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Australian marketing news sources have reported that Tabcorp has called out for a review of its media planning and buying account as the operator looks to restructure its marketing division. Tabcorp will review its partnership with long-term incumbent OMD Australia, who have acted as its media planning lead for the past twenty years. It is understood that Tabcorp management carried …

Today sees the launch of BetStars in Italy, as Amaya Inc moves ahead with expanding its subsidiary sports betting product services within Europe. Italy represents the second European market opening for the BetStars brand, which was launched in the UK in January of this year. Following the conclusion of its AGM, Amaya governance announced that the company would move to …

Seeking to meet the qualifying criteria for its next EU sanctioned loan tranche, the Greek Syriza government has approved a fixed 35% Gross Gaming Revenue duty on licensed online betting operators. Imposed loan sanctions by the EU require Greece to meet a surplus of 3.5% of its national budget, with the beleaguered country having to raise an additional €1.5 billion …

Luke Tarr, Head of Public Relations at Star Sports, becomes the latest industry expert to take the Tipster Challenge at Hamilton today. He has been with the company since March 2008. Star Sports are an independent bookmaker, offering unique bespoke services to their clients both on and off course, as well as facilitating some of the largest industry bets. He …

Start-up GameRail a free to play social instant games specialist has strengthened its governance and leadership advisory by announcing Atul Bali as Chairman of the Board. Founded by Kansas games developer and marketing studio Shoutz Inc, GameRail appoints Bali an industry veteran with over twenty years in governance and leadership positions to advise the company on its initial growth stage …

Following a strong start to its 2016, FTSE 250 online payment provider Paysafe Group PLC  (Paysafe) has declared that its corporate performance is outperforming year market expectations. Paysafe Group (the merged entity of Optimal Payments and Skrill) who secured a December listing on the London FTSE, stated that its strong opening momentum will likely continue for the rest of 2016. …

Updating the market, gambling platform provider OpenBet has announced that it has renewed its longstanding services partnership with Canadian lottery operator Loto-Québec for a further three years. Renewing its partnership OpenBet is set to provide Loto-Québec with its new mobile portal solution which will form a key part in the lottery operator’s future growth strategy. OpenBet governance detailed that Loto-Québec had …

US tech news sources have reported that Google has hired Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CEC) Chief Commercial Officer Tariq Shaukat to lead its enterprise division. Shaukat leaves embattled CEC following four and half years’ services, in which he oversaw group commercial and marketing activities as Chief Commercial Officer (October 2014 – May 2016) and Chief Marketing Officer (March 2012 – September 2014). Joining tech giant …

Industry affiliate marketing and player acquisition software provider, Income Access continues its recent run of commercial partnership successes announcing that it has agreed to service the affiliate programme of Estonia-based gambling operator Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG). Updating the media, Income Access management detailed that OEG will relaunch its OlyBet brand affiliate programme utilising its igaming specialised marketing software. Regulated by the …

Titanbet UK (Titanbet.co.uk) continues to increase its brand coverage within UK racing by announcing its latest sponsorship link-up with Chelmsford City racecourse. The bookmaker will commit to sponsoring twenty race days at one of UK racing’s newest tracks, which opened in January 2015. The bookmaker’s sponsorship will begin on Thursday the 26th May. Titanbet UK adds Chelmsford City to its …