One of the stand out products on show at the ICE exhibition was the Microgaming’s VR Roulette prototype. Housed in an ultra-futuristic CRYO lab, made specially for the event, the reality-altering prototype was designed to study the immersive potential of 3D technology in the online gaming industry. Transporting players to a roulette table in outer space, VR Roulette uses the Oculus …
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The organisers of SportsPro Live are thrilled to announce the next raft of speakers confirmed to appear at the event at Wembley in London on 22nd and 23rd March. International Equestrian Federation (FEI) secretary general Sabrina Ibáñez, European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley and Eleven Sports Network founder Andrea Radrizzani are all confirmed to speak at SportsPro’s flagship annual conference, which will …
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With David Cameron confirming that the EU Referendum will take place as expected in June, on June 23rd to be precise, and with a reported 40% of voters still undecided, the bookmakers are predicting a flurry of betting on the event. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced at the weekend that “after a huge amount of heartache” he has opted to …
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Travis ‘ScotLTravis’ Gafford, a hugely popular interviewer and journalist about major esports title League of Legends, has reportedly agreed a deal to join Yahoo’s esports editorial team. The Daily Dot broke the story on Saturday with a nod to sources close to Gafford. It’s said that he accepted the offer several weeks ago after submitting his resignation to former employer CBS Interactive. …
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Presenting its 2015 full-year results, the governance of Mr Green & Co AB (Mr Green) has detailed to investors that the company will aim to launch a sports betting product in 2016, as the Malta based operator looks to broaden its European online gambling services. Presenting its 2015 results, the operator detailed that it had grown its corporate revenues to …
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Spanish gambling operator Grupo R.Franco (R.Franco) has confirmed that it has made a substantial investment in independent online gambling platform provider Mediatech Solutions. R.Franco governance stated that its strategic investment in Mediatech Solutions, represented the company’s goal of creating a “new omni-channel giant”. The companies’ had prior working relationship, as Mediatech Solutions had delivered R.Franco its Spanish online gambling/betting platform, …
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Sepp Blatter may have been banned from football for eight years but William Hill isn’t too sure this’ll stop him from turning up at the FIFA congress this week. Sepp Blatter, who has endlessly protested his innocence in the ongoing corruption investigation which scandalized the football federation last year, continues to be in the news as he appeals his personal …
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Late last year, The Football League and its primary sponsor and partner Sky Bet agreed a new three year title sponsorship deal. Sky Bet has sponsored the League since 2013 and this latest deal will commence in August 2016, running until at least 2019. We caught up with Ed Martin, Head of Sponsorship for Sky Bet, to reflect on the …
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The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed that independent bookmaker BetVictor has become the latest betting operator to join its Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) scheme. BetVictor governance has agreed to a three-year deal, which will see the company make a voluntary contribution to the sport on trading profits from its UK racing markets. As a new ABP member, BetVictor will …
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Amaya have announced that Full Tilt will join the PokerStars platform this spring to form one market-leading poker product. Following the merger, each site will retain its own look with a few unique promotions. As reported in Casino News, the two biggest names in poker industry are coming together to form a gaming powerhouse on the biggest online platform in …
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