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Macao Gaming Show, which takes place from 18 to 20 November at Venetian Macao, has reappointed World Gaming Group company World Gaming Consultants as Principal Asian media partner in support of its 2014 event. The Macao-based company, which also has offices in Hong Kong and Manila, is publisher of Asia’s specialist gaming magazine World Gaming (WGM), distributing 300,000 copies annually …

bwin.party have announced a set of major upgrades to its app services for sports betting brand Bwin. The Bwin Sports betting app will now feature a selection of popular casino games as the operator looks to optimise it mobile product offering for the Bwin brand. In Q1 2014, bwin.party management had announced that the operator would look to refine it …

The gaming content developer, SPIN GAMES, has successfully teamed up with the US firm KGM GAMING in order to produce six new HTML5 games in the regulated New Jersey interactive gaming market. These had been promised as part of an agreement set in December 2013. These games will be accessible on the site www.CaesarsCasino.com, having been integrated on the Roc …

Following his series exploring Facebook and gambling, SBC’s Sam Cooke gives insight into the current social strategy for Irish igaming bookmaker Paddy Power and its social media strategy. The bookmaker now dominates industry social coverage and has extended its social reach through social mediums into the public eye. Put simply Paddy Power warrented further social inspection Paddy Power social coverage …

EQT VI has agreed to enter into a partnership with Sportradar AG (“Sportradar” or the “Company”) and to buy shares from the founder, various management shareholders and EQT Expansion Capital II. Sportradar is the market leading provider of live sports information, odds solutions and fraud detection and prevention services for customers in the bookmaker, media and federation markets. EQT VI was attracted to …

UK betting and gaming company Gala Coral Group has warned of inevitable shop closures and job losses, in the wake of the Government’s continued crackdown on fixed odds betting terminals. Despite reporting an eight per cent rise in turnover, now standing at £302m, a strong Cheltenham, the addition of 10 new shops and a successful live streaming launch, the business, which runs …

BETEGY, the digital sports data technology start-up, today announced that they are to provide their patented football sports betting prediction software in an exclusive 3-year licensing agreement with Chinese Welfare and Sports Lottery provider SunLoto operators of the Wozhongla brand. The Sports Lottery market in China was worth $21.9Billion in 2013 and the agreement sees BETEGY as one of the first European companies …

Social sports betting operator Bodugi has confirmed that it has placed its operations under voluntary liquidation. In a general meeting held last month between creditors and investors in the company, it was decided that Bodugi would seek liquidation and wind up its assets. Robert Cundy of insolvency practitioner RJC Financial Management was appointed liquidator of the operator. Reports from Companies …

Online payment processing provider paysafecard continued its international expansion by launching its ‘my paysafecard’ online payments account in Croatia. Paysafecard has been available to customers in Croatia since 2012, but the launch of my paysafecard will further strengthen the provider’s presence in the country. The my paysafecard system allows customers to manage all of their purchased PINs and remaining credit …

Igaming operator Betfred moved ahead with plans to enter the Australian igaming market, with the soft launch of its mobile sports betting product. The mobile sports betting offering is tailored to the Australian sports betting market, offering Australian customers markets on popular sports such as Cricket, aussie rules football and A-League soccer. Betfred had been granted a regional sports betting …