettor who is claiming £1,009,960 in unpaid winnings from the Stoke based bookmaker, will go to court on 13 November …
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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has today published its ‘combined Health Survey’, detailing data and insights provided by independent non-profit organisation – NatCen Social Research. The Health Survey focuses on three key research areas; gambling participation, at-risk and problem-gambling rates across the UK, with data gathered from public health records drawn during 2016. “The main aims and objectives of this …
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In some respects, the time has flown by, while other elements of the journey have moved at a snail’s pace. That’s the view of Aly Lalani, Head of Marketing at BetRegal.com, as he reflects on an eventful, yet ultimately rewarding, first year for the new sports betting brand. As I sit here at the beginning of September typing this, I realize …
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