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French online gambling operator Betclic Everest Group (Betclic) is set to close its online poker room Everest Poker according to reports. Under the management of Mangas Gaming Group, Betclic had acquired the stand-alone poker room for $100 million from former Everest Poker owners Giga Media in 2009. At the time of its acquisition, Betclic governance wanted to enter the fast growth …

It was a great day for SBC News in the Tipster Challenge at Epsom, as a late win on Finelcity (9/1) gave us a lead of more than 7 points at the top of the leaderboard. The Guests, well represented by Michael Whittle (Sports Acquisition Executive at Betfred), matched SBC’s other two wins on Medburn Dream (9/2) and So Mi …

Inspired have announced that its premium all-new on demand and in-play Virtual Sports gaming product, Rush Football Live, will soon be available online and on mobile to Gala Coral customers. The game, which was recently showcased for the first time at ICE Totally Gaming 2016, will be available for the first time to Gala Coral customers via Inspired’s Virgo RGS …

Delegates attending the Betting on Football Conference at Stamford Bridge will get the chance to win tickets to the FA Cup Final by proving their betting prowess, courtesy of Metric Gaming. The Real Time In Play Betting Competition will focus on Arsenal’s home match against West Bromwich Albion with competitors using Metric’s SuperLive Platform in order to demonstrate they know …

Stanleybet governance has announced that it intends to challenge the decision by Italian gambling regulator, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli to award its provisional lottery concession to IGT subsidiary Lottomatica. On Monday, a Lottomatica led four-party consortium had been announced as lotto provisional contract owners, following a bid of €770 million in upfront concession payments. The Italian regulator awarded …

In a poignant blog post about skin betting on Unikrn published yesterday, co-founder and CEO, Rahul Sood, has highlighted what’s wrong in esports betting, especially in regards to underage gambling and top Twitch streamers who are wagering in-game virtual items that have real monetary value. According to Eilers Research skin betting is close to $5bn (£3.4bn) in terms of money wagered in 2016. …

After a breakthrough week for Timeform at Newmarket, our attention turns to Epsom to see if they can close the gap on the top three in the Tipster Challenge. For this week, the 14th in the series, they will also be going up against another debutant in the competition, Michael Whittle of Betfred. Michael has been the Sports Acquisition Executive …

Unfavourable currency fluctuations relating to Norwegian Krone (NOK) and Turkish Lira (TRY) exchange rates have impacted Betsson AB core metric performance for its Q1 2016 opening (period ending 31 March). Updating the market, the Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator detailed that group revenues had been impacted circa SEK 45 million (€5 million) due to unfavourable exchange rates during the period. …

Betfair has relaunched its successful ‘Back Yourself’ campaign to mark the 2016 London Marathon.  As such anybody taking part should visit the site as it offers runners the chance to win money for their charity by betting on themselves to hit their target time. The site will be open to all participants from Wednesday 20th April until Saturday 25th April. There’s …

Jacob Curciel is the CEO of OPTIMA, Platinum Sponsors of Betting on Football Conference (BOFCON). Here he explains what sets his firm apart from other suppliers in the space: SBC: You scored a goal in 2014 when you secured the rights to the MarginMaker product from GTECH. How important has that been to your business? JC: It was simply a …