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Three of the leading Eastern European-focused gambling operators will be represented in a Betting on Football 2017 session exploring new opportunities in the CIS and beyond. Parimatch chief executive Sergey Portnov, BetOlimp chief operating officer Alexey Sinyushkin and Favbet chief executive Nikos Halikias will be joined on a market profile panel (3 May) at #bofcon2017 by a trio of experts …

Updating the market, the management of Ascot Racecourse has confirmed that it will launch its ‘AscotBet’ pool betting system in 2018. The product will be developed in-partnership with Betfred’s Totepool, who will end its trackside pools monopoly on July 2018, opening the market to new incumbents. Ascot management stated that following a review of options, it had decided to keep …

Industry marketing news source and event organiser iGB Affiliate has announced that tickets to its first ever Nordic Affiliate Conference (NAC) in Stockholm have sold out ahead of schedule. Seeking to push insight, opinion and debate on the Nordic industry affiliate landscape, NAC will bring together key affiliates, media agencies, advertising networks and operators discussing the lucrative Scandinavian igaming/betting market. …

To celebrate this year’s Grand National, bookmaker Coral has staged its own aquatic version of the race at the Liverpool Water Sports Centre featuring six graceful flyboarders dressed as jockeys and holding model horses’ heads as they flew towards the finishing line. The 300m race, that took place beside the Mersey against a backdrop of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings, saw …

Eastern European investment group Penta Group Investments (Penta) has announced that it will move to buy outright the remaining shareholding of Czech-listed gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment (Fortuna). At present, Penta holds 68.25% of the corporate equity in Fortuna through gambling investment subsidiary Fortbet. Penta management will aim to turn Fortuna into a wholly-owned private company, removing the firm from its listings …

FTSE-listed bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral has claimed a “world first technology” by taking full end-to-end control of its licensed video content. In partnership with iGame Media, Ladbrokes Coral has developed a new video streaming platform which merges the enterprises combined API video content providing users with a unified front-end experience using a single player across all digital outlets. Updating the market, …

Paddy Power politics has announced Nigel Farage as the face of its recruitment drive to fill the vacant ‘Head of Trump Betting’ vacancy. The bookmaker revealed the move in a witty blog posted on 1 April, which led many to believe it was merely an April Fools joke. Confusion reigned supreme but Paddy Power have since confirmed that it’s deadly serious …

Updating the market, European bookmaker Tipbet has informed that it will integrate a further two new products offered by industry player acquisition and affiliate software provider NetRefer, as the company looks to optimise its digital channels. Tipbet marketing furthers its relationship with NetRefer, who currently supply the bookmaker with its affiliate marketing platform and provisions. Moving forward Tipbet will integrate …

Issuing a market update, the governance of Stockholm Nasdaq-listed Betsson AB has informed that the company has changed its investor dividend policy ‘in order to increase the company’s financial capabilities’ in order to be active in the consolidated European online gambling sector. The new dividend scheme will be applicable as of this year and will see Betsson governance reduce its …