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Gearing up to the start of a new Premiership football season, William Hill has announced the launch of its £50 million Prem Predictor jackpot. UK William Hill customers will be able to predict the final positions of all 20 Premier League clubs for their chance to win £50 million. Cost per prediction will be charged at £2, selections will be …

32Red Plc governance is confident of hitting  2015 targets following a strong opening H1 2015 (period ending 30 June) performance which saw the operator improve performance on all top line metrics. Updating the market, 32Red saw its group Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) up 22% to £18.6 million (H1 2014: £15.2 million). Its flagship vertical 32Red casino contributed £17 million of …

Introducing eSports to the gambling sector will be a key theme at EIG 2015 (Berlin  Arena Halle 20-22 October). The rise of competitive platforms in eSports has seen a number of questions being asked of this contemporary industry SBC caught up with Rahul Sood Co-Founder and CEO of Unikrn, an eSports competitive platform that plans to lead this exciting and …

Scientific Games Corporation will integrate its Operator Wide Area Progressive System with Rank Group Plc premises in what will be the largest installation of a gaming system undertaken by a single operator. The initial rollout covers 21 tables in 10 casinos across the United Kingdom, with 86 more progressive tables to be installed by the end of this year. Overall, the …

Issuing an update on its industry accelerator programme, William Hill has stated that it has been delighted with the level and quality of the applications it has received. In June the operator announced that it had opened strategic start-up accelerator programme WHLabs in London and Tel Aviv in order to target future market growth and product innovation. William Hill is …

Former Betsson Chief Commercial Officer (COO) Huw Thomas has been appointed by NYX Gaming Group as its new Chief of Corporate Development and Marketing Officer. The appointment sees Thomas lead NYX Gaming’s external marketing strategy and commercial business development teams, as the igaming operator looks to expand its business services following a number of corporate acquisitions. Thomas joins NYX Gaming …

Sports and betting data services provider Betradar, has confirmed that Irish online bookmaker BetBright will integrate its Virtual Sports portfolio. The content partnership will see BetBright expand its sports betting content with a range of Betradar games including Virtual Football for its mobile and desktop channels. BetBright customers now benefit from the most realistic betting products in the market. The …

Sam Mendes the director of the new James Bond ‘Spectre’ movie has confirmed that the theme of the new film has been written and recorded. The film’s producers are set to reveal the songs leading artist soon, as they gear up for the release of one 2015’s most anticipated movies. Spectre’ the second Bond film directed by Sam Mendes is …

Financial spread betting operator IG Group Plc has today announced that Tim Howkins is to step down and as its CEO and director following the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for October.Peter Hetherington, a Board member since 2002 and currently Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive, subject to regulatory approval. The news of Howkins …

GVC Holdings is considering its options regarding its takeover bid for bwin.party Entertainment, after the FTSE listed operator announced last Friday that it had agreed a deal with acquisition competitor 888 Holdings. In a statement GVC governance commented that there was no certainty that it would make a fresh bid for bwin.party. GVC who had created a special purpose vehicle …