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The third WhichBingo Awards hosted at London’s Madame Tussauds Museum, saw Gala Bingo and its software provider Playtech take home top industry honours. Voted by users of WhichBingo.com, Gala Bingo won its first ever ‘Best Online Bingo Site’ of the year award, taking the crown from two-time winner Jackpotjoy.  The awards night would see further honours bestowed to the Gala …

Greek licensed gambling operator has announced the appointment of former Ladbrokes International MD Damian Cope as its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment of Cope follows an internal review process of OPAP governance, which saw the operator split its corporate leadership roles of CEO & Chairman. The decision which will come into full effect on the 1 July, will see …

Betfred have signed up former England international Stuart Pearce to appear in an advert promoting its headline offer for Euro 2016. They will refund all bets on England to win the tournament if the Three Lions are knocked out in a penalty shoot-out. England, who are currently 9/1 with Betfred, have exited major tournaments six times via the dreaded penalty …

SoftGamings Head of Partnerships Svetlana Gasel,  details to SBC readers why platform choice, individuality and flexibility are the biggest assets for operators looking to further their services and offerings in a competitive marketplace. Built on  a ‘build your own casino’ policy new platform developer SoftGamings aims to be at the forefront igaming development and delivery.  __________________________ SBC: Hi Svetlana, as …

FTSE-listed betting operator GVC Holdings Plc (GVC) this morning has announced its first major B2B partnership with UK independent bookmaker Betfred for the services of its online sports betting and igaming platform. Updating the market, GVC detailed a ten year ‘transformational B2B agreement’ which will see Betfred fully migrate its digital assets to GVC’s platform provisions on an exclusive basis. …

Issuing a market update, NYX Gaming (NYX) governance has confirmed that it has completed its £270 million co-funded acquisition of market leading sports betting platform provider OpenBet. First announced on 4 April, NYX acquires 100% of OpenBet assets from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners for a total consideration of £270 million, of which William Hill and Sky Betting & Gaming …

The project to relocate the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas has gained the endorsement of two significant power brokers in Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) and Robert Kraft (owner of the New England Patriots). A month following the relocation proposition put forward to NFL officials, Jones, and Kraft who own two of the NFL’s biggest and most lucrative …

Industry marketing services and platform provider Income Access extends its product coverage within the African sports betting market by announcing an affiliate programme partnership with NairaBET. Montreal-based Income Access will fully service Nairabet’s affiliate marketing programme and online player acquisition provisions. Regulated by Lagos State Lotteries Board (Nigeria) and operating a tailored OPTIMA powered product, NairaBET has become one of …

Belgium’s Gambling Commission (BGC) has granted Betclic Everest Group approval to offer licensed online sports betting and slot services under the betclic.be domain. The approval sees Betclic Everest re-enter the Belgium online gambling market, which it was forced to withdrawal from in 2012 following numerous complaints and fines from the Gambling Commission which saw its brands blacklisted by the BGC. …

French online gambling regulator L’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) has confirmed the appointment of Cecile Chaussard to its advisory board. Chaussard a lecturer of law and political science at University of Bourgogne (Dijon) will advise the regulator’s governance on matters of public and stakeholder policy with regards to the French online gambling industry. Under the current French …