The UK Tote Group has begun its search for a new Chairman after Eamonn Wilmott confirmed he would be stepping down from the company. Wilmott, who took control of The Tote in October 2019, was instrumental in the Together for the Tote initiative. The initiative saw The Tote team up with racecourse operator Britbet, later buying the pool betting operator …
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New esports wagering incumbent Puntt will launch this February, seeking to become the first platform to deliver ‘esports betting player performance’ markets. The start-up is founded by the five-man Liverpool-based development studio of RPGG Media, a team looking to deliver effective esports wagering components across B2C and B2B verticals. Backing Puntt’s mission statement, RPGG Media is led by former racing executive …
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Rank Group has praised further growth across its digital division, with the group reporting growth in NGR and operating profit of 14% and 117% respectively. Publishing its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2019, Rank attributed the 10% year-on-year lift in net gaming revenue (NGR) to the progress made on the group’s transformation programme. John O’Reilly, Chief …
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Vancouver-based Askott Entertainment has added trading and risk management services from Pinnacle to its esports-first iGaming platform, Chameleon Gaming. This is part of a strategic partnership to boost the turnkey platform, launched in May of last year, which has been designed to target millennials and GenZ customers. It already offers a wide coverage of esports betting markets, streamer betting and …
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Genius Sports Media, the publishing and advertising arm of Genius Sports, has agreed to support Admiral Group with customer engagement by launching a series of customer engagement-focused sportsbook marketing campaigns across multiple European markets. The partnership will see Admiral Group hand responsibility to Genius Sports Media for the creation, design and execution of bespoke acquisition and retention campaigns. The campaigns will …
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Calling for an imminent review of the 2005 Gambling Act, the UK government seeks to scrutinise the ‘under the bonnet’ components servicing online gambling incumbents. Amid heightened political scrutiny, Alastair Graham Chief Executive of age attribution software provider AgeChecked, details to SBC why in 2020 industry leadership needs to deepen its skillset and sophistication of tools related to age verification …
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BetUK has been named as the official betting partner of Championship-side Queens Park Rangers’ (QPR), with the deal expected to last for the remainder of the season. QPR’s former partner Royal Panda withdrew from the UK betting market earlier this month citing ‘tougher regulations’ as a primary reason. It won’t operate in the country from Friday 31 January, 2020. However, the latest deal …
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Online betting and gaming organisation Betsson Group has committed to planting one million trees after signing a new collaboration with the QLZH Foundation. The new agreement will see Betsson Group become the first iGaming company to be named as a ‘Tree Partner.’ Jesper Svensson, CEO for Betsson Group said, “Our operational headquarters is in Malta, and has so been for …
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Australia-based BetMakers Technology Group has confirmed the launch of its new customised racing channel with wagering operator Pointsbet, which has gone live across the GVC Australia-owned Neds website. BetMakers has said that the new Racing Channel is currently live streaming over 2,000 international races across six operator sites, with coverage being shown from the US, UK, Ireland, Mexico and Canada. …
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In a bid to offer information on how to limit gambling-related content across its platform, social media giant Twitter has partnered with the UK Gambling Commission to ‘support their responsible advertising priorities.’ The guidance is expected to explain the different methods in which Twitter’s safety tools and settings can be adjusted within an individual account, which is hoped to ‘to …
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