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This week’s shock resignation of UKIP leader Diane James following just 18 days at the helm of the party, has seen Nigel Farage return to steady the ship acting as ‘interim UKIP leader’. Updating its ‘UKIP leadership’ market, bookmaker William Hill has moved to price Farage at 8/1 to permanently replace James, who resigned declaring that she did not ‘have …

Curacao and Malta licensed Pinnacle has become the first online betting operator to open markets on Drone Racing. Updating the market, Pinnacle marketing declared that it would publish odds on the ‘2016 Drone Racing World Championship’ at Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii (October 20-22). The bookmaker disclosed that it would trial Drone Racing as a market, by offering odds on the …

European bookmaker GoldBet furthers its presence in Italian sports, by announcing that it has agreed to become the ‘Official Betting Partner’ of Serie A football club Torino FC. GoldBet secures a one-year betting partnership with Torino, one Italy’s oldest professional football club. The partnership will see the GoldBet Italian brand, receive heightened coverage and exposure throughout Torino’s Stadio Olimpico (Capacity: …

Updating the market this morning, Stockholm Nasdaq-listed LeoVegas Group AB (LeoVegas) has confirmed that it has been approved an online gambling operator license by the Danish Gambling Authority (DGA). Confirming its Danish license, LeoVegas one of the industry’s fastest growing operators will now move to expand its presence within its core market of Scandinavia. The Malta-headquartered operator currently holds licences …

Ed Nicholson, Head of UK Marketing Operations at Unibet, is the first industry expert to take on bettingexpert and Timeform in the revamped jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17, starting today at Ludlow. Nicholson has been professionally involved in racing and betting for nearly 25 years. He appeared as the horse racing form expert guest presenter on the first Attheraces …

Updating the market, Spanish gambling operator R.Franco will reveal its new online gambling content division ‘R.Franco Games’ at the upcoming EIG Berlin Conference (18-20 October). The new division specializing in games development will be operated by R.Franco Digital, and will support its existing online gambling asset Wanabet (wanabet.es). R.Franco governance stated that its new brand enters the Spanish online gambling …

Award winning producer and TV sports presenter Hayley McQueen is to present the SBC Awards 2016 on Wednesday 7th December. Argyll Entertainment, the company behind the Alan Brazil-branded BetonBrazil sportsbook, has been confirmed as the sponsor of the evening hostess. McQueen, a familiar face to viewers of Sky Sports News HD and Sky Sports’ football coverage, will be opening the …

Denmark state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil has confirmed the appointment of Susanne Mørch Koch as its new Chief Executive Officer. The operator ends its search for its replacement of Christian Madsen, who announced his departure as CEO this June following a 12-year leadership tenure with Danske Spil. Having been approved by the Danske Spil board, Mørch Koch will now work …

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has been named one the UK’s best and fastest growing independent companies by The Sunday Times. The Leeds-based online betting operator ranked 74th in last weekend’s ‘Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250’. The list is published every year by the News UK Corporation newspaper which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. SB&G was commended …

Independent bookmakers in the UK have been praising the Spanish company OPTIMA for giving them the tools to compete with high street corporate bookmakers and backing up the product with high end customer service. OPTIMA has built a strong UK and international presence by supplying and maintaining one of the most advanced and independent electronic point of sale (EPOS) products on the …