Marketing

Fan engagement specialists, InCrowd, have appointed fan marketing expert, Dan Lipman, as Business Director of FanScore. Lipman is joining from leading mass participation event organisers, Human Race Ltd. Lipman joins InCrowd with over 10 years of fan marketing experience and having specialised in driving and monetising customer acquisition and engagement for major rights holders including British Athletics, the Lawn Tennis …

The Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT (NANA) has announced that it is considering a profit sharing agreement from Lottoland, which has been previously dismissed by the Australian Lottery and Newsagents Association (ALNA). In a move that would see newsagents receive a 20% share of profits from overseas bets, when they refer customers to the site, Lottoland aims to strike a …

BT Sport has announced that later this year it plans on launching BT Sport Box Office, a pay-per-view channel which will be available on BT TV and the Sky platform. This season, BT Sport retained the rights to Premier League football for a further three years, however, it appears unlikely for now that football coverage will be affected by the …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) is embracing the island life of its new Maltese home, by becoming the main sponsor of the Malta Marathon. Taking over from previous incumbent Vodafone, the iGaming firm has signed an initial five year deal to partner with “one of the island’s largest annual sports events”. Robin Reed, GiG’s CEO and Founder, stated that he wanted …

Stockholm-listed online gambling group Global Gaming has confirmed the appointment of Tre Kronor as its lead media agency, tasked with expanding the coverage of its industry portfolio. Updating the market, Global Gaming informs that the company has secured a significant increase in its marketing budget, planning for heightened exposure of its online gambling properties ahead of the Swedish market’s re-regulation …

Greek lottery and gaming systems provider’s Intralot Group has announced that one of its subsidiary’s, Polish firm Totolotek S.A, has been re-certified by European Lotteries (EL) for its responsible gaming (RG) principles. The country’s “longest running omni-channel betting” company, Totolotek successfully passed the certification through an external audit, carried out by the independent EL-approved assessor TUV, for offering players the …

GambleAware’s Chief Executive Marc Etches has penned an open letter to the industry, praising the response to last year’s concerns regarding funding for problem gambling initiatives. Detailing its voluntary donation system was, at the time, 60% below its funding target, Etches states that, despite ultimately falling below its £10m objective, a record breaking £9.4m was reached. Announcing donations are being …

Game Lounge the marketing and player acquisition arm of Stockholm-listed Cherry AB has acquired international ‘search’ agency TodaysWeb for a total consideration of SEK 14 million (€1.4 million). Confirming the acquisition, Game Lounge details that it will move to incorporate TodaysWeb’s search-engine-optimisation (SEO) tools, services and content portfolio of 1,500 websites. Updating the market, Jonas Cederholm, CEO of Game Lounge, details; “The …