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The Australian Financial Review has revealed that CrownBet and Paddy Power Betfair subsidiary Sportsbet.com.au are the two suitors bidding for William Hill Australia. Both operators are reported to have confirmed their interest this week in pursuing William Hill’s troubled Australian business division and will be allowed to perform due diligence on the asset to prepare their formal bids. The update, …

Paul Petrie is the co-founder and director of UK-based online bookmaker McBookie. A BetVictor white label, the firm specialises in Scottish betting markets – encompassing everything from novelty markets to Scottish junior football. We caught up with Paul to discuss the state of play for smaller British bookmakers, McBookie’s relationship with BetVictor and Scottish non-league sponsorship. ___________________________________ SBC: It’s no …

Stockholm-listed Catena Media Plc has announced Per Hellberg as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), taking up his new position on the board of directors later this year. In addition, it has also been detailed that acting CEO Persson Ekdahl will return to his role as Board Member and governance advisor.  Citing extensive international commercial experience from a variety of industries, …

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a further investigation into gambling firms withdrawal procedures. Detailing “enforcement action” being launched against a “number of online gambling firms,” concerns have been raised regarding unfair obstacles that may be placed in the way of people withdrawing their money, whether that be part of promotion or not. In its statement the CMA …

A strategic acquisition has led to the Gambling.com Group making a “forceful move” into the sports betting vertical, via the purchase of Bookies.com and related assets. The firm details a purchase price of an upfront payment of £2m paid as a cash consideration in conjunction with the transfer of the assets, as well as a deferred compensation of £4.5m, which …

Spanish gambling group R. Franco has confirmed the promotion of Miguel Ángel Lázaro to Group Managing Director of digital services. Ángel Lázaro will be tasked with leading the R. Franco Digital division, overseeing the delivery of terminals, systems, projects and solutions for R. Franco partners. The senior appointment sees Ángel Lázaro replace Alejandro Casanova as R. France Digital leader, who …

STS has launched an affiliate programme in partnership with Income Access, set to be managed by the Polish bookies in house team, using the Paysafe brand’s platform and affiliate software. ‘STSpartner’ will allow campaigns to be targeted down to a city level and according to players’ language, device and browser, among numerous other criteria. In addition, Income Access’ technology will …

Respected information provider for the igaming affiliate market, iGB Affiliate has announced that its autumn affiliate conference will be moving to Lisbon in 2018. The Lisbon Affiliate Conference (LiAC) will take place from the 17th to the 20th October 2018 and is expected to bring together the key stakeholders in the igaming affiliate industry. Shona ODonnell, Event Director, Clarion Gaming …

Two of the biggest names in betting news, Racing Post and SBC Global, have joined forces once again in an enhanced partnership that will run until the end of 2019. The companies have agreed on an extended two-year deal which will strengthen the ties between the two organisations ahead of SBC’s ground-breaking 2018 betting trade events. The deal builds on …

Uefa has this week announced a raft of changes to European competition, with the new system, that is set to be in place from the 2018/19 season, designed to represent an evolution of the Champions League and Europa League. Amongst the raft of changes, is one particular key example regarding kick off times, that could be of significant interest to …