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The German Betting Association (Deutscher Sportwettenverband – DSWV), has announced operators William Hill and bet-at-home as new members of its organisation. Founded in 2014, the industry body aims to promote fair market and sector conditions for operators servicing the German sports betting consumers. DSWV grows its member base as numerous political, media and sporting stakeholders urge for the Hesse Ministry to completely …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed the appointment of Gavin Jefferies as its new Director of Communications. Jefferies joins the organisation from HM Revenue & Customs, where he had served as Deputy Director of Corporate Communications and as Head of External Affairs since 2012. BHA governance, announced that Jefferies would take lead of its communications from January 2016. Jefferies duties will see …

Chinese lottery solutions provider DJI Holdings has moved to terminate CFO Rodney Davis contract, for failing to seek appropriate permission for the share disposals he made. Davis who was due to depart the company at the end of October, is reported to have sold 250,000 shares between 30 September and 20 October without notifying DJI governance, a director requisite required …

Issuing a Q3 2015 trading update this morning, bwin.party Entertainment reported a year to date (period ending 30 September) revenue decline of 8% to €430 million (2014: €466 million). bwin.party governance stated that its revenue decline reflected a tough comparative period for its business, with no major summer football tournament. Furthermore, 2015 has seen the operator face increased tax charges …

William Hill has announced the six books that will compete for its £27,000 ‘Sports Book of the Year Award’ at BAFTA London on the 27 November. The shortlist sees Guardian journalist Donald McRae aiming to win the literary prize for a record third time with boxing biography ‘Man’s World’: The Double Life of Emile Griffith. McRae won previously in 1996 …

Implementing corporate costs saving measures, embattled Zynga Inc is reported to have reduced its Irish workforce by 60%. Irish news sources report that the social gaming operator has made 22 Dublin staff redundant, as part of ongoing measures to reduce its global workforce by 18%. Struggling Zynga is aiming to reduce its operational costs, as the operator suffered declining revenues …

Sports betting platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has agreed a deal to supply social sports network BeanBagSports with a new fully-optimised sports betting system. The agreement will see FSB betting services integrated within the BeanBagSports content, offering users a wide range of pre-match and in-play markets to bet on.. BeanBagSports will also be given access to the supplier’s unique …

Liverpool proved to be a big draw for punters this weekend, and a great draw for bookmakers. Mane’s late equaliser for Southampton at Anfield, coupled with the stale stalemate at Old Trafford between the two Manchester Clubs mean it was a Super Sunday for the odds setters, and not so hot for punters. According to data from AccaTracker, the mobile …

The Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) has issued an open invitation to tender for a new programme of research into ’Gambling-related harm: what does this term involve and how best to measure and account for it in Great Britain?’ The programme provides total funding for relevant research projects of up to £80,000 to be delivered over a period of 12 months. …