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Sports betting solutions provider SBTech has signed a multi-year deal to provide SAZKA, the Czech Republic’s market-leading lottery operator. SAZKA is part of international investment group KKCG, operating in 11 countries on four continents, and a member of the European Lotteries (EL) and World Lottery Association (WLA). SBTech will supply SAZKA with its sports betting platform, including a customised, fully …

Retired jockey Robert ‘Choc’ Thornton, and Irish TV personality and racehorse owner Hector Ó hEochagáin have been named respective Great Britain and Ireland captains for the 2016 BetBright Cup. Formerly the Prestbury Cup, the BetBright Cup is awarded to the country with the greatest number of Cheltenham Festival winners. Great Britain took the inaugural crown in 2014 and secured a narrow …

Irish online bookmaker BetBright this Saturday confirmed the appointment of Rich Ricci as its new Executive Chairman. Ricci (51) the former Director of Corporate Investments for Barclays Bank, is one of UK racing’s most successful owners with his stables having provided champion studs such as Douvan, Faugheen and Min. Following press speculation that Ricci would join BetBright, the operator unveiled …

Online casino authority Casinomeister (Casinomeister.com) has named Videoslots the ‘Best Online Casino of 2015’. Malta-operated Videoslots has taken home the award voted for by members of the Casinomeister forum for the second year running, beating short-listed contenders 32Red, Betat, Guts.com and Mr Green. Voting for Videoslots, Casinomeister members detailed that the casino offered attainable top value promotions, combined with an …

Sportsbook platform provider and sports betting services specialist Metric Gaming today announced a commercial agreement with Amaya, the world’s largest publicly listed online gambling company. This deal is in relation to the provision of Metric’s pre-game, live and SuperLive® golf pricing feeds for Amaya’s Betstars sportsbook brand. Metric’s market leading pricing feed package will include classic pre-game markets, daily wagering opportunities on …

London Baby 2016 is set to be the social evening highlight of ICE week once again, with the event returning to Leicester Square’s glamorous Cafe de Paris. Golden Race, cross platform gaming provider and betting solutions provider, is one of this year’s sponsors and will be at ICE on Stand S2 340. SBC spoke to Jimmy Bone, Marketing and Client …

bwin.party Entertainment has issued a corporate statement this morning, detailing that it has suspended trading of its stock on the London Stock Exchange. The operator detailed that the UK Scheme Court Hearing had approved its acquisition by GVC Holdings, bwin.party has suspended its trading in accordance with the UK Listing Authority. Releasing the short statement bwin.party governance confirmed its delisting …

It seems that the end may be nigh for former TV favourite The X factor. Bookmaker William Hill is offering odds of 5/1 that 2015 winner Louisa Johnson will be dropped by her record label before the end of the year. This follows the news that Ben Haenow has become the latest former contestant turned victim to be shown the door …

Cherry Gaming AB (Cherry AB) has confirmed the appointment of Aron Egfors as Managing Director of its Nordic focused land based gaming division ‘Restaurant Casino’ (Cherry Spelglädje AB) Egfors succeeds current Cherry Gaming CEO Fredrik Burvall as MD of the casino subsidiary. He gains promotion to MD of Cherry Spelglädje AB, following 18 years’ service with the operator. He will be tasked …

Reporting on its H1 2015/16 performance (unaudited six month period ending 31 December), the governance of Rank Group Plc, stated that it was pleased with results as like-for-like group revenues rose 5% to £370 million (H1 2014/15 – £351 million) Rank expects H1 2015/16 profits to be around the £46 million mark, up 11% on H1 2014/15 corresponding performance (£41.7 …