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Preparations are starting for the sports betting industry’s most popular networking night around the world’s most popular gaming show – London Baby! Once again London Baby! is being held on the first night of the ICE Totally Gaming Show in London (3 February) in a central London location and plans to be bigger, better and more popular than ever before. …

Next week sees Sports Betting Community Asia and Asia Gaming Brief host the Official MGS iGaming Networking Party at SPLASH at the Four Seasons Macao. The networking evening, which is being held on 18 November, is promising to be one of the most entertaining evenings on the calendar, with plenty of business to be conducted in a relaxed, social atmosphere. …

Betting tipping sites are ten a penny these days. Some are free, many are not, and all claim to be able to improve your gambling returns fast and often. The vast majority however fall rather short of their typically outlandish claims. This article seeks to analyse and evaluate the others; those that are worthy of your time and money. A …

Igaming technology and services provider EveryMatrix has published an industry white paper on the proposed casino gambling bill for Japan – ‘Integrated Resort Promotion Bill’. EveryMatrix gives readers insight into current market conditions, and regulatory/political landscape of Japanese gambling. The white paper further asserts a number of market blocks and intricacies that potential Japanese license holders may have to anticipate …

Scott Longley, editorial director at Regulus Insights, takes a look at the recent ASA report in to gambling advertising and finds plenty in there to concern the industry. If there is some good news for the UK’s gambling companies from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) review into gambling advertising published late last week, it is that the market research undertaken …

Lee Richardson, CEO at Gaming Economics, has looked at the tired old Levy Scheme and thinks its time that a modern industry found a modern solution. Gaming Economics thinks it’s time for the British horseracing industry to stop relying on Levy funding under its current guise. The Horserace Betting Levy is a statutory instrument which essentially transfers money from those …

Berlin, 28 October 2014 – A record number of international visitors and gaming operators to this year’s EiG in Berlin enjoyed an inspiring venue in the heart of the capital’s start-up hub as well as lively debates with global thought-leaders from inside and outside the industry. Last week’s EiG 2014 at the Arena Berlin delivered a packed schedule of unmissable …

Nike and Adidas are the two names that first tend to come to mind when discussing football kit sponsors. They are the two titans, the fierce rivals and the biggest spenders. It was announced recently that Manchester United will be dropping Nike, from the end of the 2014/15 season, in favour of a lucrative deal with Adidas. This is a …

The second annual BiG Africa Summit & Exhibition which was held at Emperors Palace Convention Centre, Johannesburg South Africa, took place on the 6th to 8th October 2014. It focused on the development of online gaming regulations, online lottery, latest gaming technology, gaming opportunities and the African gaming market. This event was attended by big names in Betting and iGaming …

Paul Leyland, Principle Consultant at Regulus Partners, takes a look at the news that there is to be another attempt at a Judicial Review on the UK’s Point of Consumption regime and asks whether it is altogether wise. The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, having failed to overturn the UK remote Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act, is now attempting a …