Plumbee provider of social casino games, announced today the appointment of Rob Gorle to the position of Finance Director (FD). Gorle will be primarily responsible for leading Plumbee’s commercial strategy as the company continues to experience rapid growth within the social casino space, across games and platforms. Gorle is a Yahoo! Veteran of 7 years and was most recently CFO …
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INTRALOT Italia has launched SportsMobile, its new mobile and tablet sports betting proposition which was first introduced at ICE Totally Gaming Expo in London last month. The new product enables mobile users to enjoy the excitement of pre-match and live sports betting, using the latest technology on mobile and tablet devices. SportsMobile uses HTML5 technological innovations by INTRALOT Interactive and …
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Prolexic Technologies, an expert in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has issued a high alert threat advisory on NTP amplification DDoS attacks. This attack method has surged in popularity this year, fuelled by the availability of new DDoS toolkits that make it simple to generate high-bandwidth, high-volume DDoS attacks against online targets. A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification …
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Phil Gibbs, Head of Marketing at land-based and online gaming operator Praesepe, has been stocking-up with plentiful supplies of factor 50 sun protection as he prepares to walk 100 km across the world’s hottest desert. Gibbs, whose trek across the Sahara, has already raised close to £3,000 for The Responsible Gambling Trust with sponsorship pledges still coming in, is one …
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SBC News caught up with Remote Gambling Association Chief Executive Clive Hawkswood to ask him a few questions about his organisation’s new ground-breaking agreement with GamCare and Gordon Moody Association for protecting vulnerable people using self-exclusion. SBC: What has been the biggest challenge in setting up a self-exclusion system for remote operators? Clive Hawkswood: For individual remote operators, self-exclusion works …
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Holger Kristiansen founder of Danish online sports betting operator – Bet24 , has made his return to the Danish igaming market with the launch of new sports betting brand Bet25.dk. Kristiansen has partnered with Danish telecommunication supplier – TDC with a view to helping extent coverage of the new sports betting brand to Danish Customers and to help operational procedure. …
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Asian bookmaker SBOBET has donated £1,000 to a charity linked to football club West Bromwich Albion. The gambling operator donated the cash to the Albion Foundation and its ‘Walk the Albion Way’ challenge. SBOBET chairman Mr Wong Yew Choy said: “It is a special privilege to learn of the fantastic work by the Albion Foundation in the community. SBOBET as …
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Legally licensed US igaming operator BetAmerica.com, has announced a strategic partnership with igaming marketing and partnership specialist technology – Income Access. Montreal based Income Access will aid BetAmerica.com, with the launch of its new affiliate marketing platform. The operator is legally approved to offer horse and greyhound racing betting to US citizens. BetAmerica.com, additionally offers a range of fantasy sports …
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Coral Interactive, the digital gaming division of the Gala Coral Group, has continued its focus on strengthening its interactive portfolio with the announcement that it has acquired multi-channel casino games provider Cool Games. Oldham-based Cool Games was founded in 2004 by Andrew Todd, an experienced gambling software developer who had previously designed games for slot manufacturer Barcrest. Cool Games’ acquisition sum …
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iGaming news source, eGaming Review reports that troubled real money social betting operator Bodugi Technology is set to sell its player database to sports betting Bet Butler. Bodugi Technology had its igaming licence suspended by the UK Gambling Commission after it received complaints that customers could not withdraw funds from the operator. Last week Bodugi Technology’s management announced that it …
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