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Ipswich Town FC and England Under 19 teenage midfielder Teddy Bishop has been charged with breaching Football Association rules in relation to betting. The 18-year-old, who came through the academy system at Portman Road, faces a charge of committing “alleged multiple breaches” of the guidelines. Bishop has until June 1 to respond to the charge, the FA said on its …

European sports betting operator Unibet Plc has announced that Head of iGaming Daniel Eskola has been promoted to Chief Product Officer (CPO) Eskola will take on board a number of product and operational responsibilities from COO Britt Boeskov who is set to take a requested break from her role. Unibet CEO Henrik Tjärnström has confirmed the senior management changes to …

Amaya Inc gaming brand PokerStars has confirmed that FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Team PokerStars as a Global Brand Ambassador. The online poker operator will utilise Ronaldo in its global marketing campaigns, as PokerStars looks to maximise its marketing coverage. Ronaldo announced his role with PokerStars via a personal video placed on his Facebook Page, where …

Rank  Group plc retail and digital bingo operator Mecca Bingo, has confirmed the appointment of Anna Shirley as Marketing Director of the Mecca Bingo division from 3rd August 2015. Shirley joins from Sainsbury’s, where she has held a number of senior marketing positions over the last 13 years, including Head of National Advertising, Head of Own Brand Marketing, Head of …

A group of potential acquiring companies interested in Gala Coral Groups retail bingo division, Gala Bingo has been revealed by UK business news sources. Gala Coral governance has been in the process of selling its 130 retail bingo halls, either via a complete division acquisition or individual sale of the division assets. UK business news sources have named German gambling …

Gambling charity the Responsible Gambling Trust has confirmed the appointment of William Hill Chief Executive James Henderson as its Trustee. James will take the place of former Ladbrokes Chief Executive Richard Glynn on the Board of Trustees. The appointment means the Responsible Gambling Trust will maintain a balance between industry and independent Trustees on its Board, and will continue to benefit from …

Following a tough run of customer-friendly results, Britain’s bookies will be hoping for a favourable boost from next week’s UEFA Champions League Final. Data collected by global payments leader, Worldpay, during the 2014 Final between fierce rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid reveals that the volume of transactions processed by Britain’s online bookies spiked by a massive 23 per cent on the …

Mark Gibson, Business Development Manager at mkodo, looks at the way the lottery market has approached online and how they are now approaching the mobile channel. But what is the best way for success? Just a couple of years ago this question would have been framed very differently – it would have been much more about the ‘if’ or the …

Gambling and sports betting technology provider BetConstruct has announced the launch of its open customer testing website facility, Spring Builder – betconstruct.com/sales/springbuilder The Spring Builder testing facility allows prospective customers to create a fully functional betting and gaming website. . Each site comes complete with a choice of user interface and is activated with a single click from the betconstuct.com website …

Following this May’s outright UK General Election win by the Conservative Party, UK political debate and commentary has shifted to the nation’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership. Since gaining his re-election Prime Minister David Cameron has made the EU referendum top of the Conservative agenda. The referendum was a key objective of the Conservatives 2015 General Election campaign, however …