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The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) has announced that it will write down its $8.7 million capital investment in UK lottery games operator Geonomics. ALC confirmed that following a review of its investment in Geonomics, the operating firm of UK based location lottery game GeoLotto, the company had clearly failed to deliver on its projected growth. ALC governance had determined that …

The principle of self-exclusion is not new. If a person wants to refrain from gambling they can ask a gambling operator – whether land-based or online – to refuse to accept their custom. Before a customer completes a self-exclusion agreement, the significance and implications of their action should be explained to them, including the minimum exclusion duration of six months …

Titanbet UK has teamed up with broadcaster BT Sport to sponsor coverage of this month’s Caribbean Premier League T20. The agreement will see the sportsbook endorse all 33 live matches from the popular tournament with programme bumpers, as well as a one hour highlights show. It is Titanbet’s first cricket programme sponsorship as it looks to invest further in broadcasting and increase …

Isle of Man and Philippines-based online sportsbook 12BET are the latest operator to launch its affiliate marketing and partnership programme utilising Income Access software. Under the partnership, the affiliate programme for 12BET’s new European sports-betting offering will integrate with Income Access’ acquisition-tracking platform and will be managed by the company’s team of affiliate managers. In May of this year, 12BET …

The English Premier League will have no title sponsorship from season 2016/2017. Premier League governance decided to no longer seek for a title sponsor for its competition and present itself as a ‘clean brand. The move reflects the organisation desire to mirror major US pro-leagues’ the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL. The Premier League confirmed that it would not renew …

Racing UK is devoting 14 hours of live coverage to the UK and the US’s most significant Classic races this season – the Investec Derby and the Belmont Stakes. ‘Classic Saturday’ gets underway at 10am on Racing UK (Sky 432/Virgin 536/UPC 411/Freeview 231) with build-up to the ‘World’s Greatest Flat Race’ – the Investec Derby – which is off at 4.30pm. A top-class …

Team GB Double Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton (34) is set to make her debut as an amateur Jockey at Newbury, racing the George Frewer Charity Race on 2 July Pendleton has been trained by legendary jockey trainer Paul Nicholls, as part of Betfair’s attempt to qualify the Olympian as a racer in next year’s Cheltenham Festival Foxhunter Chase. Pendleton …

With increasingly sophisticated software available, operators have the ability to know more about their customers than ever before, but are you using this to its full advantage? The Betting Trends & Strategies (BeTS) conference, which is taking place at the iGaming Super Show, will be hosting a session titled “Customer CRM – Use it or lose them.” The session will …

Ladbrokes has been at the centre of takeover speculation this morning, following rumours of a potential £1.6 billion acquisition by rival Paddy Power. UK news source The Daily Mail had revealed the potential takeover bid by Paddy Power, which saw Ladbrokes Plc share price jump 5% to 127p (at time of writing). The takeover speculation had witnessed +25 million Ladbrokes …

Sky Betting and Gaming (Sky Bet) has confirmed the hire of Paddy Power Head of External Affairs Adam Smith, as the operators new Head of Corporate Communications. Smith is set to join the Sky Bet team in July, and will lead the operators corporate communication strategy and the company’s relationships with political, regulatory and media stakeholders. Smith who joins from …