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Following its October 2015 approval by the Council of Ministers, Dutch national lottery operators Staatsloterij and De Lotto have finalised their merger. Operating under a new combined entity, Staatsloterij and De Loto will initially maintain its existing brand portfolio which includes lottery products; Toto, Lucky Day, Krasloten, EuroJackpot, Miljoenenspel. The new enterprise will be led by Staatsloterij Chief Executive Frans …

Issuing a short statement, Stockholm-listed operator Unibet Plc has confirmed that it has paid out an initial €7.5 million (£5.9 million) to the former owners of iGame Group Ltd in accordance with its agreed August 2015 corporate acquisition terms. The €7.5 million earn-out relates to ‘first-stage’ performance benchmarks attached to Unibet’s €59 million buyout of iGame assets (acquisition completed in …

Bingo giant Mecca Bingo has announced that it has formally applied for bingo to become an olympic sport with the International Olympic Committee. The aim is that it is included in the 2020 summer Olympic Games taking place in Tokyo, Japan. Despite today’s date this is no April Fool’s and you can check out the campaign, and even give your …

Yggdrasil Gaming is now live in the UK after completing a full roll out of its product suite – just three months after it was awarded a licence. The UK’s Gambling Commission only awarded Yggdrasil a licence in December, but the swift roll out means its proprietary iSENSE 2.0 platform and full suite of games are now available to British …

Following the successful launch in December with Sky Vegas, multi-channel supplier SIS has introduced a new generation of on-demand racing games in partnership with Core Gaming that, for the first time, allow customers to view events from a ‘ride on’ camera angle.  The feature is one of a host of updates the company has added to its second generation suite …

Reigning champion Flat jockey Silvestre de Sousa has signed a deal to become brand ambassador for leading online sportsbook Betway for the 2016 Flat season. The 35-year-old jockey rode 132 winners last season, including the Group 1 Juddmonte International at York on 50/1 rank outsider Arabian Queen. He is 5/4f with Betway to retain his champion jockey crown. The deal …

MARCA, Spain’s most popular sports media brand has announced the re-launch of betting portal ‘MARCAapuestas.es’ in partnership with Playtech. The multi-year partnership sees Playtech services manage MARCA’s sports betting and igaming provisions on all digital platforms (desktop and mobile), with the Spanish media owner migrating its existing player base from the GTECH platform to Playtech solutions. Furthermore, Playtech management informed …

Posting its full-year 2015 corporate performance, Athens listed gambling and lottery technology provider Intralot SA declared a net earnings declined to €25.7 million, down 30% on FY 2014’s €36.5 million. Despite the decrease in group earnings, Intralot governance remained pleased with 2015 performance citing that the company had gained new contracts (US, Netherlands, Brazil and Morocco) in challenging market conditions. …

Seeing its active player numbers dwindle to around the quarter of a million mark, Scott Longley examines whether ‘The Football Pools’ can be updated for modern consumers. One of the UK oldest betting brands and the subject of multiple acquisition rumours, what role does ‘The Pools’ have in today’s industry.  We are a long way away now from the days when football …

Esports organisation ESL has opened a glittering new UK studio in the city of Leicester.  It is believed that ESL spent in the region of £800,000 on the facility called Studio 1 which features one of the largest LED video walls in the country at 10m by 3m. The studio also includes a production room with space for up to 30 …