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Igaming content and games developer Realistic Games has released its own version of Baccarat. The supplier’s interpretation of the casino favourite, which incorporates their trademark table game design and intuitive user interface, is one of the few phone variants on the market. It features the all-important game roadmap, detailing previous game history, and is available in 17 different languages and any currency. …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has published details of a new Horseracing Bettors Forum, which will allow people who bet on British Racing to provide the BHA with constructive suggestions about how the sport can develop and change, for the benefit of the betting public. The purpose of the Forum is to deliver proposals and recommendations to the BHA and …

Gibraltar based sports betting operator BetVictor has announced a new deal to become the global betting and gaming partner of Premier League champions Chelsea FC. The partnership will see the bookmaker create unique offers and markets for Chelsea, as well as BetVictor’s branding being featured throughout Stamford Bridge. The agreement will provide a major boost to BetVictor’s visibility internationally with the global …

Industry content and system suppliers Betdigital has followed up its content deal with William Hill by agreeing to supply a number of leading operators with a selection of high-quality omni-channel slot games. Crazy Pots and Wild Jewels are just two of the in-house developed games ready to be launched across retail, mobile and desktop to satisfy operators’ desire to cater …

Sports betting start up Colossus Bets has expanded its mega jackpots pools services into the Australian market by partnering with Ladbrokes Australia Colossus Bets announced the launch of its multi-million AUS  ‘Mega Margin’ pools for mobile, taking wagers on Australian Rugby League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) games. Colossus Bets will further introduce its Partial Cash Out mechanism allowing players …

Set for Saturday July 11 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Arena, UFC 189 Aldo vs McGregor is this years most anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) fight. The main event will see stoic Brazilian featherweight champion Jose Aldo ‘Junior’ (28) take on raucous Dubliner ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor (26) in a fight that has caught the public and international media’s …

Ladbrokes has revealed it is in shock merger talks with fellow bookmaker Coral as CEO Jim Mullen aims to make immediate progress in catch up with rival William Hill. Ladbrokes has issued a statement to the stock market, responding to press speculation about a merger, in which it admits to having talks. It said: “In response to recent press speculation, …

William Hill has extended its omni-channel capabilities by integrating Inspired Gaming’s Virtual Sports services with its retail betting in-shop TV channel. William Hill’s Betting Shop TV channel, which is shown in-shop across c. 2,300 retail locations in the UK, is now being broadcast across online and mobile as an additional feed available to players via WilliamHill.com, from 5pm until 10pm …

bwin.party has continued to dispose of non-core assets, by confirming the sale of its World Poker Tour operations to Hong Kong listed social gaming operator Ourgame Holdings for a sum of $35 million in cash. bwin.party will close its six year ownership of the WPT franchise, which it acquired in 2009 for $12.5 million by Party Gaming prior to its …

The ongoing phenomenal growth in the popularity of eSports has ensured that it wouldn’t be long before significant investments began to appear left, right and centre. Three new start-ups, in the form of Unikrn, Vulcun, and AlphaDraft, have all seen considerable sums of money pumped into them in recent months as they look to conquer the eSports wagering market. Unikrn expanded …