Ladbrokes announced that Chief Executive Officer Richard Glynn will step down next year after four years leading the UK bookmaker and FTSE 250 Company. Richard Glynn was appointed CEO of Ladbrokes in April 2010 with hopes of turning around the operators performance, Glynn had emphasised that Ladbrokes would focus on creating market leading igaming and online sports betting product offerings. …
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LOCATION: Sydney, AU JOB TYPE: Permanent The Sporting Integrity Trading Analyst will be part of Sportradar’s expanding Security Services team. Since 2004, Sportradar has provided its Fraud Detection System (FDS) to sports federations across the world in order to monitor the global betting market for signs of corruption and match-fixing. The FDS now monitors in excess of 65,000 matches each …
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The protection of media content being shared by consumers through socially led verticals, has become a key issue for media right owners. Grabyo a London start-up believes that it has found the key to not only protecting content but also monetising video sharing clips on social platforms for media owners. Grabyo enables broadcasters and content rights holders to create, share and …
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Peter Greenhill Head of e-gaming for the Isle of Man Economic Development Department, stated that the Isle of Man’s governance remained positive, ahead of upcoming changes to the UK igaming market with the introduction of Point of Consumption Tax (1 December 2014) Peter Greenhill stated “The effect of POC on the Isle of Man online gaming sector will be minimal …
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UK TV personality and European Poker Tour champion Victoria Coren-Mitchell has terminated her sponsorship deal with PokerStars. Coren-Mitchell citied the introduction of casino product to its inventory as the reason for the termination of her representation of PokerStars. Coren-Mitchell made a statement announcing the termination through her blog – VictoriaCoren.com. “On Friday night, PokerStars.com announced that it will be …
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A petition to lower the minimum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBT’s) from £100 to £2 has been launched by a group of 93 English councils.The group led by Newham Council (East London), has called on the English government to out an end to ‘casino style gambling’ on high streets. The petition will raise concerns to government officials that betting …
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Online payment processing operator, has reached a final agreement to acquire pre-paid voucher provider Ukash. The sum of the acquisition was undisclosed by both parties. Skrill Group stated that the acquisition of Ukash will add scale and reach to its pre-paid unit Paysafecard, which it acquired in 2013 for €140 million. The deal comes just weeks after CVC Capital Partners-backed …
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Ladbrokes is seeking a new Public Relations agency to handle corporate communications and public affairs of the publically traded gambling operator. UK marketing news sources have stated that Ladbrokes has sent out an agency brief to potential PR agencies it views capable of handling of handling numerous aspects of its corporate communications. Marketing consultancy and pitch specialists the Recommended Agency …
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Social sports betting operator Favourit, has entered a platform provisions partnership with sports betting technology provider EveryMatrix. The integration of the EveryMatrix platform will provide customers with one of the most competitive betting product ranges on the market with over 10,000 pre-match and 5,000 live betting opportunities per month. Favourit has been redesigned from the ground up as the “social …
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A look at the free bets and bonusing player incentive debate amid the challenges of UK Poc on igaming operators The UK online gambling industry is set to undertake its first operational month under the new taxation imposed by the Point of Consumption (PoC) tax. Throughout 2014 the PoC and its definite revenue impact has driven industry agenda, commentary …
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