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Betway Ghana (a syndicated Betway brand) has stepped up its efforts to prevent under-age gambling, requiring its customers to provide foolproof identification and further stringent checks when placing bets via its services. The operator stated that it wanted to improve Ghana industry practices with regards to monitoring customers and discouraging any form of underage gambling, a matter which has hit …

Partnering with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its initial ‘joint consultation’ on proposed changes to operator fees with regards to UK gambling licences. The commission expects to implement these changes from April 2017. The proposals of the UKGC consultation are as follows: Take account of the significant changes to our costs …

Openbet the market leading sports betting platform provider has moved to bolster its client data and analysis capabilities by agreeing on an exclusive partnership with user behavioural analytics company Featurespace. The collaboration will see the ARIC engine implemented into OpenBet’s Activity Feeds, enabling OpenBet customers to have real-time access to player data. Openbet clients will now have deeper analysis on …

Irish independent bookmaker BoyleSports has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire four retail betting shops from liquidated operator Hacketts Ireland. The purchase of the betting shops was registered through High-Court appointed liquidator Ken Tyrrell and Declan McDonald of PwC. The agreed deal will see BoyleSports takeover the management of Hacketts betting shops in Cashel (Co Tipperary), Callan (Co Kilkenny), …

London-based real money games studio Gamevy has announced its latest partnership with European bookmaker Marathonbet (subsidiary brand of Panbet limited). The games partnership will see Marathonbet add Gamevy’s ‘dynamic and skilled’ based real money games portfolio to its online casino product. Furthermore, the Gamevy team has developed unique football-themed instant win games with cash-out functionalities, giving Marathonbet casino players further …

The Sunday Times has reported that Betfred is nearing a deal to buy hundreds of betting shops, as the Ladbrokes-Coral merger enters the final stages of its UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) review. As part of its merger completion, Ladbrokes-Coral has been forced to sell a significant number of betting shops in order to secure UK competition approval and …

After winning Wimbledon on Sunday afternoon, Andy Murray has moved ahead of Anthony Joshua as the bookmakers’ favourite to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year.  Murray is now 4/5 with William Hill to win the award for two years running, with Anthony Joshua at 6/1 and Welsh hero Gareth Bale at 8/1. It was also revealed that …

Updating the market on its half-year performance, independent industry platform and software provider EveryMatrix has disclosed that it has added 25 new clients to its services portfolio. Its gains in new business have been leveraged with the company placing a high emphasis on product development and delivery. It’s sports betting product OddsMatrix now has 23,000 monthly live events combined with …

After its success in New York last week DFS operators suffered a blow it has been announced that they will no longer be allowed to offer real money DFS games in the state of Delaware.  The Delaware Department of Justice has issued formal releases to companies operating in the state such as DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo stating that Delaware residents should …

The eSports Industry Awards 2016 is taking place in London on November 21st at London’s the Brewery, and the first finalists to make the grade have been announced. The awards will once again be hosted by Radio 1 presenter Julia Hardy and Jason Bradbury of the Gadget Show. Over 600 of the industry’s leading figures are expected to attend for a night …