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The European Gaming and Amusement Federation (EUROMAT) has confirmed the appointment of Jason Frost as its new President, serving a fixed two-year term. EUROMAT governance announced the leadership appointment at its annual general meeting, held in Berlin last week. An industry veteran, Frost takes over leadership of the industry body having previously served as President of the British Amusement Catering Trades …

Industry marketing specialist Seven Star Digital, the operating firm of online casino portal TopRatedCasinos.co.uk, has announced that it will move into the sports betting affiliate market launching new bookmaker comparison site TopRatedBetting.co.uk. Detailing the launch of its new website, Luke Eales Seven Star Founder & CEO stated that his firm wanted to diversify its industry affiliate portfolio, responding to current …

Recently enlarged Finnish state-owned betting operator Veikkaus has selected Kiron Interactive to be its lead virtual sports content provider. Updating the market, Kiron Interactive detailed that it would initially supply 17 virtual sports games to Veikkaus retail network. The games inventory will include popular Nordic content Hockey Shots and Speed Skating. Kiron was chosen by the government-owned Veikkaus, which has an …

Spanish-based sports betting and gaming provider OPTIMA will introduce its MGS multi-channel gaming platform at EXPOJOC 2017 in Valencia (13-14 June). OPTIMA said that visitors to its EXPOJOC booth (B-7) will be able to see a complete range of products, designed for operators who want to contract an independent platform which they can develop in a personalised way without sharing …

Redundancies are on the cards at Sun Bets, the online bookmaker run by Australian operator Tabcorp Holdings and with UK national newspaper The Sun, as the business gets ‘reset’ after a disappointing start. Tabcorp has confirmed that the company is in discussion with a number of its employees as it looks to close its customer contact centre and bring all …

InBet Games has prepared for the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia by unveiling Penalty Kick, a new game replicating one of the most nail-biting aspects of tournament football. Penalty Kick, which is already available as a part of the InbetVProducts utility software, forces the player to make a prediction – will the taker be victorious or will the goalkeeper make …

Genius Sports betting subsidiary technology Betgenius, continues to expand its industry footprint confirming that it has secured an agreement with Spanish legacy gambling operator Grupo Codere which will see it become the lead provider of pre-match and in-play trading provisions. Securing partnership terms, Betgenius will act as preferred provider of Codere trading markets for both its retail and online betting assets. …

The Shaked Family the largest shareholders in 888 Holdings, have earned a reported £108 million by selling 40 million shares in the FTSE250 listed online gambling group. The family executed its share sale last week at a value of £2.70 per share and will see the combined Shaked shareholding reduced to 37% of equity. Israeli business news sources report that …

SBC Events has increased its focus on industry leading content and thought leadership debate at this year’s Betting on Sports conference (#boscon2017 13-15 September) to meet the demands of organisations sending staff from multiple areas of the business. The second incarnation of the largest international sports and betting trade conference will introduce no fewer than eight conference tracks combined with …

Expert industry analysis from Chandru Mullaparthi, the Chairman at Industrial Erlang User Group, Director at Bluehouse Technology, and former Head of Software Architecture at bet365. ____________________________________ “Innovate or die” is a reality of life for most consumer facing industries these days. As the pace of progress in the computing industry shows no signs of slowing down, disruption by innovative startups is …