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Unfavourable sporting results have impacted Australian gambling operator Tabcorp’s nine-month corporate update (period ending 31 March). Issuing a market release, Tabcorp governance detailed that the company had seen revenue growth in all its core divisions; ‘Wagering & Media’ ‘Gaming Services’ and ‘Keno’, with the operator posting a 1% increase in revenues to AUS $1.4 billion. Higher customer engagement had seen Tabcorp …

Ladbrokes Australia has selected Saatchi & Saatchi to be its creative lead agency following a competitive pitch process. Australian marketing news sources report that Saatchi & Saatchi Australia won the multi-million AUD $ account beating a number of agencies shortlisted by the bookmaker, including Leo Burnett, M&C (Saatchi Group) and George Patterson Y&R. Saatchi & Saatchi will be tasked with …

Updating the industry, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has set out a new consumer focused business plan which it will aim to integrate over the coming year. UKGC management detailed that the plan would cover three direct themes Building on vital work to protect the most vulnerable, and set standards for responsible and safe gambling Ensuring markets are fair and …

Online gambling B2B supplier GameAccount Network (GAN) closes a tough fiscal 2015 (period ending December 2015) reporting that its operating losses have doubled to £5.6 million (FY 2014:£2.6 million). Detailing full-year 2015 metrics, GAN recorded a net revenue decrease of 8% to £6 million (FY 2014: £6.5 million). Closing 2015 GAN would report clean EBITDA losses of £3 million (FY …

bet365 is set to take the Bulgarian national gambling regulator to court appealing its restriction to operate in the country. Industry legal news source Gambling Compliance details that a bet365’s appeal against Bulgaria’s State Commission on Gambling (SCG) was heard yesterday by the Administrative Court of Sofia, with a further hearing scheduled for 5 May. SCG governance had granted bet365 …

With more and more looking to find a way into esports, and an increasing number of non-endemic sponsors looking to move into the space in some form companies that provide a helping hand stand to do rather well.  As a B2B platform provider and host Esportsfield is one such company. We spoke to Co-Founder and Head of Product Oleg Voronko about …

Sportradar has signed a deal with the Serbian Basketball League (KLS) which will see the Serbian Superlige monitored by Sportradar’s integrity services. The company’s Fraud Detection System will monitor betting across over 450 betting operators, looking over the remaining matches in the current season from today onwards, as well as the upcoming season’s games. KLS Director Leon Deleon explained the …

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has detailed that it has paid its 34 syndicated UK racetracks £80 million in media rights for 2015. The figure represents an 8% increase on 2014 media pay-outs generated from licence fees of racing broadcast owners; Turf TV – betting shop service provider to Licensed Betting Offices (LBOs) Racing UK (multi-platform subscription channel) Digital (Bet2View streams) …

ESSA have issued a response to the Australian review of illegal offshore wagering, citing the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 and stating that Australia had enforced an inconsistent position on in-play (or live) betting. The following points from ESSA covered the inconsistency of this approach:  Australia has enforced an inconsistent position on in-play (or live) betting. The Interactive Gambling Act …

Stockholm Nasdaq-listed live gambling solutions provider Evolution Gaming has confirmed that Chief Operations Officer (COO) Svante Liljevall has resigned from his executive role following eight years of service. The departure of Liljevall who has served as COO since 2008, sees Evolution Gaming lose one of its longest-serving executives.   Liljevall had been a key stakeholder in the company’s international growth …