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Cryptologic operated online poker room Playboy Poker has shut down its services following a review of its business and performance by new owners NYX Gaming. The white label poker room which operated on the Ongame Poker Network, had served prior notice to its player base alerting players that it would discontinue its operations. Playboy Poker customers were given till the …

Under Age Sales, the social enterprise that specialises in helping retailers prevent underage sales, has teamed up with The Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers (FRB) to provide robust new training to tackle underage gambling at racecourses across the UK. Training for the BTEC Level 2 Award for Preventing Underage Gambling is currently being rolled out to more than 400 on-course bookmakers …

CMC Markets,provider of spread betting and CFD trading has announced that they will be joining Land Rover BAR as Official Partner to help bring the America’s Cup home. The America’s Cup is the oldest international trophy in world sport, pre-dating the modern Olympic Games, the Ryder Cup and the World Cup. The America’s Cup started in 1851 with a race …

Following last week’s announcement that it would consider its options regarding its acquisition bid for bwin.party entertainment, GVC Holdings has tabled a £1 billion takeover offer to snatch the operator from 888 Holdings. Having ended its bwin.party special purpose acquisition vehicle with Toronto Listed Amaya Inc which offered an initial£908 million for the operator. GVC has secured deal funding for …

High street betting shops in Glasgow City Centre are today launching a new self-exclusion scheme for anyone who has developed a problem with their gambling. For the first time anywhere in Scotland, a customer will be able to ‘exclude’ themselves from any of the 36 participating betting shops, regardless of which company runs the shop. This three month pilot scheme …

Playtech will become the first winner of the Gala Coral Ladbrokes merger as the gambling technology provider is set to receive £75 million under a new marketing services and provisions agreement arranged with Ladbrokes Plc. The £75 million sum will be paid to Playtech upon the completion of the merger. At present the technology firm currently acts as platform and …

Operators using Ukash payments are about to see the brand change to paysafecard, following the acquisition of Ukash by paysafecard earlier this year. paysafecard, part of the Skrill Group, will have its vouchers replace Ukash vouchers at retails from 31st August 2015 onwards. paysafecard has already been available in the UK for many years and offers a wide range of …

Adelina Moisan of EveryMatrix takes a look at some of the recent findings that have emerged about player behaviour in the UK betting market and the implications for the industry. The Brits are a nation of thrill seekers, at least according to a study on the UK betting behaviour published by Smart Live Gaming. From the looks of it, online …

Premiership based football betting game Predict The Six has launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to fulfil its ambition of rapid expansion. The football jackpot game is aiming to become a modernised football pools for the 21st Century. It launched last season, and enjoyed considerable success, with the idea of the game very simple to understand, and easy to use. …

Ladbrokes CEO Jim Mullen has said that he wants to ‘restore our passion and pride of being at the heart of sportsbetting in our culture and all that we do’ as he announced his delayed business review of the bookmaker. Amid the details of merger deal with Coral, Mullen revealed the plans he has been developing for Ladbrokes since taking …