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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Chairman Barry Hearn has confirmed that bwin will be sponsors of the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton for the next two years. The Grand Slam of Darts, a cross-code event for both PDC and British Darts Organisation (BDO) players, was introduced in 2007 and sees 32 players competing across nine days, with a round-robin group …
Read More »
Industry virtual sports content provider VSoftCo Group has entered the Argentine gambling market by agreeing on a multi-year virtual sports supplier terms with Impresora Internacional de Valores S.A (IVISA) an Argentine licensed lottery and gaming solutions supplier. Updating the market, VSoftCo will act as lead supplier of virtual sports content to IVISA syndicated retail outlets and online properties. The partnership …
Read More »
As Prime Minister Theresa May is handed the right to ‘trigger Article 50’ by Parliament, beginning the negotiations for the UK to leave the European Union, Scotland’s SNP has begun to push for its ‘second referendum’ appeal. Declaring SNP’s political intent, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stated that her party would seek for a government referendum approval between the autumn 2018-2019 …
Read More »
The German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) has strengthened the nation’s code on match-fixing and sports corruption by introducing new laws that make it a ‘crime to conspire to fix sporting events’. Passing its new regulations which set tougher sentences for individuals found guilty of attempting to unlawfully influence an event, Bundestag laws may hand out sentences of up to …
Read More »
From a giant sand castle to cheerleaders, superheroes, sporting superstars and one of the world’s strongest men, the exhibition at ICE Totally Gaming never ceases to amaze. With a total net space of 40,925 sqm, representatives of 67 jurisdictions and sovereign states, and in the presence of 42 accredited media organisations, piquing interest and standing out from the crowd at …
Read More »
SBC News Voice of the Sports Betting Industry