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Leading industry affiliate publisher Better Collective, has moved to strengthen its corporate governance confirming the appointment of Petra von Rohr as a new board member. A finance and corporate communications specialist, von Rohr becomes a Better Collective corporate advisor as the company expands within new markets and bolsters its industry portfolio through M&A activity. von Rohr currently serves as Group …

Nasdaq-listed industry technology provider Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), has announced that it will open a ‘remote development centre’ in Krakow Poland to aid the growth of its SG Digital division. Updating the market, SGC governance expects to open its Krakow development centre this Q1 2018, with the new division working on all core SG digital products for its lottery, sports …

Intertops and Optibet (Lifland Affiliates) have signed up to sponsor the Affiliate Insider Bootcamp (AIB) at this year’s Betting on Football conference (20-23 March). Held on the first full day of #bofcon2018 (Wednesday 21 March), the AIB is the first unique affiliate bootcamp from Affiliate Insider, the new affiliate news, training and events focused business launched by Lee-Ann Johnstone. Intertops …

Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, gives an insight into some of the key developments in the gambling industry as part of its ‘Winning Post’ column. It is likely that this year’s ICE will be chiefly remembered for the Gambling Commission’s attacks on the use of promotional girls at the expo – and follow-up …

Sports betting within the USA is an issue that has been long debated, and will continue to be done so until the culmination of the ongoing Christie v NCAA case, and most likely well beyond. It was no surprise to see it debated in varying degrees at last weeks ICE London, with Dan Wallach, shareholder at Becker and Poliakoff, getting …

Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR) has announced a first of its kind partnership for the group, with Bryony Frost now its first group wide ambassador. Through the new link up, Frost is set to work with JCR in aid of the promotion of British racing, which will be done though media work, personal appearances, social media channels and a regular blog. In …

Presenting Betsson AB’s Q4 2017 quarterly update, Group Chief Executive Pontus Lindwall is upbeat with regards to his firm’s 2018 outlook, despite recent setbacks. Lindwall the former Betsson AB Group Chairman, who last September retook leadership of the Stockholm-listed enterprise, following the departure of Ulrik Bengtsson as CEO, outlines the group’s ‘restructuring plan’. Closing a turbulent 2017, in which Betsson …

Sky UK will move to expand its presence within racing, launching a dedicated ‘Sky Sports Racing’ channel in early 2019. In March 2017, Sky UK moved to acquire a controlling 51% stake in UK racing broadcaster At The Races (ATR). At the time, UK news sources reported that Sky would move to create a dedicated racing channel for its 14 …

European online gambling group Mr Green & Co (Mr Green) has declared 2017 as its ‘most successful year in business’, as the company delivers on its ‘Mr Green 2.0’ corporate expansion strategy. Reporting its fifth consecutive quarter of all-metric growth, Nordic Nasdaq-listed Mr Green breaks the SEK 1 billion mark in group revenues for 2017, recording total revenues of SEK …

The governance of GVC Holdings has today released its ‘combined prospectus’ relating to its £4 billion takeover deal of Ladbrokes Coral Plc. The deal which enters its final stages has been approved by Ladbrokes Coral governance and is set to be reviewed by the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (CMA), which this week set a 21 February deadline for industry comment. …