Igaming operator Mansion Group, operator of Casino.com brands has announced that it has become official shirt sponsor of South London football club Crystal Palace FC. Mansion Group replaces igaming payments specialist Neteller as official sponsor of the Eagles. The online casino operator announced its shirt sponsorship on the day Crystal Palace announced its record signing of French international midfielder Yohan …
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Roy Keane sues Paddy Power over infringement of image rights
Former Republic of Ireland and Manchester United captain Roy Keane has sued Paddy Power over infringement of his image rights, with regards to a billboard run in Dublin by the operator during last month’s Ireland vs Scotland UEFA Euro 2016 international qualifier. The billboard which depicted Roy Keane as 1995’s Oscar winning film character William ‘Braveheart’ Wallace (character played by …
Read More »Smarkets estimates £6 million profit for its 2015 performance
Online betting exchange Smarkets has announced that it has doubled profits for the first two quarters of 2015. Following a successful opening to 2015, Smarkets management estimates it will record £6 million in pre-tax profits for its 2015 performance The betting exchange stated that growth had been driven a substantial increase in its trading volume, which had seen its number …
Read More »William Hill opens Barclays CEO market with Morzaria favourite to replace sacked Jenkins
Following this week’s sacking of Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins, William Hill have opened its market on the bank’s next leader. The bookmaker has placed Group Finance Director Tushar Morzaria as evens money favourite to be the new leader of the ‘Big 4’ bank. Barclays’ new chairman John McFarlane (nicknamed Mac the Knife) axed Jenkins after three years leading the banking …
Read More »bwin.party aims for €15 million in 2015 cost savings
bwin.party Entertainment the operator at the centre of a £908 million reverse takeover by GVC Holdings, issued a Q2 trading update (period ending 30 June). Giving insights into its performance bwin.party governance stated that igaming revenue was in-line with expectations, whilst sports betting turnover was ahead of expectations, despite margins being below normalised levels. The operators performance has been supported …
Read More »Bede Gaming agrees content partnership with High 5 Games
igaming platform provider Bede Gaming has bolstered its online casino inventory by announcing a content partnership with igaming studio High 5 Games. High 5 Games content will be available to Bede Gaming clients and will sit alongside supplier titles from IGT, Microgaming, NetEnt and WMS. Newcastle based Bede Gaming has focused on delivering maximum scalability and flexibility to its partners, the company was …
Read More »Coingaming.io bolsters casino inventory with Net Ent content partnership
White Label Bitcoin casino solutions provider Coingaming.io has announced that it will add Net Entertainment (Net Ent) games titles to its client side gaming platform. Coingaming.io will become the first Bitcoin gambling provider to integrate Net Ent gaming titles. The content partnership sees Coingaming.io boost its client product inventory with access to over 150 HTML5 titles. The partnership will further …
Read More »bwin.party confirms GVC Holdings acquisition bid
bwin.party Entertainment governance have confirmed the GVC Holdings reverse takeover offer of £908 million ($1.4 billion) for its entire business operations. The operator’s governance is set to work with GVC in order to formalise the deal which it will present to its shareholders in order to proceed with its acquisition. The deal is set to compromise of a cash sum …
Read More »Peter Bertilsson – Metric Gaming – SuperLive Year 1
A year after taking charge of live betting technology start-up Metric Gaming and launching its SuperLive product, Team SBC caught up with Peter Bertilsson, CEO & President of Metric Gaming, to discuss his operations progress as Metric Gaming looks to bring market and game play innovation to sports betting Metric Gaming’s ambitious SuperLive product allows customers to wager on in-game events …
Read More »Rank Group losses £30 million VAT appeal
The UK Supreme Court has overruled a VAT appeal lodged by Rank Group Plc with regards to a £31 million dispute on taxation of its gambling machines between 2002 and 2005. The appeal was brought up by Rank Group on 21 April 2015, with regards to the operatpors claims that it had overpaid VAT on Grosvenor Casino and Mecca Bingo …
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