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Rank Group and 888 Holdings pursuit of William Hill is expected to heat up this week, as consortium stakeholders are expected to make a fresh bid to seduce William Hill governance into opening negotiations. This weekend, UK business news sources have reported that Rank and 888 governances have been reviewing the 364p per share offer (value circa £3.2-3.3 billion), which …

Updating the market, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has informed that Smart TV Broadcasting Limited, the operating company of Smart Live Gaming, has surrendered its official ‘Remote Operator’ and ‘Gambling Software’ licences. The forfeit of both its UK licences comes a week after the UKGC had placed Smart Live Gaming brands under temporary suspension stating that the interactive gaming operator …

Ladbrokes’ retail betting division has confirmed that UK sports broadcaster BT Sport will be televised across its betting shop estate network. Confirming the partnership ahead of this weekend’s start of Premier League season 2016/17, BT Sport content will be displayed across all 2144 shops in the UK and 77 shops in Northern Ireland. The content of leading UK sports broadcaster …

Targeting growth in German-speaking nations, digital sports content media provider Perform Group (Perform) has announced the launch of its DAZN service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A live sports streaming network, DAZN will offer German language sports streams of Premier League, La Liga (Spain), Serie A (Italy) and Ligue 1 (France) matches, plus Bundesliga highlights for regional customers paying €9.99 …

Southampton FC is delighted to announce that Premier Punt has become the club’s Official Fantasy Sports Betting Partner. The Edinburgh based social gaming and betting company has signed a multi-year deal deal with the Saints ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.  Founded in 2013, Premier Punt specialises in ‘No Commitment’ fantasy football betting, meaning users can play weekly, daily or on …

Leicester City FC has announced global sport betting operator 12BET as an Official Betting Partner for the 2016/17 season. Formed in 2007, the sports betting and casino brand specialises in-play football betting and this is far from its first top tier sponsorship in the sport having agreed deals with Sevilla, Swansea and Newcastle United in the past. Leicester City Heads of Partnerships Harj …

Tempobet has signed a deal to become Official Regional Betting Partner for Manchester City FC in the Asia-Pacific region. The online sportsbook will be able to use the Manchester City crest on its website, and be afforded access to a number of key players for a forthcoming television commercial and photo-shoot. Mark Clayton, Tempobet Managing Director, said: “We’re very excited about …

Suren Khachatryan is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Digitain, a key event sponsor for the upcoming Betting on Sports Conference in London. The two-day conference is the largest of its kind within the sports betting industry, and takes place in September (15-16) at the 5-star Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. Digitain is B2B platform and sportsbook provider for iGaming …

BetConstruct has announced a new partnership agreement with the Isle of Man-based Hollywoodbets, to focus its reach on the burgeoning African market. Hollywoodbets International will take advantage of BetConstruct’s Sportsbook which now features over 30,000 live matches every month, with 40,000+ pre-match events and 50 sports types. BetConstruct, a provider of online and land-based betting and gaming solutions, will also …

Betway are on red alert with pre-tournament 500/1 rank outsiders Japan within touching distance of an Olympic medal in the rugby sevens. Still feeling the pain from paying out mammoth odds on Premier League champions Leicester City in May, the bookmaker  is reporting another potentially devastating blow less than three months later. Betway soaked up a sprinkling of bets on the …