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Following a recent call centre visit by CEO Jim Mullen, Ladbrokes has announced a £180,000 donation to national problem gambling support charity GamCare to help fund its new Youth Programme. The firm will provide the backing in 2016 and 2017, to help fund three regional ‘youth hubs’ across the UK to provide information, advice, early interventions, and links to treatment …

Industry live casino games supplier Evolution Gaming has confirmed an executive restructure of its governance and leadership teams. The changes will see current Chief Executive and Co-Founder Jens von Bahr take up the new position of Executive Chairman. Evolution Gaming informed investors that Joel Citron had stepped down as company Chairman effective 1 November, Citron will take up a board …

SBC has decided to extend the nomination deadline for the SBC Awards 2016 by another week. Companies now have until Tuesday 1st November to put themselves forward for one or more of the 15 awards created by SBC to recognise industry excellence in 2016. This means the nomination stage for the SBC Awards 2016 will get a ‘Halloween night’ finale. …

WantMyBet, the UK based social network for football betting, has signed a distribution deal with the Cardinal House Group to target mobile users in Asia and Oceania. The partnership is a strategic move by both companies to take advantage of the booming overseas interest in European, particularly English football which is at an all time high. The Premier League’s Director of Communications Dan Johnson said …

With less than 24 hours until the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner is revealed, William Hill has placed Canadian author Madeleine Thien as 7/4 market favourite following a rush of literary bets placed on her book ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing.’ Updating its ‘2016 Man Booker Prize’ market, Thien takes the lead ahead of British author and playwright Deborah …

Industry Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) and advertising standards will be on the Conservative government agenda, following confirmation of an industry review by Culture, Media & Sports Minister Tracey Crouch. The latest review by the government aims to probe FOBTs coverage within UK highstreets, gaming machine stakes/prizes and industry social responsibility measures. As reported this September, the government has further …

Sun Bets, the sports betting website powered by Australian gambling giant Tabcorp, has been confirmed as the new sponsor of the Mile division in the 2016-17 All-Weather Championships. Sun Bets joins fellow Authorised Betting Partners, 32Red and Betway, as category sponsors in the competition. The 2016-17 All-Weather Championships will run from Thursday 27th October through to Finals Day at Lingfield …

US Gambling operator Penn National Gaming Inc (Penn) has confirmed the appointment of William ‘BJ’ Fair as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 2017. Penn governance confirmed the promotion of Fair who has served the operator as Chief Development Officer since 2014, he will replace former group CFO Saul V. Reibstein, who announced his retirement from the company last …

William Hill’s retail division will offer leading games titles from Australian slot design specialist Lightning Box Games (Lightning Box) following a content agreement of between the two firms. The partnership will see William Hill initially roll-out Lightning Box titles ‘Silver Lion Deluxe’ and ‘Panda Power Deluxe’ across its 2300 UK estates. Securing its biggest UK content deal to date Lightning …

Eastern European gambling group Fortuna Entertainment (Fortuna) has confirmed that it has secured a major sponsorship with deal with the Czech Football Association (Fotbalová asociace České republiky; FAČR) becoming  the official sponsor of the Czech Liga. Agreeing a six-year deal with the FACR, Fortuna gains the title sponsorship of the Czech Liga which will be rebranded to the ‘Fortuna Liga’ …