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Gibraltar’s tax rulings and frameworks are to be further examined by the European Commission (EC), as European Union (EU) member states, notably Spain have complained about Gibraltar corporate tax regime favouring certain Gibraltar registered companies, who may have received illicit state aid. The EC will investigate Gibraltar’s corporate tax regime, focusing on its corporate tax exemption policies, in particular those …

Tim Axon EMEA Head of Gaming at Maxymiser, explains how multivariate testing across the conversion funnel has aided European igaming client iGame Group to achieve optimal customer conversion and enhanced player engagement. With European igaming markets becoming more competitive and ultimately saturated, Tim Axon and iGame Group outline why it is crucial for operators to deploy consumer focused optimisation strategies …

The controversial Point of Consumption licensing regime, due to come in on 1 October, has been delayed for a month in order to give the judge presiding over the Judicial Review time to consider the arguments. The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has been a vocal opponent to the proposed Point of Consumption laws, suggesting they are contrary to …

After a frantic summer season of racing in the UK, today we take the opportunity to discuss the state of the market and the fate of the sport with major northern bookmaker Nick Corbett of Corbettsports. Nick is in a unique position to offer a view on racing, with superb pitches on-course at the premier meetings in the north and …

Ahead of the introduction of the UK POC tax and changes in gambling regulations, igaming operator 32Red Plc published its H1 2014 interim results.  The operator produced record results with regards to gaming revenues and EBITDA. 32Red recorded H1 2014 Gross Gaming Revenues of £ 22.6 million (+ 19% on H1 2013 £19 million),   the operator was able to produce …

With the sector seeing much uniformity in its product and gaming output, new game development and content partnership have now become  critical issues. Team SBC & EIG Berlin caught up with Andy Harris Commercial Director of Realistic Games to discuss new game development in igaming, in-game impacts and player gaming trends. Andy Harris has consulted various operators and business services …

Bookmakers have been advised to try and educate MPs on the issue of gaming machines in order to make sure that the industry is not hamstrung by the bad press generated over the past few years. Speaking to Betting Business interactive, Conservative MP for Shipley Philip Davies suggested the industry has been too sluggish in this regard and that his …

The Scottish referendum result marks the fifth time in a row that the Betfair Exchange has correctly predicted a significant political outcome as the NO vote confirmed what the Exchange had been pointing to for several months. Betfair had consistently called the NO vote as around an 80% chance to win, with the YES campaign around a 20%, despite opinion …

Paul Petrie, director at Scottish sportsbook McBookie.com, discusses the Scottish Independence Referendum Other betting firms have mixed views on the outcome – William Hill suggesting 80% of bets for YES and Betfair suggesting the opposite. What’s McBookies’ take on the vote? 95% of the bets we have taken have been on a Yes vote. The opinion polls have the contest …

A novel Premiership based football betting game titled Predict The Six  is in its debut season, and things have started well. The football jackpot game is a simple one; a player selects six players they believe will score in a Premiership weekend. It costs just £1 to play and the jackpot is broadcast on the main page, it’s a weekly …