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TopBetta, Australia’s first fantasy wagering company, continued its growth by achieving a September quarterly turnover of $12 million and revenues of $1.2 million. TopBetta held 1,650 tournaments during the quarter, with a total of $1.5 million paid out to tournament winners. The company was particularly pleased that its player on player product had 5,430 active users during a quarter which …

Media group News Corp Australia has confirmed that it has acquired Melbourne-based racing news and odds website Punters.com.au for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition sees the Rupert Murdoch-owned media outlet deepen its ties within the Australian horseracing publishing market, with Punters.com.au disclosing an average monthly viewership of +375,000. Founded in 2008 by CEO Luc Pettett, Punters.com.au started-off as an Australian …

Updating the market, GVC Holdings has today announced that Scientific Games Corporation’s games developer WMS studio will supply its market-leading online casino content to the Group’s Spanish and Belgium gaming sites. The new WMS games inventory will be offered through the bwin, partycasino and partypoker brands, will see in excess of twenty titles added to GVC’s portfolio, another significant upgrade as the …

Updating its ‘US 2016 Presidential Market’, Betfair’s online betting exchange has now seen Republican candidate Donald Trump drift to 5.0 (20% chance of winning) following last night’s second Presidential Debate at Washington University St Louis. A weekend that saw the Trump campaign rocked by the Washington Post revealing audio tapes of Trump making lewd comments towards women, saw the Republican …

Digitain CEO Suren Khachatryan says operators must have a sportsbook offering in order to remain competitive as industry stakeholders can no longer afford to be ‘one trick ponies’… _________________ This year, the legal sports betting market is on track to top $70billion for the first time, according to research by the European Betting & Gaming Association. But that market at …

Publishing its full year 2016 results (12-month period ending 30 June), independent bookmaker Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has delivered strong growth across all its 2016 metrics, as the operator prepares for its future international expansion. Closing its FY 2016, SB&G detailed that Group Revenues had hit £373 million, up 51% on corresponding FY 2015’s £247 million. The operator’s significant …

Betting industry stakeholders have criticised the UK government with regards to its planned review of gambling advertising standards, which may see the introduction of a blanket ban on operator advertisements’ before the 9 pm watershed. Last Friday, the UK betting industry was rocked by the confirmation that the Conservative government would attach a review of UK gambling advertising practices to …

UK business news sources have valued the potential merger of FTSE-listed William Hill Plc and Toronto TSX operator Amaya Inc at a combined value of £4.5-5 billion. On late Friday, William Hill and Amaya governances declared that they had entered initial talks discussing plans for an ‘all stock merger of equals’. The governances’ further detailed that the potential merger was …

The Bosnia & Herzegovina National Lottery (Lutrija Bosne i Herzegovine) will extend its products and services online utilising Comtrade Gaming solutions. Announcing a multi-channel agreement, Comtrade will deliver the lottery operator a new games inventory which will include lottery formats TV Bingo, Loto 6/45 and 5/39, Joker, Pick the Colour and Bingo Plus via desktop, mobile and tablets. Further Comtrade …

The governances of William Hill Plc and Amaya Inc have confirmed that they have entered talks discussing a potential ‘all-stock merger of equals’, with a view of creating a global gambling powerhouse. Reacting to press speculation on late Friday, the governances of FTSE-listed William Hill and Toronto TSX-listed Amaya disclosed that initial merger talks had begun. Amaya the operating company …