Industry in-play betting specialist Metric Gaming has announced that it has entered the Italian market in partnership with Eurobet Italia launching in Super Live product for football. The partnership will see Eurobet add a further 250 Super Live markets per football match. Eurobet management detailed that the Metric Gaming partnership will help it differentiate its sports betting product within the …
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Betfair opens Drone Racing markets in partnership with DRL
Betfair has teamed up with the Drone Racing League (DRL), the leading authority for professional drone racing to offer betting markets on the final race of the Allianz World Championship circuit at Alexandra Palace London (13 June). The Championship race will be the UK’s first professional drone race and will be held as part of London Tech Week, Europe’s largest …
Read More »GVC Holdings eyes Bwin Russia market entry
Russian business news sources are reporting that GVC Holdings’ European sports betting subsidiary Bwin is preparing to launch a licensed Russian sportsbook property Bwin.ru in partnership with Digital Betting LLC. The Bwin project is said to be supported by Russian billionaire financier Alexander Mamut, whose investment firm owns Russian bookmaker Digital Betting LLC which will act as licensing partner in …
Read More »Scandinavia new boys Entrobet launch affiliate program on NetRefer
Scandinavian focused online bookmaker Entrobet (Entrobet.com) has launched its affiliate marketing program utilising NetRefer software services. Launching its partner marketing program, the Malta-based operator will join NetRefer’s ‘Unified Performance Marketing’ platform. Christer Frestad, Managing Director at EntroBet commented on the launch of the affiliate program “We have had nothing but good experiences with NetRefer throughout the implementation process of their cutting-edge affiliate …
Read More »Bookmakers shorten Tory odds as Labour comeback fades
With less than 24-hours to go until polling stations open, UK bookmakers have shortened the odds on a Conservative Party UK 2017 General Election ‘majority victory’. This morning Paddy Power Politics, detailed that it had cut its ‘Tory Majority’ price from 1/4 to 2/9. Furthermore, the bookmaker has drifted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s chances of becoming PM to 4/1, having …
Read More »OneBet’s Shannon defends Tipster Challenge title at Hamilton
In a new role as horse racing tipster for OneBet, Sarah Shannon is back to defend her Tipster Challenge title in the seven-race meet at Hamilton. Shannon has taken a chance with second favourite Gulf Of Poets (4:10) for her Nap of the Day, which can score double points for the Betting Gods sponsored competition. By contrast, bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris …
Read More »Kindred completes £175 million acquisition of 32Red
Updating the market, Stockholm-listed European online gambling group Kindred Group Plc (Kindred) has confirmed that it has completed it’s £175 million acquisition of 32Red Plc (deal first announced 23 February). The announcement sees Kindred acquire 97% of 32Red Plc’s shares, which will now move to fully delist from the London AIM exchange market. Kindred governance informs that it has attributed …
Read More »Betway extends title sponsorship of Cheltenham’s ‘Champion Chase’ for further 3 years
Betway has agreed a contract extension to sponsor the Grade One Queen Mother Champion Chase for the next three Cheltenham Festivals. The champion two-mile chase was Betway’s first major racing sponsorship deal back in 2015, when Dodging Bullets shot to victory under Sam Twiston-Davies, and the leading online bookmaker will now sponsor the top-level contest up to and including 2020. …
Read More »Jamie Reeves – FFMag – Bringing fantasy football to print
At the end of the 2016/17 Premier League season, Jamie Reeves, the man behind FFMag, released an e-mag version focusing on Fantasy Premier League (FPL) strategy. The number of downloads (5,000) convinced him to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the operation of a new print product. A few months on, and having reached over 150% of the fixed funding goal, …
Read More »EUROMAT announces Jason Frost as new President
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 …
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