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Betting industry supplier OPTIMA has revealed the reasons behind its decision to sponsor last month’s TVC Bookmakers Trade Fair, which took place in Solihull’s Cranmore Park Conference Centre. The event, which was moved to Solihull last year after the moving of night racing at the previous location in Wolverhampton, brought the industry together to showcase new products and technologies. OPTIMA, a provider of …

Clifton Davies co-founder David Clifton has a look at the increasing regulatory scrutiny on the gambling industry and warns there may be more to come.  My “Licensing Expert” article last month posed the question whether a regulatory crackdown on gambling advertising was around the corner. We now know at least part of the answer. The Department for Culture Media & …

Nick Bunyard, the manager of non-league football club Frome Town, has claimed he has been made a scapegoat after being banned from all football until 2019. The Football Association (FA) has banned Bunyard after a commission found him to be guilty of placing 45 bets on his own teams between September 2014 and April 2016. The FA has imposed the …

Link2Win has signed a multi-year partnership which will see its ‘Linka’ games made available directly via the Gameflex casino platform on Iforium. The deal covers Link2Win’s growing portfolio of more than 15 games, which includes all bingo, slot and keno ‘Linka’ themed desktop and mobile games, with titles such as Diamond Links, Jungle Linka and Pool Linka. Gameflex is a …

Horse racing channel At The Races has worked with Simplestream to release a tablet extension and offline viewing capability for its mobile betting app. Built with Simplestream’s Media Manager, the app is designed to facilitate an extended reach for the company, and meet consumer expectation for services to be accessed from any device. Its API-driven multiple-betting system enables users to …

Sportech PLC has revealed that its football pools business is performing to expectations, despite the uncertainty caused by the recent failed takeover bid by Burlywood Capital. In a trading update, Sportech said that The Football Pools continues to trade in line with management expectations, and is demonstrating the move to stability that we have been striving for in 2016. It …

Phillip Anderson, an editor for Before The Off, has moved into second place in the Tipster Challenge table after collecting 6.17 points at Bangor Races. Beforetheoff.com is a specialist horse racing site, launched in conjunction with Independent Content Services Ltd (ICS) in 2014 to provide up-to-the minute, data-driven analysis of upcoming races. Anderson only trails Alan Alger of Betway, who …

iGB Affiliate has announced the launch of its new website. The online resource, which can be found at www.igbaffiliate.com, will act as a multi-platform hub to connect and educate the industry. The website will collect iGB Affiliate’s magazines, directory, articles, videos and webinars in one place, providing users with a central destination for all their affiliate industry needs. As part …

Smarkets betting exchange has revealed that one of its customers pocketed £165,000 after successfully trading on the US presidential race. Having been given just a 10% chance of success midway through the election night, Republican candidate Donald Trump secured victory in the race to the White House after a shock victory in Wisconsin put him over the required 270 electoral college …

Paddy Power has suffered its biggest ever political payout, after being hit for over $4.5 million by customers who backed Donald Trump to become the 45th US President. The Irish bookmaker is counting the costs of its decision to pay out £800,000 on a Hillary Clinton victory back in October. Aided by the reopened FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of …