Jack Woodward, 21, won a five-star break to Italy with professional skier Jon Olsson, after playing on LeoVegas’ new Live Casino product. The digital marketer from High Wycombe was selected for the luxury trip to Italy, which included an airport transfer in Jon’s Lamborghini, a two night stay at the prestigious St Vincent Resort and Casino, and a helicopter tour of …
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Digitain launches new online sportsbook with Tipp1
Digitain has continued its expansion into new markets by launching a new online sportsbook with Austria-based operator Tipp1.com. The site will be powered by Digitain’s fully-managed sportsbook platform, which offers odds on 65 different sports, taking in 7,500 leagues, and more than 3,000 betting markets. It also covers 28,000 live events a month. As part of the deal, which was …
Read More »VsoftCo signs multi-year agreement with Iforium
VSoftCo Ltd, a software development company in the global virtual sports market, has agreed a multi-year agreement with Iforium, a leading provider of multi-vendor casino software. The partnership will see VsoftCo integrate its complete portfolio of virtual football content to the Iforium Gameflex casino platform, including a first integration of the exciting joint venture between VsoftCo and Striker comic creator …
Read More »Graham Sharpe – The enduring SBOTY sponsorship for William Hill
Just three weeks ago, the shortlist for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award (SBOTY) was announced. The annual award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing. Now in its 28th year, the winning author will receive £28,000, a free £2,000 bet, a specially commissioned hand-bound copy of the winning title and a day at the …
Read More »The return of Marathonbet’s Non-League Challenge
Non-League clubs are being invited to take part in the second season of Marathonbet’s Non-League Challenge, the competition that saw Wealdstone FC scoop a considerable £10,000 last season. The challenge, which is now open to a whopping 140 clubs from tiers five to seven, tasks teams with performing the best goal celebration in lower-league football. The inaugural campaign has been …
Read More »Sky tech graduates complete boot camp stage
Sky Betting & Gaming’s continued attempts to breed the next generation of online gambling tech talent has taken a further step forward with the news that 25 early-career tech recruits have graduated from the 14-week intensive tech boot camp stage of its software academy programme. The programme saw aspiring developers and testers working on projects in either the gaming or …
Read More ȣ150,000 Clinton bet on William Hill in record-breaking election
A London-based telephone client for William Hill has staked £150,000 on democrat candidate Hillary Clinton to win the US Election. Clinton is going into US Election polling day as the 1/5 red hot favourite on William Hill (83% chance), while Donald Trump is offered at 7/2 (22%). Graham Sharpe of William Hill, said: “The US Election campaign has smashed all …
Read More »Inspired announces Greek VLT rollout with OPAP in 2017
Inspired has announced that it will be soon be starting the rollout of its video lottery terminal (VLT) cabinets with Greek betting and lottery operator OPAP S.A (OPAP). Following the formal announcement of new VLT regulations by the Hellenic Gaming Commission, OPAP has deemed that all appropriate conditions are now in place to allow it to restart plans for the …
Read More »Next President market trading set to surpass Brexit on Betfair
Betfair has said that its Next President market is set to become the most traded it has ever seen, even surpassing the Brexit vote. By 6 November, approximately $130 million had been traded on the winner of the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. This figure is in comparison to roughly $50 on the equivalent market in …
Read More »Bet365 to defend title as SBC Awards shortlists announced
The SBC Awards shortlist is finally ready, and the sports betting industry is one step closer to recognising the very best companies in 2016. Bet365 will defend its ‘Bookmaker of the Year’ prize at the SBC Awards 2016, after being shortlisted alongside Sky Betting and Gaming, Unibet, 10Bet and Pinnacle. The Stoke-based bookmaker is also in the running for the …
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