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William Hill has this morning announced that James Henderson has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Philip Bowcock, Chief Financial Officer of William Hill will manage corporate leadership as Interim CEO. Issuing a market update, William Hill governance stated that the search for Henderson’s replacement had been instigated. A William Hill governance veteran, James Henderson had been appointed …

Valve has followed up on its announcement with action by issuing cease and desist notices to no less than 23 skins betting sites. Most notably this included CSGO Lounge, a hugely popular site for betting with skins from the game. Another site, CSGOBig, published a copy of the letter it received which also listed all of the sites targeted in the …

Paddy Power has initiated an advertising stunt at the Russian Embassy in Kensington, West London, after the Russian Olympic team were left facing a blanket ban from appearing in Rio 2016 next month. The IOC may still be exploring legal options regarding the possibility of introducing the ban, but that hasn’t stopped the bookmaker from pressing ahead with a campaign …

The Cyber Administration of China (CAC) regulator of digital services, is reported to be investigated Chinese media giant Baidu regarding the advertising of illegal gambling sites on its search engine listings. Chinese governmental concerns have arisen following numerous cases of illegal online gambling and betting operators being promoted on Baidu listings, breaching national gambling laws. Baidu, China’s largest search engine …

Michael Whittle is back for a second go at the Tipster Challenge in Bath. Whittle has been the Sports Acquisition Executive at Betfred since 2013, having started out as a Digital Marketing Assistant after graduating from the University of Salford with a BSc in Business Studies with Marketing Management. He will be looking to improve upon a record of two …

Norway state-owned gambling operator Norsk Tipping has reported a solid first half to 2016 recording an 11% year-on-year gross gaming revenue uplift to NOK 7.2 billion (€770 million). The firm’s lottery division (Norsk Lotto) continues to serve as its main revenue driver contributing NOK 2 billion in revenues during the period. Norsk Tipping management reported that the division’s strong performance …

UK bookmakers appear adamant that Jeremy Corbyn will keep his position as Labour Party leader despite the electoral challenge of Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary Owen Smith. Smith will now challenge Corbyn at the upcoming Labour Party Elections on 24 September as sole leadership candidate, with Angela Eagles (Shadow Secretary of Business) having yesterday announced her departure from the race …

Earlier this week, Trevor Keane, Co-Founder of Celtic eSports, announced plans to launch a new league in Autumn 2016, featuring local players as representatives of football clubs from the top leagues in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man. Just a few days on, we caught up with him to find out more about the format of the league, …

Industry platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has partnered with IT solutions company Rackspace to implement their own private cloud ahead of the new football season.  FSB has begun supplying software solutions to larger operators who want to control their own data feeds and trading teams. The technology will now allow the supplier to launch these new clients in their own …

Online sportsbook JAbet is one which specialises in tennis and this week spirits are high after a record breaking week for the company following the Wimbledon finals.  The operator has grown rapidly since its launch in March 2015, with betting volumes for this year’s Wimbledon up by over 500% on 2015. This expansion has been aided by the sophisticated proprietary pricing software used …