Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has obtained a Class 4 Remote Gaming Licence from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) for its subsidiary BettingCloud Ltd. The B2B supplier licence means that GIG can supply its sports betting product to other licensed operators, starting with Germany-facing operator Wetten.com. Wetten.com has become the first operator client to launch on the BettingCloud licence, and will …
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Even if you don’t know your League of Legends from your CSGO you can still bet on gaming at William Hill with the bookmaker offering a market for which title will be the Christmas number one video game. As it stands Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has recaptured the top spot in the gaming charts and is priced a strong favourite at …
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BetConstruct has secured a Class II software provider’s licence from the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The company will now be able to supply its platform to all online gaming operators in the regulated market of Romania. Vahe Baloulian, BetConstruct CEO, said: “BetConstruct views Romania as a significant and forward-looking jurisdiction. With the ONJN license, we are bringing our powerful betting …
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Following a request from a customer William Hill has offered odds of just 10/1 that Meghan Markle, the new girlfriend of Prince Harry, will be mentioned in the Queen’s Christmas address. The bookmaker has offered further markets on Markle, an actor best known for her roles in Suits and Fringe, with 25/1 that she’ll be engaged to Harry by the …
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Football traders on Sporting Index have predicted that Chelsea will fall just short in their quest to set a record number of consecutive Premier League victories. The spread betting firm expects Antonio Conte’s side to take three points against both Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, but fail to beat Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on New Year’s Eve. The Blues would …
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FTSE-listed sports betting group Paddy Power Betfair has moved to strengthen its customer data security and regulatory compliance provisions by deploying security intelligence specialist Balabit’s Shell Control Box (SCB). The integration of SCB provisions will monitor ‘privileged access’ to the operator’s platform systems whilst enhancing security and flexibility of its product development processes. The SCB monitoring system is compliant with …
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Updating the market this morning, the governance of FTSE-listed GVC Holdings declared that it expects corporate top line metrics of group net gaming revenues and clean EBITDA to be at the upper end of its FY 2016 forecasts. Issuing a short corporate statement, GVC governance moved to propose a 49% increase in its proposed 2016 special dividend to € 14.9 …
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Industry start-up Bookee has been awarded the ‘Brightest Minds Showcase’ at the 2016 iGaming Entrepreneur Conference (8 December Grange Hotel London). Pitching to a panel of industry experts, Bookee which describes itself as the ‘Tinder for betting app’ won the contest ahead of 12 rivals competing for the top prize of a ‘mentoring and professional’ services package worth more than …
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Updating the market, industry platform and software provider Tain has announced that it will ‘significantly expand’ its sports betting service by adding an additional 5,000 live sporting events per month. The market expansion will see Tain cover a total of 50 sports categories, with new markets in curling, biathlon and water polo, as well as traditional major verticals such as …
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European gambling operator Stanleybet has upgraded its digital CRM capabilities by integrating Beehive technology provisions. Updating the market, Stanleybet will install Beehive marketing solutions across its European platforms for UK, Romania, Italy, Croatia and Denmark. The CRM partnership aims to optimise Stanleybet’s targeting of existing and new customers through optimal message delivery, segmentation of player database, data modelling of customers …
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