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Len Blavatnik’s firm Access Industries, which has investments in the media & technology sectors, is reported to have rejected a number of co-funding approaches from US tech giants in Perform Group (Perform). This weekend The Daily Telegraph reported that Blavatnik had turned down equity funding partnerships from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and YouTube, as Access Industries aims to turn …

This weekend’s shock news that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has sided with Owen Smith against Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Leadership Election has seen bookmaker William Hill reduce its odds on Smith winning party leadership from 11/2 to 9/2. Khan who had been thought of as a ‘Corbyn stalwart’, changed his position on the current Labour leader, citing that the …

The Victoria (Australia) state government has begun consultations on potential restrictions to gambling services advertising. Multiple Australian news sources have reported this weekend that state governance is reviewing plans to ban gambling advertisements being published within public transport services and near schools. State Gaming Minister Marlene Kairouz who is reviewing advertising standards proposals, commented that Victoria’s community was concerned with …

Midlands Premier League football club West Bromwich Albion have confirmed Coral as its Official European Betting Partner Detailing terms the three-year agreement will see the bookmaker’s brand feature on various advertising sites at The Hawthorns, including interview backdrop and pitchside. Coral will use the partnership to introduce its online and mobile betting service to Albion fans and plan to offer …

BetConstuct’ s Parandzem Avagyan details initial key fundamentals and logic for new market entrants planning to launch online casino enterprises. In the following article BetConstruct offers the following essential checklist for industry stakeholders…. ________________________ Global online casino and gaming market is on the rise with more countries and states legalizing and regulating online gambling. The latest news that excited operators and technology …

This week via their respective Facebook pages both CSGO Lounge and Dota2 Lounge announced that they would be shutting down their skins betting functions with immediate effect. Both companies operate under Lounges, which itself is mostly owned by ESForce Holding, a company owned by Russian investor Alisher Usmanov who has been heavily involved in the esports scene in Eastern Europe. CSGO Lounge, …

Australia ASX-listed racing and fantasy sports operator TopBetta has confirmed that it has raised AUS $2.6 million (£1.5 million) through a share placement funded by a group of ‘sophisticated and institutional’ investors. Placing 14.5 million shares at AUS $0.18, TopBetta governance will use the funds to implement an ‘aggressive growth’ strategy targeting customers during the key period of Spring Carnival …

City analysts are eagerly awaiting Paddy Power Betfair’s (PPB) H1 2016 financial update on Wednesday 24 August, as the newly listed FTSE operator updates the market and its investor on merger progress. Close attention will be paid to PPB’s ongoing convergence strategy, as the company has undertaken a series of restructures to its marketing and operational divisions with PPB governance …

The Premier League returned this weekend past with plenty of fixtures to whet fans’ appetites for the 2016-2017 season.  Data from Worldpay revealed a mammoth 20% rise in the number of bets placed on opening day compared to last year, with more fans than ever hoping to win big as the world’s most watched football league returned.* Following Leicester’s fairytale league …

Esports form a notable part of the agenda at Betting on Sports (#bettingonsports) next month, and with a plethora of issues to discuss and debate it’s no great surprise why.  One industry expert is Sportradar’s James Watson. James will be on a panel alongside Pavol Krasnovsky, founder of RTSmunity, exploring how live betting can work in an esports environment. In …