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Understanding what is happening on the ground is any given market is often said to be one of the keys to success in the gambling world and nowhere is this more evident that on the continent of Africa. Across the sub-Sahara from the Francophone west to the English-speaking countries of East Africa and down to the Portuguese-speaking eastern coastal regions, …

Sports data and insights provider Sportradar has announced a multi-faceted partnership with ESL, the world’s largest eSports network. The partnership announced at the 2015 ‘Leaders in Sports’ summit in London, will see Sportrader data team develop a range of products and services to monitor ESL contests. Sportradar detailed that it had gained exclusive rights to process and distribute real time …

Gaming solutions and platform provider EveryMatrix has consolidated its infrastructure by employing the F5 Networks technology. To keep up with the growing number of clients, EveryMatrix stepped up and incorporated F5 Networks’ advanced solutions that can manage a high number of multiple connections, while maintaining high security over the network resources upon which software products rely. EveryMatrix is recognised for …

Issuing a trading update London AIM listed online gambling operator GVC Holdings has reported record daily net gaming revenue gains (NGR) for its nine month 2015 activity (period ending 30 September). As GVC governance moves to complete its £1.1 billion acquisition of bwin.party Entertainment assets, the operator disclosed an 11% uplift to its daily NGR to €670,000 (Q1-Q3 2014 period – €606,000). GVC’s online …

Punters looking to gain an edge in their betting over international week would be well advised to go for the shorter priced favourites as qualifying for the 2016 Euro Championships approaches its end game. Data from bettingexpert.com, the European-wide online tipster network which covers 10 different languages, showed that the average value of winning tips in the last round of …

Ladbrokes has announced that it will consider cancelling wagers on its Great British Bake Off TV market as the show enters its final week. The bookmaker has shown concern regarding news that show staff and insiders were placing bets on this year’s winner. Alerting the media, Ladbrokes stated its was investigating wagers from 42 account which have been linked to …

Industry news source EGR Magazine has announced the shortlist for its 2015 eGR Operator Awards, which will take place on 23 November at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London. In its eleventh addition EGR will host 25 operator prize categories. The night will see William Hill defend its 2014 ‘Operator of the Year’ title against competition from Gala …

Reacting to strong market interest driven by its announced £6 billion merger with competitor Paddy Power, top shareholders in Betfair have sold up to 8 million shares at £32.50 according to Barclays the firm’s sole trading book-runner. The mass sale of Betfair shares was conducted by Brussels based investment firm La Peigne SA, which manages investments on behalf of Bernard …

Mobile content and platform provider Nektan Plc (London AIM listed) has announced that it has raised an additional £2.75 million in corporate funds through a follow on funding rounding. Nektan governance announced that the capital had been raised by through the issue of £2.39 million in convertible loan notes and a placing of 32,258 new Ordinary Shares at £0.01 each. …