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Sky Media (Sky) former owners of Sky Betting and Gaming (Sky Bet) has revealed that it earnt £620 (€885 million) from the sale of the online sports betting and igaming operator to private equity investor CVC Capital (first announced December 2014). The deal which was finalised on 19 March 2015, saw Sky sell an 80% controlling stake in Sky Bet …

William Hill has extended its coveted Sports Book of the Year competition to Australia by providing an AUS $20,000 (£10,000) prize for the winning author. Held since 1989, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year is regarded as the UK’s top award for sports literature. Notable winners include Nick Hornby (Fever Pitch), Paul Kimmage (Rough Ride: An Insight into …

European sports betting operator Unibet Plc, continues to be hit by negative currency exchange rate fluctuations on its core performance metrics for 2015.  Updating the market on its interim performance, Unibet has disclosed record group revenues for Q2 2015 which amounted to £80.5 million (Q2 2014 – £75.6 million). Unibet would record H1 2015 group revenues of £156.6 million up …

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, Boylesports’ Founder and CEO John Boyle has detailed that his company are closely monitoring the merger of UK betting operators Ladbrokes and Gala Coral. Irish Independent operator Boylesports has made no secret that it wishes to expand its services within the UK betting market, having declared that its operations have reached peak capacity within Ireland …

Speaking to The Times, 888 Holdings Chairman Brian Mattingley stated that he remains confident that his firm would win in its pursuit of bwin.party Entertainment, against the increased takeover bid of GVC Holdings. Mattingley who replaced Executive Chairman Richard Kilsby in May, told The UK newspaper that he expects a clean and fair fight for bwin.party operations, as GVC increased …

TEAM FA has released the latest version of the AccaTracker iOS app, the largest independent football results and bet-tracking app. The app is in its third iteration, with headline features including the ability for a user to build accumulators across 100 football leagues, bet placement with the major sportsbooks, live results tracking and real-time notifications. Jamie Knowlson, CEO and co-founder …

Greek lottery and gambling systems operator Intralot has bolstered its digital gaming and sports betting services by confirming it has acquired a 35% stake in digital gambling platform provider bit8. Intralot did not disclose the acquisition sum of its stake in Bit8, however the company informed that it had first option on increase its stake in the platform provider to …

As the Labour leadership race enters its last full month of campaigning with ballots sent out to party members on 14 August, UK bookmakers have placed far left candidate Jeremy Corbyn as frontrunner to win the party leadership. Corbyn who did not register with many bookmakers as a contender for party leadership in May, leads bookmaker markets at 6/4, followed …

Ladbrokes has announced the launch of its single unifying digital platform, developed by igaming technology provider Playtech. The platform aims to improve player engagement on Ladbrokes digital inventory by enhancing product layouts,  optimising customer journey and providing faster load times. Ladbrokes management stated that the new platform will be aimed at tailoring to the customers needs and choices.  Operationally Ladbrokes …

The US tech industry has branded the birth of another ‘Unicorn’ as daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings announces that it has raised $300 million (£195 million) in series D funding. 21 Century Fox’s Fox Sports division contributed the majority of the rounds funding capital, other investors included venture capital firms Atlas Ventures, Kraft Group and Raine Group. This latest …