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The huge £7.7m ‘edge sorting’ High Court case has seen casino operator Genting Casinos UK successfully fight a claim from major poker player Phil Ivey for unpaid winnings. Ivey won the sum in a two day period in 2012 at Genting’s Crockfords Club in London playing Punto Banco, but the casino refused to pay out when it realised that he …

TVG, a subsidiary of Betfair Group plc, has announced the launch of its fully integrated horse racing betting App on the iPad. The new TVG App is optimized for the iPad and features free handicapping information, live racing video and race alerts to help players wager on over 150 race tracks worldwide. The introduction of TVG’s new iPad App comes …

The Bookmakers Technology Consortium (BTC), a co-operative of independent bookmakers operating over 350 betting shops in the UK and Ireland, which includes a number of well known UK bookmakers (www.btc.uk.com), and Optima IS, an international betting and gambling software developer (www.optimaonline.es), are pleased to announce that they have recently  entered into an agreement for Optima IS to support, maintain and …

The £25 million construction of Middlesbrough’s casino complex has been left in doubt as Stockton based commercial property developer Jomast Developments has not been able to confirm when work will begin on the planned site. The developer beat off competition from Aspers and Apollo Leisure , to win approval of licensing to begin construction of a casino and hotel complex …

Cheltenham Racecourse has announced Betway as new sponsor of the Queen Mother Champion Chase at The Cheltenham Festival. The Betway brand will be seen throughout Cheltenham Racecourse on the festivals Ladies Day for the next three years. Ian Renton, Managing Director of Cheltenham Racecourse, commented: “I am delighted to welcome Betway to Cheltenham as the sponsor of the Queen Mother …

US District Judge Michael Shipp has granted an extension to the pending New Jersey sports betting appeal, in order to give representative side’s additional time to file more briefs. Judge Shipp was meant to have published opinion on New Jersey’s proposal to allow sports betting in licenced gambling venues (casinos and racetracks) on Monday. However a statement published by the …

US racing publication Daily Racing Form (DRF) has announced that full-card past performances of the 18 October QIPCO British Champions Day from Ascot Racecourse will appear nationally in all of that day’s print editions of DRF, as part of a special agreement with Great British Racing International (GBRI). Wagering on QIPCO Champions Day will be available in North America at …

One of the senior Liberal Democrat MPs has announced that he wants to see B2 Gaming Machines, commonly known as FOBTs, to be reduced to £2 a go. Manchester Withington MP John Leech has called on the government, of which his party is a coalition partner, to go much further with their current proposals on gaming machines and reduce the …

Australian focused consumer, Industry and market research company Roy Morgan’s study of  Australian sports betting consumerism The Roy Morgan Gambling Currency Report, details mass growth in popularity and product engagement of online sports betting verticals. In the year to June 2014, 207,000 Australians 18+ (or 1.1% of the adult population) placed at least one sports bet via the internet in an …

The Governance Board of GTECH SpA has announced a planned extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 4 November to outline the steps needed by the technology and lottery provider to finalise its acquisition of International Game Technology (IGT). The GTECH SpA board intends to seek approval to seal its cross-border merger of GTECH and Georgia Worldwide Plc. Georgia Worldwide will look to …