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Peter Lord, director of Australian sports betting operator Canbet, which has terminated its operations leaving customers from Australia, UK, India and Eastern Europe short changed,has said the operator is currently working on a solution to refund customers. Australian news source  abc.net.au reports that the operator owes more than AUS $1 million to customers. Lord further stated that Canbet operations would …

Irish sports betting operator – Betbright.com have agreed sponsorship terms to become betting partners of professional rugby league club Warrington Wolves. The partnership is to begin immediately and will see Betbright betting services promoted on the Cheshire rugby clubs website and match day media. Betbright will reward Warrington Wolves for every player acquired through its media channels. Mark Singleton, Head …

Unibet Plc announced today that it had agreed a deal to become the official betting partner for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The partnership deal comes immediately into effect, and will see the operator’s sports betting brand – Unibet.com promoted in the regions of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, France and the Netherlands. The Ultimate Fighting Championship, is a professional …

The public and media backlash over the Paddy Power Oscar Pistorius Money Back Campaign, could not have come at a worse time for all UK gambling operators. Only this week The House of Lords has been debating further and more stringent advertising regulation of the sector. Furthermore gambling operators are being attacked daily by media commentators and politicians. Put simply …

As the UK gears up for regulation and legislation of its igaming industry, major players in the digital payment and processing sector have voluntarily agreed to block future transactions to non UK- complying igaming regulations. Credit cards and online payment processors such as Visa, Switch, Mastercard and PayPal Ebay, are set to block payment attempts to igaming operators not licensed …

The Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore (MHA) recently issued a public consultation paper seeking feedback on its proposals to restrict remote gambling in Singapore. Whilst the provision of gambling is prohibited in Singapore under the Common Gaming Houses Act and the Betting Act (unless specifically permitted by way of a licence or exemption), these laws do not expressly apply …

The strategic partnership between Ladbrokes and Playtech technologies will see the operator distribute all Playtech’s Live gaming product inventory throughout Ladbrokes mobile and desktop verticals. Ladbrokes is set to distribute Playtech Live games via HTML5 and native versions for IOS and Android devices. As part of the strategic partnership, Playtech has enhanced the Ladbrokes online and mobile casino inventory by …

William Hill has announced the launch of its Android mobile application – the new app is specifically designed for Android users and will further the operator’s mobile product inventory. William Hill reports that since the launch of its iPhone IOS app, the application has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times. The new app is set to feature new mobile …