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The new chief executive of the Gambling Commission has been announced as Sarah Harrison, who will be joining the regulator in September from energy watchdog Ofgem. Harrison is to join the Gambling Commission on 7 September and will become a Commissioner when she takes over from Jenny Williams as Chief Executive on 1 October 2015. Philip Graf, Chair of the …

European Lotteries (EL) the regulatory body for EU member state lotteries has confirmed the appointment of Hansjörg Höltkemeier as its new president. Hansjörg Höltkemeier had been elected through a direct vote by the members as President of the association. Höltkemeier has been a member of the Managing Board of the Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (Germany) since 2005 and a member of EL …

Gambling technology supplier Aristocrat Gaming has confirmed the appointment of Brooks Pierce as the Managing Director of the Americas. Pierce has over twenty years’ experience in gambling commercials, marketing and corporate strategy having held executive management positions at Scientific Games and Sportech Plc. Pierce joins Aristocrat having ran strategic commercial consultant BHP Consulting Group in Delaware. Pierce will be based …

Australia’s Victoria State government has toughened its stance on convicted criminals working within the gambling industry, by closing a loophole which allowed the avoidance of background checks on employees. The reform on gambling employee policies, will now include a ban on the employment of convicted offenders of severe criminal offences within the past 10 years from being employed by the …

Camelot, operator of The National Lottery, has today announced the launch of the first-ever mobile payment option for The National Lottery, offering players a great ‘quick pay and play’ experience. Paying for National Lottery games using just a smartphone or tablet will be available through Barclays Pingit from next month. With six out of every ten visits to The National Lottery …

Having announced his intention to run as a Conservative Party candidate for London Mayor, former England and Arsenal FC footballer Sol Campbell has been priced at 50/1 by William Hill to win the mayoral race. The former England defender will take part in a hustings event with other candidates for the Tory nomination on 4 July. Campbell who has acknowledged …

The European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with sports data provider Sportradar, to assist with Fraud Detection System assisting to combat match fixing in European sport. Under the terms of the MoU, both parties will actively engage in the exchange of expertise, statistical data, information and/or trends as they relate to sporting integrity. …

The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) has announced that it will write down its $8.7 million capital investment in UK lottery games operator Geonomics. ALC confirmed that following a review of its investment in Geonomics, the operating firm of UK based location lottery game GeoLotto, the company had clearly failed to deliver on its projected growth. ALC governance had determined that …

Following last week’s granted review of Ladbrokes Ireland examinership by  bookmaker Boylesports, Irish business news sources have reported that Manchester independent bookmaker Betfred is studying a potential rival bid for the troubled retail betting division. The Irish Times had revealed Betfred as the third bidder in the ongoing examinership, however the newspaper has questioned whether Betfred governance will place a firm …