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Social betting operators Bodugi have had their licence suspended by the UK Gambling Commission after complaints that users could not access their money. Bodugi’s lack of dialogue with the regulator has forced the Commission to suspend the operating licence. In a statement, the regulator said: “The Gambling Commission has commenced a review under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005 …

Gambling Commission chairman Phil Graf has admitted that the UK regulator is concerned about some aspects of social gaming and has called on the sector to use the information it collects on its players to protect against any risks. Speaking at the World Regulatory Forum earlier this month, Graf commented: “While we have always maintained that we have no desire …

French state gaming operators Française des Jeux (FDJ) have announced a digital/social partnership with Facebook France according to Igamingbusiness.com. The social campaigns will target placement for FDJ products in the coming months of 2014, with special focus on major calendar dates and sporting events such as the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The aim of the partnership will be to extend …

Oddslife, a leading supplier of social sports betting technology to the gambling and media industries, will be at ICE Totally Gaming to discuss new client signings and innovative solutions across Web and iOS in time for World Cup 2014. Oddslife has confirmed the partnership with Spanish media giant MARCA.com, to provide social betting games and content to its readers through …

Entertainment publishers Endemol have announced a stage investment in London social gaming start-up Plumbee. Endemol have invested a sum of $13m in the latest round ofstage funding for the social casino gaming digital start-up. Existing venture capitalist investors – Paris based Idinvest Partners have also participated in this round, Plumbee is now valued at $40m. The investment set by  Endemol, will see …

Plumbee, has today announced that Mirrorball Slots has reached 1 million likes on Facebook. Treasure Island, Big Bad Wolf and Goldilocks are just some of the games within the Mirrorball Slots portfolio that are engaging more than 1 million monthly active users across all platforms and just last month, Plumbee launched its latest game, Firestorm – the 11th game to …

Looking ahead to ICE 2014, SBC looks to put the leading topics at the front of this years ICE 2014 conference. The SBC Team caught up with Tatem Games CEO Igor Karev to discuss social games monetization. Igor will be discussing  strategies for social gaming and how to detect and understand player behavior with regard to social games and gambling. …

Innovative fantasy sports pools betting product wins second pitch event in less than a month TotelFootball has won a second pitch competition in just four weeks after beating a number of other contenders during a Dragons Den-style event at the Social Gambling Conference held in London late last week. Following its victory in the inaugural edition of The Pitch at …

The SGC conference gets a Dragons Den makeover as a select group of new businesses pitch their business ideas to a panel of experienced new tech investors. The panel will also showcase new business strategies, showcase further business cases of successful investments and additionally give insights into what drives new venture funding for social gaming verticals. Session Dragons Andrew Reader …