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Betfair has announced the appointment of Liam Wallwork as Director of Gaming Operations. Wallwork will be responsible for the revenue performance and strategic direction of the operators gaming division, replacing Matthew Robinson who left Betfair in October 2014. Wallwork’s appointment sees him promoted from his previous role as Head of Gaming Opertions. Wallwork will work throughout Belfair’s current product gaming …

The Gambling Business Group (GBG), which represents broad swathes of the UK gaming landscape including the Pub, Bingo, AGC, FEC, Online, LBO and Casino sectors, has announced its support for February’s ICE exhibition, being held at London’s ExCeL Centre. GBG, which was formed in July 2014, has a membership comprising many leading organisations in gaming and boasts former BACTA National …

Two of Arena Racing Company’s (ARC) most prominent racecourses, Doncaster and Royal Windsor, are delighted to have renewed and extended their partnership with prominent online betting exchange BETDAQ for 2015 covering a bulk of race dates at both tracks throughout the year. BETDAQ’s long term commitment to both courses is substantial, covering 70 races over 13 race meetings in 2015 …

GamCrowd.com has evolved its gambling-specific crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform through the launch of its new Incubator service. The programme sees GamCrowd directly offer a range of value-added provisions and resources to better prepare start-ups and assist with the process of crowdfunding through GamCrowd. Companies will enter the GamCrowd Incubator process in return for equity in their business. Participating start-ups can immediately …

Stan James Head of PR Rory Jiwani has left the operator to pursue personal projects. Stan James confirmed the departure of Jiwani to industry news source EGR Magazine. The news of Jiwani’s departure comes after the Gibraltar based operator announced the re-launch of its website StanJames.com. Stan James further confirmed that it would support its new website with a new …

Facing local opposition UK bookmaker Coral has withdrawn its application to open a bookmaker in Hayes Town (London Borough of Hillingdon). Coral had applied to open a retail betting shop in an empty Horizon Electronics store on Station Road. However the bookmaker met the opposition of various community groups as the retail betting shop would be situated nearby the local …

Arena Racing Company (ARC) has announced the promotion of Kieran Gallagher as Executive Director of Doncaster Racecourse. Gallagher  has been General Manager of Doncaster Racecourse for the last year and before that oversaw catering and events at the racecourse for the previous four years. Gallagher succeeds Mark Spincer who has been Managing Director of Doncaster Racecourse since 2010.   For the …

Equity and investment firm CVC Capital Partners, are set to take a £390 million loan in order to finalise its £800 acquisition of Sky Bet enterprises from BskyB. Under the terms of purchase which were agreed on 4 December 2014, CVC Capital will pay BskyB £600 million in cash and a further £120 million in contingent payments. BskyB will retain …

This year’s London Baby! networking party is embracing the international aspect of ICE Totally Gaming by bringing a Parisian feel to proceedings. The fifth annual London Baby! will again be held on the first day of the ICE show, but has this year moved venue to the prestigious Café De Paris in London’s Piccadilly. Organised by Sports Betting Community (SBC) and …

Ladbrokes has announced that it has reached an agreement with the English Rugby Leagues to become the title sponsor of the Challenge Cup competition. Under the agreement, the competition will be known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. Ladbrokes will work closely with RFL players and personalities in various sponsorship activation initiatives and will also launch the tournament’s inaugural Ladbrokes Player …