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London Affiliate Conference (LAC ) event organisers  iGaming Business has confirmed the Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) Network will take the lead sponsorship of the new acquisition zone within the conference show 31st January – 3rd February 2015 Targeting senior marketing executives working within both operator and affiliate brands, the acquisition zone is a premium area within LAC that is focused …

Ontario State’s newly launched GTECH Interactive powered online gambling portal PlayOLG.ca has faced several issues since its launch on Friday 9 January, which has left many Ontario online gambling consumers frustrated. Ontario consumers took to social media channels to report website issues regarding game loading times, onsite glitches and flawed geolocation access services which would not allow some customers to …

Gibraltar based igaming operator 32Red, has launched its first full Italian marketing campaign with Milan advertising agency Fosbury ADV. The agency has been appointed to launch a multi-content advertising campaign in order to raise brand awareness of 32Red.it gaming services. The first of its Italian TV advertising campaigns was launched on 4 January, promoting its online casino product with a …

Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) has launched its new online gambling hub PlayOLG.ca with GTECH Interactive services. OLG will offer Ontario province consumers with casino games and slot, as well as online lottery purchasing capabilities. The OLG online gambling hub will be maintained using GTECH player provisions services including GTECH interactive player account and games management systems. OLG Vice Presdent …

NYX Gaming Group Ltd. announced today that it has successfully completed an initial public offering and secondary offering of its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Total IPO funding for both rounds equalled CAD $45 million (£25 million) In connection with the initial public offering, NYX Gaming Group issued 5,715,000 shares and an aggregate of 7,143,000 shares were sold by Verdane NVP …

A computer program that taught itself to play poker has created nearly the best possible strategy for one version of the game, showing the value of techniques that may prove useful to help decision-making in medicine and other areas. The program considered 24 trillion simulated poker hands per second for two months, probably playing more poker than all humanity has …

Betfair has announced the appointment of Liam Wallwork as Director of Gaming Operations. Wallwork will be responsible for the revenue performance and strategic direction of the operators gaming division, replacing Matthew Robinson who left Betfair in October 2014. Wallwork’s appointment sees him promoted from his previous role as Head of Gaming Opertions. Wallwork will work throughout Belfair’s current product gaming …

GamCrowd.com has evolved its gambling-specific crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform through the launch of its new Incubator service. The programme sees GamCrowd directly offer a range of value-added provisions and resources to better prepare start-ups and assist with the process of crowdfunding through GamCrowd. Companies will enter the GamCrowd Incubator process in return for equity in their business. Participating start-ups can immediately …

Social gambling developers Plumbee, have today announced the appointment of Mark Claxton as Slots Producer and Head of the in-house slots production team. Claxton has been working in the gaming industry since 2003 focusing on games and slots development from initial concept to launch.  Claxton last position was at Ash Gaming, a Playtech company, where he designed many of the company’s …

EveryMatrix announces the appointment of Sandra Barton to lead the Payment Product Development Department at EveryMatrix EveryMatrix is continually striving to develop and improve its service offering whilst continuing to take advantage of technological advances to ensure it continues to deliver a market competitive product to their diverse range of clients. Sandra comes to EveryMatrix with a wealth of experience …