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Following a review of services by Latvia’s Lottery and Gambling Supervision Agency (IAUI), Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Betsson has been granted concession to offer online betting services through its Triobet brand. The decision taken by the IAUI will see Betsson’s online assets removed from Latvia’s online gambling blacklist. The operator is said to want to concentrate its Latvian betting …

The SPFL have confirmed that Betfred has agreed a three-year deal to become the exclusive title sponsor of the Scottish League Cup, which will become known as The Betfred Cup. The agreement represents another significant investment into Scottish football. Betfred will assume its rights ahead of the start of the 2016/17 competition, which starts in July with an exciting new …

Industry omni-channel platform provider Mediatech Solutions has agreed a deal to partner with Paymagnet.com, the providers of a new payment system which can process credit card payments directly through sensors on a smartphone. The agreement will see Mediatech integrate Paymagnet into its market-leading IRIS platform, initially for existing customers in European markets. Paymagnet allows merchants to accept card payments using …

Today will see Betfair US launch its first stage exchange wagering service for New Jersey in partnership with state licensed racing operator Monmouth Park. The Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) US subsidiary will likely launch a limited market service due to the paucity of live racing events. In April Betfair US announced that it had been granted permission to launch its …

With the announcement of England’s Euro 2016 squad due later this week, bettingexpert.com has made the bold assessment that United defender Chris Smalling is the ultimate England player. Bettingexpert utilised data which compared every England international from the past decade, and has found that the ‘ultimate footballer’ is around 24 years old, born in the south of England, played his first international at …

Betting industry multi-channel supplier OPTIMA has been promoting its brand on the golf circuit with the sponsorship of Chris Hanson, who has claimed a tie of 5th place in the European Tour Trophee Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco. Rounds of 72, 71, 67 & 75 gave Hanson a -3 total, just two shots off the eventual winner. OPTIMA MGS is a multichannel, …

Presenting its Q1 2016 update (period ending 31 March) Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) reported a revenue uplift of 24% to €7.9 million (Q1 2015: €6.4 million). Detailing revenue drivers, GIG governance detailed that the company had witnessed a significant growth in active players during the period, as its online gambling assets recorded ‘92,937 real money’ players for Q1 2016. GIG …

The last month has seen a large number of regulatory developments that will have direct bearing on operators licensed by the Gambling Commission. Although it was not the first in chronological terms, my starting point is a speech given by Sarah Harrison, the Gambling Commission Chief Executive, at the Bingo Association AGM. It represented a summary of: what she called …

Two men have been ordered to pay over £32,000 in fines and legal costs to Kingston Council following a crackdown on illegal gambling at a private members’ club in London. Nicholas Clark and Luke Flack pleaded guilty to gambling offences at Kingston Crown Court on Friday 29 April, with Judge Coello sentencing Clark to a fine of £2,300 and Flack to £1,000, …

Sportsbook platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has appointed Garry Pattenden as its new Operations Director, with the firm looking to bolster  its operational delivery team in order to help service the ten new B2B licensees it signed last year. Pattenden, who joins FSB Tech having spent more than a decade as Commercial Director of mobile technology company Safari Mobile (UK), …