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Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken and hardline President of the Phillipines, has seemingly backtracked on a softer approach to online gambling regulation and moved to close it down entirely in the country. In a speech which followed the announcement of the 2017 national budget Duterte stated that he would be “ordering the closure of all online gambling (firms)… All of them. …

SIS will now be the sole provider of race day data for Irish horse racing, UK horse racing and UK greyhound racing, in addition to its premier international horse racing. SIS has exited licensing agreements with other providers of its horse racing and greyhound racing data, so customers will need to agree to supply through SIS to continue with these …

Norsk Tipping has selected EveryMatrix to provide the iGaming integration platform for games from casino vendors including IGT, NetEnt, Quickspin, Novomatic, Magnet Gaming and Scientific Games. The Norwegian state lottery has selected EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine following a competitive tender process with 10 other suppliers, which was kicked-started by the Norwegian government in April 2016. The deal, which will run for six …

In another of our end of year roundups we spoke to Ari Lewski, Executive Director at Digital Sports Tech.  Clearly not one to believe in patience being a virtue, Digital Sports Tech only launched in 2016 but has already entered Australia and the UK, whilst it has ambitious, and advanced, plans for global expansion in the new year. The company …

Finnish company RAY and Austria-based win2day have agreed an ‘industry-first’ deal to share cross-border poker liquidity on the Playtech network. The two companies will launch a joint network which pools their Finnish and Austrian player bases, with customers of each brand able to access Playtech’s omni-channel poker products. Playtech said the deal, which was made possible by the recent approval …

Worldpay has predicted that Boxing Day will provide a boost for Britain’s online bookmakers, as punters hope to cash in on the day’s biggest sporting events. Gambling data from 2015 reveals that Britain’s bookmakers saw a 10% increase in online betting activity and a 9% spike in total betting value on Boxing Day compared with an average Saturday in December. …

LinkResearchTools CEO Christoph Cemper and 10 Yetis CEO Andy Barr are two of the confirmed speakers for LAC 2017, which has been given a new format by iGB Affiliate. The conference rooms at LAC 2017 won’t be split by industry, but will instead be organised into themed tracks which run across the two days on February 10 and 11. The …

Goodboy, an educational Christmas game for children, was crowned the winner at the second edition of Recreativos Franco’s Game Weekend. Developed by a group of young people aged 23 to 39, Goodboy is a game where children communicate with Santa Claus, who defines the number of sweets they need to unlock each present. A parents’ management application then displays different …

Jools Holland and Christmas movie replays can wait. It has been announced that the New Year’s Eve fixture at Newbury, alongside action from Warwick, will be made free to view on Racing UK, following Channel 4’s decision to withdraw the fixture from its schedule. The Newbury card, which is headlined by the Grade 1 Betfred Challow Hurdle, plus seven competitive …

The daily fantasy sports industry has had quite a year in 2016 with legal battles raging throughout the USA, many of which are far from over, and a number of operators stepping things up a gear in Europe. The big two of DraftKings and FanDuel entered Europe, despite the costly court battles Stateside, and smaller operatos such as Mondogoal and …