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Following a recent call centre visit by CEO Jim Mullen, Ladbrokes has announced a £180,000 donation to national problem gambling support charity GamCare to help fund its new Youth Programme. The firm will provide the backing in 2016 and 2017, to help fund three regional ‘youth hubs’ across the UK to provide information, advice, early interventions, and links to treatment …

With less than 24 hours until the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner is revealed, William Hill has placed Canadian author Madeleine Thien as 7/4 market favourite following a rush of literary bets placed on her book ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing.’ Updating its ‘2016 Man Booker Prize’ market, Thien takes the lead ahead of British author and playwright Deborah …

Eastern European gambling group Fortuna Entertainment (Fortuna) has confirmed that it has secured a major sponsorship with deal with the Czech Football Association (Fotbalová asociace České republiky; FAČR) becoming  the official sponsor of the Czech Liga. Agreeing a six-year deal with the FACR, Fortuna gains the title sponsorship of the Czech Liga which will be rebranded to the ‘Fortuna Liga’ …

Stakeholders from across the wide world of igaming will be meeting in Cape Town this week as the 4th Annual BiG Africa Summit gets underway today.  Issues such as compliance, responsibilities and the future of the market in South Africa will be discussed. Another major point of discussion on the table will be esports which continues to garner the attention of major investors, …

Sky Betting & Gaming has partnered with the UK-based sport for employment charity Street League, to introduce the first of its kind for the company; a combination of educational and sports coaching sessions delivered by employee volunteers. As part of its ‘Giving Back’ policy, the company allows two paid days per year for employees to put their time towards good causes. And this week, …

UK independent bookmaker BetVictor has partnered with social media and ‘influencer’ marketing specialist Ball Street to boost the launch of its £100,000 ‘Golden Goal’ campaign. The Gibraltar-based bookmaker will utilise Ball Street’s network of influencers (YouTube content creators, fan channels and football commentators) to socially boost its Premier League promotion. BetVictor has previously worked with Ball Street during this summer’s …

The Gambling Commission is supporting a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into whether gambling operators are treating customers fairly, which has been launched this morning. Working with information supplied by the Commission and others the CMA has contacted a range of gambling operators to demand information about their use of potentially unfair terms and misleading practices. This comes in response …

Spurs may be flying high in the Premier League after an eight-match unbeaten start to the season, but Spiffx punters weren’t convinced by their ability to translate that form into Champions League success on the road. The last time Spurs played in the Champions League in 2010/11, they managed just two points from trips to Bremen, Inter Milan and FC …

Sports betting platform and provisions provider Optima has become the latest industry supplier to integrate Colossus Bets’ ‘mega jackpots’ pool betting product. Optima management announced that Colossus Bets pools would be made available to its ‘certified partner network’. The supplier informed the market that new platform client Nigerian betting operator NairaBET has become its first partner to integrate Colossus Bets’ …

Stockholm-listed online sports betting group Betsson AB has recovered from a disappointing Q2 2016 performance, posting a 9% increase in corporate revenues to SEK 1.06 billion (€110 million) for its Q3 2016 corporate performance (period ending 30 September). Presenting its Q3 update, Betsson governance detailed top-line metric growth across all its core verticals, as the operator recorded a period operating …