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Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CEC) has confirmed the appointment of Jim Firth as its new Venue Director for EMEA properties. The appointment of Firth as European venue director will see him takeover immediate management of Caesars famous London Casino property ‘The Sportsman’ (Marylebone). Firth has over 25 years’ experience working in Casinos and the leisure industry. Prior to joining Caesars European …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) warns parents over the perils of gambling linked to video games, calling for adults to be vigilant to the dangers of gambling associated with video games. Its warning follows the publication of a Commission paper on virtual currencies, eSports and social gaming (http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Virtual-currencies) The UKGC explains that there has been an increase in the popularity …

With just seven weeks to go in the Tipster Challenge 2016/17, sponsored by Betting Gods, we head to Cheltenham for day two at the Festival. Harry Lang, Marketing Director at Pinnacle, has been given a second bite at the cherry this week after last week’s abandonment at Fontwell. He will be up against sixth placed Stephen Harris of bettingexpert and …

Industry games and content provider Yggdrasil Gaming, who announced in January that it was entering the Italian market, has partnered with GVC Holdings’ Italian-facing gaming brands to integrate its video slots directly into the operator’s bwin.it and Gioco Digitale sites. Entering the Italian market with GVC will see Yggdrasil’s portfolio of HTML5 games being offered in the country for the first …

Updating Playtech Plc investors, company founder Teddy Sagi has filed an order to sell 13 million shares through his investment vehicle Brickington Trading limited to London hedge fund Boussard & Gavaudan. Sagi will sell the equivalent of 4.1% equity in Playtech Plc at a price of 872.5p per share, closing a £113 million funding round. Following completion of its sale, …

A year on from a £10 million hammering on the opening day at last year’s festival, the bookmakers ended day one at Cheltenham 2017 with a narrow lead. There was a short odds success for Altior (1/4) in the Racing Post Arkle and a small loss for bookies from 5/1 winner Buveur D’Air in the Stan James Champion Hurdle, but …

Speaking to The Evening Standard on the opening day of the 2017 Cheltenham Festival, Ladbrokes Coral CEO Jim Mullen has warned the UK government that stringent limits on fixed-odds-betting-terminals (FOBTs) could force the closure of bookmakers and risk a significant number of job losses. UK bookmakers await the publication of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) official industry …

Nearly two years in development and having taken up significant corporate funding, Frankfurt Xetra-listed bookmaker mybet Holdings has announced the upcoming full launch of its in-house developed IT platform. Updating investors, mybet CEO Markus Peuler detailed that the platform would be ‘put into full operation on 21 March’, making it the biggest infrastructure release in mybet’s corporate history. Following a …

Gaming Innovation Group has announced the launch of its latest online casino property LarryCasino.com, based on the popular ‘Leisure Suit Larry’ video game series. LarryCasino.com will be launched through industry online marketing and player acquisition subsidiary iGaming Cloud. The brand character of Larry Laffer was a popular but hapless 1980s/90s video game character, who fronted the PC gaming adult entertainment …

London AIM-listed Gaming Realms has launched its new game title ‘Magic Mine’, stating that it has brought ‘the first genuine skill-based’ real-money game to the online casino market. Specifying its release, Gaming Realms details Magic Mine as a ‘match 3 symbols’ game in the mold of popular social games Gold Rush, Candy Crush and Zuma. Gaming Realms states that Magic …