New laws which would see an overhaul of regulatory oversight of the betting and gaming industry implemented in Ireland have moved closer to completion, according to The Irish Times. The outlet reported yesterday that legislation banning free bets and ‘VIP treatments’ for certain gamblers, whilst a long-touted regulatory body will also be launched. A new regulator for the Irish betting …
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Gala Bingo has debuted ‘Ice Queen’, the next TV advertising instalment of its nationwide ‘Bingo like a Boss’ campaign. Last year, Entain Plc ordered a refresh of Gala Bingo’s marketing to reconnect the heritage brand with UK bingo audiences. London-based Antidote was appointed as Gala Bingo’s new creative marketing agency, winning the £13 million valued advertising account. The ‘Bingo like …
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SIS (Sports Information Services) has appointed Dr Laila Mintas and Giovanna D’Esposito as Non-Executive Directors, in order to ‘support its international expansion’. The multi-channel 24/7 live betting services supplier has detailed that both appointees have ‘many years’ experience’ at leading data and technology companies, and will ‘add significant strength’ to the company’s board. On the European side of operations, D’Esposito …
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All eyes have been on the Netherlands since it opened its doors to online gambling at the start of this month, and for Joris Dekkers (pictured below) – Managing Director of Better Collective Netherlands – the Dutch market presents a “great opportunity” for growth. As part of this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, the “highly digitalised” nature of the Dutch market …
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Catena Media Plc has informed that its Q3 trading results will be negatively impacted by the writedown of its German sports betting assets. The Stockholm-listed publisher issued a preliminary Q3 update, informing investors that it had allocated €42.8 million for the writedown of German sports betting assets acquired between 2016 and 2018. The decision follows an assessment of the assets …
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Technologies from Global Tote, a BetMakers company, have helped British racing’s World Pool expand to new racecourses across the UK. Praising its Quantum technologies and services, Global Tote revealed that World Pool has been rolled out to 17 race days across six racecourses in 2021. The BetMakers company also noted that in the last 12 months it has added a …
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DraftKings has maintained confidence in a potential £20 billion buyout of Entain, after the latter extended its ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ deadline yesterday, requesting clarification on a number of issues relating to the transaction. The FTSE100 gambling group has pushed the deadline forward to 16 November 2021, requiring the US sports betting and fantasy sports operator to make a …
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Entain Plc has extended its ‘put-up or shut-up’ deadline to DraftKings, as investors of the FTSE100 gambling group demand that its US suitor put definitive terms on its $20 billion acquisition bid. In an official announcement this afternoon, the gambling group detailed that it requires ‘a number of matters to be satisfactorily resolved ‘by no later than 5.00pm on 19 …
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bet-at-home AG has temporarily discontinued its online casino from Austria as the DACH markets operator faces legal challenges from Austrian customers demanding reimbursement for their online casino taxes. The decision has been taken as bet-at-home continues to challenge Austria’s national gambling regime that dictates that online casino and poker be controlled by the government’s appointed concession of Casinos Austria. Notifying …
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The Arena Racing Company (ARC) has made a number of changes to the format of the All-Weather Championship, including adding MansionBet and Coral to its portfolio of partners. In preparation for the ninth season of the championship, the two operators will join longstanding partner Betway as sponsors of races throughout the campaign. Coral will sponsor the Fillies & Mares and …
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