William Hill has posted a slight loss after tax for 2013 (down 2 per cent to £226.5m) but the underlying trends in the business indicate a company still on the up. Net revenue for the whole company was up 16% to £1.49bn with Retail Net Revenue up 8% to £907m and online Net Revenue jumping 10% to £446.3m. Operating profit …
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BetConstruct Sign Content Partnership With BetSoft
iGaming solutions provider BetConstruct as announced a strategic content partnership with igaming content provider BetSoftGaming, which will see BetConstruct publish a range of BetSoftGaming’s titles on its gaming solutions platform. BetConstruct’s igaming platform will now feature BetSoftGaming’s popular 3D slot titles, offering players the chance to wager on slots such as RockStar, The Heist and Mad Scientist. BetSoftGamings currently boasts over …
Read More »Code Of Conduct Set to Tackle Problem Gambling
The recent government debate and increased media coverage regarding problem gambling, the promotion and advertising of betting and gambling services and the expansion of UK betting shops has triggered the UK gambling industry to launch a code of conduct in order to tackle issues and concerns effecting the industry and its customers. As of March 1, the UK gambling commission …
Read More »UK Betting Heavyweights Support ABB Code
UK gambling operators have come together to support the recent launch of the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) Code for Responsible Gambling and Player Protection. The code will come into action on the 1st of March 2014, and will look to bring new best practices for better protection of UK betting and gambling customers. The newly designed code implemented by the ABB, …
Read More »Belgian PPO confiscate €600,000 of Betclic Funds
The Belgian Public Prosecution Office (PPO) has seized €600,000 of French igaming operator – Betclic funds. The PPO claim the operator had directly broken Belgium law and policy regarding igaming wagering and transactions. The PPO claim that they are acting under Belgium financial law, which allows them to directly confiscate funds associated with Belgium non regulated igaming operators. This is …
Read More »Finnish Cabinet Committee Set to Punish Unregulated Operators
Finland’s Cabinet Committee of Economic Policy shed outlines of new measures designed to strengthen the country’s gambling state monopoly. New measures are set to be implemented in order to deter and punish unregulated operators targeting the Finnish market and breaching the current rules and regulations of the Finnish Lotteries Act. The Committee are set to have a special emphasis on …
Read More »The British Poker Awards Set For March 3
The British Poker Awards is just one week away, and poker enthusiasts still have a chance to join this historic event. Members of the public wishing to join the stars of the game at the Hippodrome Casino on March 3rd can purchase tickets from the Hippodrome website to give themselves a chance to meet, or even play poker against, the best poker talents from the UK …
Read More »Richard Glynn Ladbrokes Shares Winner
Richard Glynn CEO of Ladbrokes was awarded 192,080 shares worth £290,000 under long-term share incentive plans tied to his contrat signed in 2010, the payout represents a quarter of the potential maximum of the share awards set in 2010. News of the payout — which is much lower than last year,comes days after the bookmaker reported sharply falling annual profits …
Read More »Last Call For Asian Winter Gaming Social!
iGamers and industry colleagues! Team SBC & AGBrief are all set for the Winter Asian Gaming Social, taking place this Friday, 28th February, at the most exclusive new nightclub in Metro Manila, 71 Gramercy Lounge & Club in Makati. Over 100 local gaming executives will be gathering at this prestigious spot which we have exclusively from 7 to 10pm, after …
Read More »Sir Roy Gardner Joins Hills Board
William Hill announced the appointment of Sir Roy Gardner as an independent Non-executive Director, with effect from 3 March 2014. He will serve as a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, Nomination and Corporate Responsibility Committees, and will take over as Senior Independent Non-executive Director when David Edmonds retires from the Board at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Sir …
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