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Issuing a trading update, the governance FTSE-listed bookmaker Ladbrokes-Coral has detailed that it is ‘on target’ to hit its full-year corporate targets and expectations following a positive H1 2017 opening driven by strong digital gains. Updating investors, Ladbrokes Coral governance details that it expects Total Group net revenue to be 1% ahead of last year (cc -1%), with total group …

Updating the market, leading spread betting firm Sporting Index Group has announced its full corporate rebrand aligning all of its assets under the newly formed ‘Sporting Group’ brand. Detailing changes to the media, company governance stated that the rebrand “reflects the wider group’s commitment to continue offering in-play spread betting and trading expertise’. Founded in 1992, Sporting Index is celebrating its …

Presenting its Q2 2017  corporate performance, Nordic Nasdaq-listed Kambi Group Plc has detailed a “successful trading period” in which the company has strengthened its commercial pipeline with new platform partnerships. As previously noted by Kambi governance severe operating margin declines have impacted Nordic Nasdaq-listed sports betting platform supplier Kambi Group Plc’s Q2 2017 corporate performance.Despite maintaining improved group revenues of …

Presenting its H1 2017 interim results (period ending 30 June), Stockholm-listed European online gambling operator Kindred Group Plc has reported ‘strong organic growth’ delivered through its marketing and acquisition investments. Kindred governance was pleased to announce a further consecutive interim period of corporate growth against a tough set of 2016 comparable metrics. The operator would report H1 2017 group revenues …

Key figures from across the esports industry will discuss and debate the key integrity issues in the burgeoning industry at September’s Betting on Esports conference at Olympia, London. The panel will explore a wide range of topics, from software/hardware cheating to doping as well as examining whether or not esports has a major integrity scandal looming in the future. Esports …

Having presented a successful Mr Green & Co H1 interim results, in which the company declared its ‘most successful quarter in business’ Chief Executive Per Norman has detailed that Mr Green is now targeting potential acquisitions. Updating investors, Norman detailed that this June Mr Green governance ‘successfully carried out a directed new share issue to Swedish and international institutional investors’. …

FTSE-listed bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral Plc has confirmed the departure of Kristof Fahy as Group Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Issuing a corporate statement Ladbrokes Coral detailed “Following the successful integration of the marketing functions and the aligning of the marketing budgets to the Retail and Digital Executives, our Chief Customer Officer, Kristof Fahy has decided it is time to leave the …

Canadian news sources have reported that the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) will select an external gambling firm to run its operations for casino and slot machine services within the Greater Toronto Area. Launching a tender, OLG seeks a gambling enterprise to run its Toronto area racetracks of Ajax Downs and Woodbine as well as its Great Blue Heron …

Toughening up European laws and practices against money laundering and organised crimes, the European Union may force bookmakers to implement ID-checks on customers that wager more than €2000. The tougher provisions form part of the EU-wide anti-money laundering directive, aimed at minimising terror organisations and criminal gangs’ ability to launder money through legitimate enterprises. The EU Council had previously warned …

The first of the ESI Forum Series (#ESIForum) events, in association with Digital Fuel, packed the Bunkr last night as the esports fraternity came out in force to Fnatic’s HQ. As a part of SBC Global, Esports Insider is running these monthly events at Fnatic’s Shoreditch venue in a bid to welcome the finest professionals from in and around the industry for …