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Igaming mobile content and platform provider Nektan has announced that it has secured £7.1 million in its latest financing round.  Nektan confirmed that it had raised £4.7 million of the financing sum by issuing convertible loan notes. The mobile platform provider additionally secured the rest of the financing sum by utilising its £600,000 loan from Disruptive Tech Ltd and selling …

George Harborne, Head of Partnerships at Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, reveals some reserach the club has done into naming rights for stadia. Old Trafford, Anfield, Bramall Lane, Goodison Park, The Hawthorns and the list goes on. English football has an abundance of beautifully historic stadia, all adding to one of the countries football primary unique selling points – …

Racecourse owner Arena Racing Company has announced that Managing Director Tony Kelly is set to leave the company at the end of July. Kelly will take up the role of Executive Director Racing Business & Operations with the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the autumn. Kelly joined the company in August 2004 as Group Finance Director of Northern Racing Ltd …

Billionaire brothers David and Simon Rueben co-owners of Arena Racing UK, have featured as the highest placed Brits in the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. The Sunday newspaper estimates the brothers to be worth a combined £9.7 billion. The Rueben brothers are reported to have earned an additional £700 million in 2014, through diverse investments in property, digital services and …

Table games specialist Games Marketing has licensed two of its leading side bets products to Realistic Games. The deal will see Perfect Pairs and 21+3 made available to Realistic’s customers.Games Marketing CEO Chris Reynolds said he was delighted to have signed an agreement with the pioneering supplier, whose multi-channel approach reflected that of their own. He said: “It is a real …

Camelot the UK national lottery provider has announced ticket sales of £7.27 billion in 2014/15 financial year, recording an increase in ticket sales of 546 million on the preceding year. Camelot governance highlighted that the surge in ticket sales had been driven by consumers using Camelot’s digital inventory to purchase tickets and additional lottery products. Uptake of its digital lottery …

Following SBC’s recent look at the growth of eSports, and its 2015 official introduction to the UK, we caught up with Pinnacle Customer Engagement Manager  Mirio Mella to discuss the origins of a new burgeoning betting market. Established in 1998, with its headquarters in Curacao, the online gaming site Pinnacle Sports is an early market leader in terms of providing eSports …

FTSE 250 listed igaming technology supplier Playtech posted its 2015 opening quarter performance, reporting top line metric growth on all key verticals as the operator extended its technology provisions and signed new customers in the period. In what has so far been a tough first quarter for online gambling operators who have faced increasing tax costs and unfavourable sports result …

UK licensed online sports betting provider Titanbet.co.uk has pushed on with its UK racing sponsorship drive by agreeing a deal with all-weather racetrack, Lingfield Park Racecourse. The agreement sees Titanbet.co.uk sponsor three of the course’s meetings on Wednesday 29th April, Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May 2015. Each event has seven races on the card and race-goers will be able to enjoy special sign-up offers and …

The general release of the Apple Watch on Friday 24 April, saw some 3000 dedicated Apple Watch apps published to the public. Bookmakers, William Hill, Coral, Unibet, and Ladbrokes Australia were the first industry operators to release customised apps into the Apple Watch eco-system. The industry bragging rights for first publicised release were shared by Ladbrokes Australia and William Hill, …